links for 2007-10-04

• TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Is Fav.or.it a Digg killer?
  Favorit brings together blog reading and replying into one simple web application. Its innovative web interface is designed to allow users to let users read any kind of RSS feed, cut-up, mashed-up with other feeds or “sliced” in any kind of way.
  (tags: techcrunch fav.or.it digg rss feed socialnetworking tagging web2.0 news networkednews startup api javascript advertising techmeme platform subdomain diggkiller php zendframework)
• NewsVisual - story behind the story (the blog)
  A qualitative analysis platform that gathers, analyzes, and visually displays the interrelationships among people and organizations to reveal their potential impact on managed securities, investment strategies, and impending transactions.
  (tags: finance business knowledge maps visualization mindmap news IntellectSpace blog newsvisual graph thebigpicture barryritholtz)