links for 2007-06-07

• State of Play
  Games industry in Europe and how government support should be focused on R&D not content or cultural significance
  (tags: games gaming research government funding europe)
• Estimating Outsourced Projects – 10x Software Development
  Really good post on project costing and estimating.
  (tags: projects management cost estimating finance)
• Google PageRank: What Do We Know About It? | Smashing Magazine
  Hugely detailed analysis and exposition on Page Rank, more than I can ingest in one reading.
  (tags: adsense advertising analytics blog content development geek google information algorithm search pagerank seo)
• VentureBeat » Benchmark Europe declares independence; now “Balderton Capital”
  Good news for European venture prospects
  (tags: venturecapital vc venture investments finance europe)
• Venture Law Lines: Angels, Advisors and VCs Beware: the Securities Commissions Are At It Again
  Things could be about to get tougher for Canadian entrepreneurs
  (tags: entrepreneurship angel venturecapital innovation investments finance)
• gapingvoid: “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards”: stormhoek pics
  How many geeks will go out after dark to snap a free bottle of wine – probably quite a few
  (tags: marketing social community innovation)