---
title: "Across the Read/WriteWeb Network"
date: 2007-09-04
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2007"
    url: "/tag/2007.md"
---

# Across the Read/WriteWeb Network

Not quite across the universe, as John Lennon sung it, but here are some highlights from the Read/WriteWeb Network:

[MySpace: Hot or Not?](https://web.archive.org/web/20100122120244/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/myspace_hot_or_not.php) – Alex Iskold explores the current state of MySpace. So is MySpace still hot? As a trend Alex says the answer is no. But as a site, yes – while a lot of people are using the site to keep in touch with friends, for many it appears to be a place to trawl for dates and sex.

[Podcast interview with Dan Cohen, CEO of Pageflakes](https://web.archive.org/web/20100122120244/http://readwritetalk.com/2007/08/29/dan-cohen-ceo-of-pageflakes/) – Read/WriteTalk host Sean Ammirati sits down with Dan Cohen and discusses his experiences working at first MyYahoo and then Pageflakes. I discovered a new term while listening to this: “social networking above the belt”. When you refer to Alex’s MySpace post, the meaning of that term becomes clear!

[11 video download stores compared](https://web.archive.org/web/20100122120244/http://www.last100.com/2007/09/04/11-video-download-stores-compared/) – last100 editor Steve O’Hear takes a look at eleven paid-for video download stores. He notes that while there appears to be much competition, many of the resulting services lack innovation – in terms of their technology choices and how they approach copy-protection.

[Sony to challenge Apple, others in TV and movie download market](https://web.archive.org/web/20100122120244/http://www.last100.com/2007/09/04/sony-to-challenge-apple-others-in-tv-and-movie-download-market/) – Sony is to challenge Apple in TV and movie downloads. On one hand, writes last100’s Daniel Langendorf, that makes sense. Sony is carefully positioning its PlayStation 3 game console as the entertainment hub in people’s homes.

[The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines](https://web.archive.org/web/20100122120244/http://altsearchengines.com/2007/09/03/the-top-100-alternative-search-engines-2/) – AltSearchEngines editor Charles Knight has released the latest Top 100 list. The Search Engine of the month is Answers.com.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/across_the_readwriteweb_network_5sept07.php))*