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Crowdsourcing has been touted by some as a revolution.

Popularized by Web 2.0 and the concept of "the wisdom of crowds," the idea that businesses and organizations can leverage a "crowd" (often for free or at minimal cost) to perform all sorts of tasks that would have otherwise been done by employees or contractors is one that is naturally appealing.

Here, we ask Dominic Yacoubian, MD of 247electrical , about the continuing problem of online fraud, how his company is affected by it and what he feels needs to be done to better combat the problem.

Craigslist is more than just a popular online classifieds service. The bare-bones site created by Craig Newmark represents, to some, the epitome of the New Internet.

It is fueled by a dedicated community and Craig has eschewed the temptation to fully exploit its commercial potential for his personal gain, even going so far as to state "my exit strategy is death".

Microsoft might be the software company that everyone loves to hate, and Steve Ballmer might be crazy .

But Microsoft and Ballmer proved two things by deciding to walk away from an acquisition of Yahoo this past weekend - they are not desperate and they are not stupid.

This week's hodgepodge of articles I found interesting includes news that could impact the Microsoft-Yahoo courtship, online streaming music, digital thieves and young entrepreneurs.

Most of the news that caught Drama 2.0's attention this week was primarily filled with drama in one form or another.

Through Profy, I learned that the technology blogosphere's drama this past weekend revolved around a "conversation" about the fact that bloggers no longer have control of the "conversation".

Google is preparing for a backlash from large brands this week as details of its new trademark policy are implemented.

The average user ignores them, almost every " serious " website has one and the vast majority of internet entrepreneurs probably expend little thought when having theirs put together.

I'm talking, of course, about "terms of service" agreements that govern the use of websites.

In my recent post on the music industry in the digital age, I noted that record labels and musicians would need to deal with the challenges of digital piracy pragmatically, but also argued that consumers would eventually need to recognize that there could be unintended consequences to their actions.

I pointed out that consumers would inevitably reap what they sow.