This is page 80 of the blogging news archives.

Yahoo Plans Gadget Website (June 20, 2005): The Media Post reports that Yahoo is planning to launch a gadget and tech website.

Book Within a Game in Second Life (June 20, 2005): Science Fiction author and popular Boing Boing blogger Cory Doctorow is doing an interesting promotion for his latest SF novel, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (Tor Books).

What if Edgar Allen Poe Was a Blogger? (June 20, 2005): Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club and his new book, Haunted ponders blogging and media freedom in an interview with Chris Atchison of Metro Toronto.

Boing Boing's Obsession with Disney (June 19, 2005): In the last 38 days there have been 20 Disney-related posts on Boing Boing according to a Technorati search.

Reporters Without Borders Named Freedom Blog Award Winners (June 19, 2005): The 2005 Freedom Blog Awards have been announced by Reporters Without Borders.

Net-oriety and Blogger Fame (June 17, 2005): A Newsweek article is discussing Internet celebrities or net-oriety.

Who is Will at MSNBC.com? How Does He Find Links? (June 16, 2005): MSNBC.

USA Today Revives Fired Blogger Story (June 15, 2005): USA Today has pieced together the story of the fired bloggers again.

Ana Blogs and Websites Encourage Eating Disorders (June 15, 2005): A recent CBS news story says that some blogs and websites are encouraging eating disorders.

Young Bloggers Admit to Being Blog Addicts (June 14, 2005): These young bloggers don't mind being called blog addicts.

Technorati Offers Beta of New Redesign (June 12, 2005): Technorati is offering a new beta test.

Do Blogs Need Opinions? (June 10, 2005): Steve Rubel at Micropersuasion writes in a recent post: "Good blogs don't need to have opinions to become well read.

Controversial Pie Fight Ad Drives Traffic (June 9, 2005): The MediaPost is reporting that an ad that appeared on the left-leaning political blog Daily Kos has created quite a stir with some Daily Kos readers.

Blogs and Web Portfolios Offer Career Boosting Potential (June 8, 2005): Just a couple months ago news stories talked about people losing their jobs because of blogs at companies like Google and Friendster.

IonZoft Launches TagCloud Tool (June 7, 2005): IonZoft has created a new automated folksonomy tool called TagCloud.

What Happens To Your Blog When You're Dead? (June 3, 2005): If you die what will happen to your blog? Will your account just sit there inactive or does someone else have your password that can access it? If you have a public blog written under your own name you probably already have made the blog public.

Blog Outlines Lifecycle of Bloggers (June 2, 2005): MingJungKim.

Washington Post Launches Deep Throat Blog (June 1, 2005): By now everyone has heard about Vanity Fair's story naming W.

Over 60 Million Blogs Worldwide (May 30, 2005): By aggregating data from several sources The Blog Herald has estimated the current number of blogs worldwide to be over 60 million and climbing.

Should Parents Spy on Blogging Teens? (May 29, 2005): The Christian Science Monitor has an article discussing blogging and teens and whether or not blogging is a dangerous practice for young people.