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The article discusses the rise of online venture capitalism and the increase in the number of Internet sites which provide crowdfunding services. Details about the use of website CatwalkGenius.com by filmmaker Franny Armstrong to fund her movie "The Age of Stupid" are provided. Information on other crowdsourcing websites and the services they provide is also included.

The article reports on InSPOTLA.org, a website launched recently by Los Angeles County that allows people to send e-cards to their sexual partners informing them that they may have contracted an STD and urging them to get tested. Critics maintain that the cards are an insensitive way of broaching difficult emotional issues, but the site has proved popular, with 38,000 e-cards sent in the first two weeks of operation.

This article focuses on Ticketmaster, a worldwide ticket distributor that had the retail partnerships and phone outlets to move millions of tickets in minutes. The Internet is now a secondary market that is giving Ticketmaster some competition from websites such as Tickets.com, StubHub, RazorGator and TicketsNow. INSET: Rock of Aged.

The article discusses ideas and findings in the news. A paper in the journal "Psychological Science" reports that the self-control used to control one's bladder has applications in other areas of life. University of Buffalo researchers say marriages are more likely to be happy when spouses idealize each other. The Web site UniLeaks seeks to gather incriminating evidence against institutions of higher learning.