Wallstrip Covers Twitter Service

Wallstrip took a break from discussing high-profile stocks to discuss the Twitter microblogging service. August 26, 2008

Hillary Clinton Rocks the Convention

Wearing a bright orange pantsuit, Hillary Clinton took the stage at the Democratic convention and gave the speech of her life. August 26, 2008

Muggles Play Broomless Version of Quidditch in Chicago

Here's a version of Quidditch that was recently reported on by the Chicago Tribune. August 26, 2008

Democratic National Convention Begins Today

The Democratic National Convention began today and so far the highlight was the surprise, live appearance by Senator Ted Kennedy. August 25, 2008

Southwest Airline Seeks Blog-o-spondent

Southwest Airlines is looking for a new blog-o-spondent. August 25, 2008

King Features to Syndicate Shoe Comic Strip

King Features Syndicate will begin distribution of the daily and Sunday Shoe comic strip starting September 1, 2008 for the dailies and September 7, 2008 for the Sundays. August 25, 2008

Songwriter Cathy Dennis Get's Her First #1 Hit With I Kissed a Girl

Hit songwriter Cathy Dennis recently extended her number of successful hit songs when Kate Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. August 25, 2008

House Bunny Writers Talk Screenwriting

The New York Times has an interesting profile of that rarest of things: the successful female screenwriting team. August 25, 2008

Obama's 3 AM Phone Text Message: A Last Swipe at Hillary

Barack Obama's campaign sent out a text message at 3:00 a. August 23, 2008

Microsoft Launches Engineering Windows 7 Blog

Microsoft has launched a new blog called Engineering Windows 7. August 23, 2008

Yahoo Building an Internet-age News Service

The AFP reports that Yahoo considers itself a news organization and that they are building an Internet-age news service. August 23, 2008

Obama to Announce VP Pick Saturday Morning

All the hysterical speculation about who Barack Obama will pick to be his vice presidential nominee is about to come to an end. August 22, 2008

Nielsen Launches NielsenWire Blog

Editor & Publisher is reporting that The Nielsen Co. August 22, 2008

Women Arrested Because of Overdue Library Books

A Wisconsin woman was arrested for failure to pay library fines on two overdue books. August 22, 2008

Has Updike's Hatred for the Web Hurt His Writing?

John Keenan of The Guardian reviews John Updike's latest book, The Widows of Eastwick (a follow up to The Witches of Eastwick) and concludes that Updike's freely admitted aversion to the Internet, blogs and other modern conveniences is destroying his writing ability. August 22, 2008

Pervez Musharraf Resigns

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has resigned. August 18, 2008

Barnett's Lament: Books Ruined By Hollywood

David Barnett of The Guardian has a very entertaining essay about how Hollywood has ruined all his favorite books. August 18, 2008

Court Reverses Steinbeck Copyright Ruling

A federal appeals court has reversed a prior ruling in favor of John Steinbeck's son and granddaughter. August 18, 2008

Khaled Hosseini King of Book Groups

Khaled Hosseini is now the king of book groups. August 18, 2008

The Great Library Fine Debate

A fierce debate has arisen in Britain over the subject of library fines. August 15, 2008

Salman Rushdie Criticizes Random House For Canceling Publication of The Jewel of Medina

Sir Salman Rushdie has blasted his publisher Random House for canceling publication of The Jewel of Medina, the novel about the prophet Mohammad's child bride Aisha. August 15, 2008

YouTube's Reluctance to Offer Live Streaming Leaves Opportunity For Others

Silicon Alley Insider reports that YouTube is apparently not ready to offer live streaming as previously thought. August 14, 2008

Miramax Sues Allison Pearson For Undelivered Novel

Miramax is now suing Allison Pearson for failure to turn in her new novel, I Think I Love You, which is about a girl's infatuation with David Cassidy. August 14, 2008

Bush Sends Humanitarian Aid to Georgia Via the Military

President Bush today announced that he is sending humanitarian aid into Georgia via the military warned Russia not to impede the delivery of that aid. August 13, 2008

Retailers Monitoring Bloggers and Microblogs

Retailers have been reaching out to bloggers for quite a while now. August 13, 2008