I noticed Michael Arrington's post on Facebook shutting down a Slide.com application and checked Hitwise data to compare Facebook and MySpace clickstream data in particular to Photography websites. The differences are interesting and highlight different interests of users as well as a different profile of user. Facebook sends far less traffic to Photography websites than does MySpace. Last week, 0.67% of downstream visits from Facebook went to Photography websites compared to 4.26% from MySpace.

Ah, yes, another day, another set of nude photos found in the garbage of a celebrity.  Today’s victim is Marcia Cross, red-headed star of Desperate Housewives.  TMZ reported in October 2006 that the photos, taken by Cross’s husband and “mistakenly” thrown out, only to be discovered by the garbage men and sold to the highest bidder, have finally hit the web (see them here).

Reston, Va. - Electronics giant Sony is the "anonymous" company that won a recent auction for the assets of IPIX, a Reston, Va.-based imaging technology firm that filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in July, SecurityinfoWatch.com reported.

New York - Digital Railroad, an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of professional photography, announced on Monday that it has raised $10 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led by DN Capital.