Have you been in a coma for nearly the past year? If so, then you probably haven't subjected yourself to Chat Roulette, which is...um, a sort of social networking site if being particularly generous with our description. It's really an online site where you go to hook up with random strangers for webcam-based chat, and what could possibly go wrong, right?

If you've never been to Chatrourellete.com (NSFW), it should take you all but 10 seconds to figure out the answer to that question (Spoiler: it involves dudes waving around their manhood). That's not to say there isn't potential for Chat Roulette to be something more, and with more than a million people a day visiting the site, investors have begun to take notice. But for advertisers to jump on board, somebody needs to clean things up.

That somebody is Shawn Fanning, who you might recognize as the founder of Napster. Chat Roulette founder Andrey Ternovskiy has been in informal discussions with Fanning on ways to change the direction of Chat Roulette. One solution being yanked around is adding software designed to scan video to determine whether or not a user is exposing himself.

"I'm fascinated by Chat Roulette and Andrey," Fanning told TechCrunch. "I want to help him any way I can."

The question is, will he be able to? An even better question, when will we see more awesome Chat Roulette Piano Improve videos (NSFW - language)?

Following in the footsteps of Napster, KaZaA has shed its shady past as an illicit download P2P vehicle and is making a legit comeback. The relaunched site is now a full fledged music service offering unlimited streams and downloads for $19.98 per month.

Under the new business model, subscribers can consume as many tracks as they want from both major and independent artists, so long as you're a U.S. resident with a Windows-based PC. Also similar to Napster, a subscription is good for up to three authorized PCs, however a major downside is the lack of portable media player support. 

A review of the service is already up over at Arstechnia, who seemed generally underwhelmed with KaZaA's new identity

"The service tries to differentiate itself by allowing users to pay for the subscription either with a credit card or attached to their monthly cell phone bills, but this level of choice is comparable to being able to use either cash or credit card at the gas pump in terms of excitement," notes Arstechnica.

KaZaA offers a free 7 day trial if you want to see for yourself how the service compares. You can check it out here.

Let the streaming music wars begin. Just last week Microsoft went on the offensive and attacked Apple's iTunes service over its pricing model compared to the Zune Pass unlimited subscription service, which serves up all-you-can-listen-to tunes plus 10 free tracks for $14.99/month. Looking to leapfrog ahead of them both, Napster, now a Best Buy commodity, is planning to relaunch its subscription music service with a $5 deal that includes 5 free tracks every month.

"There's no need to settle for 30-second clips to decide if you want to buy a song," said Chris Gorog, CEO of Napster. "For five bucks now you can have access to our entire music catalog and get five MP3s to add to your permanent collection."

The new pricing model, which goes into effect tonight, could put Napster in contention with more popular music services and put the one-time P2P pioneer back on top. Napster's catalog sits at over 7 million strong and includes more than 60 commercial-free radio stations, which seems like an obscene amount of content for the same price as a Subway footlong.

Anyone plan on giving Napster a second look? Hit the jump and sound off.