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Paris Hilton Did More Time Than Scooter Libby Will

There's justice for you: Paris Hilton has served more jail time for driving on a suspended license than Scooter Libby will serve for sharing classified information with reporters, lying to federal agents and helping blow the cover of a CIA covert operative. July 2, 2007

New Magazine Targets Muslim Girls

Muslim Girl Magazine is a new glossy bimonthly magazine that debuted earlier this year with the January-February issue. July 2, 2007

Amazon Offers Gift Certificate With Potter Purchases

Amazon. July 2, 2007

The Six Stages of Email

Nora Epron discusses the Six Stages of Email in a new Op Ed piece in The New York Times. July 2, 2007

Kevin Rose's Pownce Provides Challenge to Twitter, Jaiku

The hot new microblogging site Twitter. July 1, 2007

Digg's Kevin Rose Launches Pownce to Challenge Twitter

Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, has launched a new community and file sharing service called Pownce that challenges Twitter, Jaiku and other microblogging services. July 1, 2007

MySpace Envious Of Facebook's Widget Success

The Financial Times is reporting that MySpace is making plans to open its network to allow outside companies to create widgets just like Facebook recently did. June 30, 2007

Political Losers of the Week: George Bush and Mitt Romney

The two big political losers of the week are 1) President Bush and 2) Mitt Romney. June 30, 2007

AOL Launches AIM Widget for Blogs and Websites

AOL has launched a new widget that will allow bloggers and website owners to interact with their users. June 30, 2007

CNET Expands Blog Network

CNET has actually been publishing blogs since 2005. June 29, 2007

Court Awards Damages in J.T. LeRoy Fraud Case

San Francisco writer Laura Albert lost big in court when a federal jury awarded the production company $116,500. June 29, 2007

Blog Aims to Name Music Leakers

A new blog called Thou Shall Not Leak aims to leak the names of those in the music business who "leak music to people ahead of release dates illegally. June 28, 2007

MySpace To Launch Minisodes and Independent Video Website

MySpace has partnered with Sony Pictures Television for a new video service called the Minisode Network. June 27, 2007

How Much Money Do Bloggers Make?

Paula Neal Mooney has a big list the includes the earnings of a number of bloggers. June 27, 2007

Spielberg Snaps Up Rights to Children of the Lamp Series

Author P. June 27, 2007

AOL News Gets Blogish Redesign

AOL has a new blog-like look at AOL News. June 26, 2007

Study: Facebook Users More Likely to Attend College

A new study has found that Facebook users are more likely to go to college than MySpace users. June 25, 2007

Going Green at Work

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, the author of Times' Work in Progress blog, has five tips for being a green worker. June 25, 2007

Egypt Wants Loan of Rosetta Stone

Egypt wants the Rosetta Stone loaned to it from the British Museum. June 25, 2007

Salman Rushdie Quiet In Face of Suicide Bombing Threats

Sir Salman Rushdie hasn't said much after being recently knighted. June 25, 2007

The Pandemic Flu Leadership Blog

The Department of Health and Human Services' Pandemicflu. June 24, 2007

Dick Cheney Says He's Not Part of the Executive Branch of Government

In what is an astounding display of arrogance -- even for him -- Vice President Dick Cheney is claiming that he is not part of the executive branch of government. June 23, 2007

Writers Invited to Join Academy

A select group of writers have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. June 23, 2007

TMZ May Be Held in Contempt of Court Over O.J. Excerpt

TMZ may be in legal trouble for obtaining a copy of O. June 22, 2007

Kay Bailey Hutchison Stays Strong

Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX) is refusing to bow to pressure from the Bush administration to vote to bring the senate amnesty bill to the floor for a full senate vote. June 21, 2007