Web Week

Google under attack: As the world's most popular search company heads for a public share listing, the critics are turning on it. The UK Register site this week detailed why it considers Google the most dangerous place on the net and hacking discussion sites like Johnny Ihack's are now spreading a Google hacker's guide.

Only in America: Where else would you find a new net craze that somehow mixes love and war and where sex in the city means finding someone compatible to discuss the war in Iraq.

Only in America II: Vigilantes are using the net to "out" and detail suspected child abusers. In one recent case at perverted-justice.com a man running a pro-wrestling federation was caught chatting up an under-aged boy in an online chat room - the "boy" being an adult on this site's volunteer staff.

Only in America III: In the US, you can search to find out if your neighbours have made presidential campaign donations.

How the Martians see us: If there ever were green men on Mars, this is how they would see the Earth.

Here we go: An Australian blog won the best New Zealand or Australian blog in a new online contest for the world's best web logs. Check the Bloggie winners by scrolling down the page at Weblog Awards.