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The FTC has no objections; Fox Interactive Media is free to acquire Photobucket.  As a result, the photo-sharing site will probably get snapped up in the near future.

After all is clicked and bought, Thanksgiving weekend numbers are in with clear retail sector winners. While Best Buy, eBay, Wal-Mart, and Amazon (the four horsemen?) are directing all the Web traffic, it is still unclear which day, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, or Cyber Monday, pulls in the most shoppers.

Bloggers who use MSN Spaces for their posts can place advertising on their blogs now, with options for Amazon associates and Kanoodle ads offered.

Yesterday, accounting firm Arthur Andersen's conviction was overturned by the United States Supreme Court. The conviction was for obstructing justice by destroying documents related to Enron before it fell apart.

There have been a lot of changes on the search engine front in the past year; so many that it's hard to keep track of who's still a major player, and who isn't. With so many services turning to "Pay for Submission" and "Pay per Click" models, there aren't a lot left that still accept free submissions. And of those that do, it's hard to tell exactly which ones are worth your time.