Nobel Prize Winning Author Sued

Canadian author Shahir Shahidsaless is suing Nobel Prize winner and Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi for failure to follow through on co-authoring a book. August 27, 2007

The LOLz Street Journal

LOLMSM! The Wall Street Journal has a news story about LOLcats and the popular I Can Has Cheezburger? website. August 26, 2007

Iraqi Cabinet in Total Disarray

Three secular Iraqi cabinet members are expected to resign tomorrow, saying that they simply cannot work with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki'. August 24, 2007

Blogger Adds Video Uploads Feature

InfoWorld has an article that discusses Google's latest round of Blogger bugs. August 24, 2007

Oprah to Weigh In on If I Did It Debate

Oprah Winfrey will be hosting an O. August 24, 2007

It's a James Patterson World

Bestselling author and target of Stephen King's vitriol James Patterson is going virtual. August 24, 2007

New York Times Launches MyTimes

The New York Times has launched a personalized news start page called MyTimes. August 23, 2007

Ads Start Appearing on Some YouTube Videos

YouTube blogs that they have started running YouTube InVideo ads on some of the YouTube videos for "select partners. August 22, 2007

Google News Adds Special Comments

Google has decided to accept comments on Google News stories. August 22, 2007

Ray Bradbury Turns 87

The New York Times profiles Ray Bradbury in honor of his 87th birthday, which is today. August 22, 2007

Google Launches Embeddable Maps

Google has announced the launch of its embeddable maps feature that makes it easy to post a map on a blog or website. August 21, 2007

The Incredible Embeddable Web

Steve Rubel has an article in Ad Age today that talks about the trend towards bite-sized nuggets of information and bite-sized applications. August 20, 2007

J.K. Rowling Working on Crime Novel

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Oxford University Press Monitoring the Blogosphere for New Words

A short entry on OxfordMail. August 17, 2007

Web Searchers Know YouTube's Videos Are Funny

Here's a great example about how YouTube is becoming the top choice when people search for videos - at least funny ones. August 17, 2007

Viking and Penguin Launch the VP Book Club

Viking Press and Penguin Books have launched a new website called vpbookclub. August 17, 2007

Ed Norton, Hulk Screenwriter

Everyone was pretty puzzled when Ed Norton talked at Comic-Con about how he had written the script for the upcoming Incredible Hulk film. August 17, 2007

Billiam the Snowman and the Republican YouTube Debate

Billiam, a snowman living in Point Hope, Alaska, was one of the Americans asking questiions during the Democratic CNN/YouTube Debate that took place in July. August 16, 2007

Victoria Beckham Inks Deal With HarperCollins

Victoria Beckham has finalized a deal with HarperCollins to bring her U. August 16, 2007

Google to Launch Embeddable Maps

APC reports that Google is going to be launching an embed feature for Google Maps that will make it as easy to embed in your blog as a YouTube video clip. August 14, 2007

Technical Writers May Be the Future of American Literature

A professor argues that technical writers are the future of American literature. August 14, 2007

In 1994 Video, Cheney Explains Why Invading Iraq Would Be a Disaster

Ah, the power of video! It's a real pain in the neck for Vice President Dick Cheney, who in 2003 told us repeatedly that Saddam Hussein had WMDs, that we would be greeted as liberators and that it was great idea to invade Iraq. August 13, 2007

The Battle at Kruger

Sometimes amateur videos can generate quite a following. August 13, 2007

Ruth Rendell's Writing Routine

For some reason we've always been obsessed with hearing about other writers' work schedules. August 11, 2007

Netscape Community Still Kicking

TechCrunch blogged yesterday that AOL might kill the Digg-like community built on Netscape. August 10, 2007