The Onion Drops Paid Subscriptions

For all of those who have heard about this cool new Web 2.0 technology called AJAX but have no idea what it is or what it means for the average user, the CNET did a decent write-up. 

BL Ochman reports: MoveOn.org, which was seeking 500,000 signatures on a petition against proposed Congress’ cancellation of funding to NPR and PBS, has now reached almost a million signatures.

An email from MediaPost reports: “Have we reached critical mass on consumer broadband penetration in the United States? Well, apparently JupiterResearch says we have. Jupiter reports that more than 43 percent of online households now connect to the Web via broadband, thus constituting critical mass. Jupiter projects that broadband adoption will reach nearly 80 percent…

ConsumerReports.org has hit the 2 million subscriber mark.  This article discusses how they achieved it. [via PaidContent]

The EntreWorld Weblog asks what entrepreneurs think of RSS: Is RSS useful? What explanation is needed related to RSS and syndication? Is some other consumption method better like podcasting? I find RSS invaluable in allowing me to read a lot of stuff relatively quickly.  As a serial entrepreneur, I’m always on the prowl for new…

comScore stirred up a hornet’s nest with its recent "Behaviors of the Blogosphere" report that attempts to quantify blog audiences.  Jason Calacanis went on a rampage against the report, alleging it was biased since a rival blog network founder (Nick Denton) was a sponsor of the report. But now Jason raves about the Feedster 500,…