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Using Web 2.0 To Spy on Those We Dislike

Jen Gerson writes in the Toronto Star that she uses Facebook to spy on someone she disliked it High School. April 3, 2007

Spielberg to Make Tintin Film

CBC. April 3, 2007

Topix Launches Redesign. Adds Citizen Journalism Content

Topix has launched the redesign of its news search website. April 2, 2007

John Edwards is the Only Twittering Candidate

Most people using Twitter are aware that presidential candidate John Edwards has a Twitter at twitter. April 2, 2007

Supreme Court Rules EPA Can Regulate Auto Emissions

The Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Bush White House today by ruling that the EPA does have the authority to regulate auto emissions. April 2, 2007

Kathy Sierra and Chris Locke Issue Joint Statement

Kathy Sierra and Chris Locke have issued this joint statement before making a CNN appearance. April 2, 2007

ABA Booksense Awards Announced

The American Booksellers Association has announced the winners of the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards. April 2, 2007

Philip Roth Wins First Saul Bellow Award

Philip Roth has won the first PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction. April 2, 2007

Harry Bernstein Becomes an Author at Age 96

96 year old Harry Bernstein decided to write his memoirs in his 90s, after his wife died. April 2, 2007

Indie Labels Using Blogs to Boost Music Sales

The Christian Science Monitor has an article about how Indie labels are using bloggers to get independent artists noticed. April 1, 2007

April Fool's Jokes 2007

It is difficult to take much news seriously today with all the fakes and jokes being published. April 1, 2007

New Blog and Video Library on MarthaStewart.com

Marthastewart. March 31, 2007

SonyBMG Asks Wannabe Musicians to Blog

SonyBMG will no longer accept hard copy demo submissions starting on Monday. March 30, 2007

Facebook Churns Out Big Numbers

Venturebeat has an article on Facebook and it looks like strong growth is continues on the social network. March 30, 2007

Big Potential For Twitter in Africa

Blogger Soyapi Mumba has an interesting post about the future of Twitter in Africa. March 30, 2007

Photobucket CEO Says Site is Fad-Proof

A Fortune article on CNN/Money says Photobucket has 38 million members and they are adding over 80,000 each day. March 29, 2007

Karl Rove Dances For the Pleasure of the President

Karl Rove embraced his inner gangsta and rapped the night away at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner. March 29, 2007

Twitter's Downtime Impacting Growth?

Twitter continues to be plagued by outages and periods of slowness. March 29, 2007

Clues in the Final Harry Potter Book Cover Art

The cover art for the final Harry Potter book has been released and it already has fans buzzing. March 29, 2007

Andre Agassi's $5 Million Book Deal

Andre Agassi has signed a book deal with Knopf with a reported $5 million advance, which is an amazing figure for a sports figures's memoir. March 29, 2007

John Grisham Wins Galaxy Award

John Grisham won the lifetime achievement award at the Galaxy British Book Awards. March 29, 2007

Bush Cites Iraqi Bloggers as Evidence Surge is Working

Editor & Publisher reports that President George Bush cited some blogs posts from Iraqi bloggers in a speech as evidence the surge is going well. March 28, 2007

Insurance Company Tells Law Firm They Won't Cover Blogs

Macworld reports that a law firm in New Jersey decided to hold off on setting up a blog after their insurance company told them the blog would not be covered under their malpractice insurance policy. March 28, 2007

Cormac McCarthy Enters the World of Oprah

Before today, Cormac McCarthy was best known as being the author of All the Pretty Horses, which became a popular film starring Billy Bob Thornton, Penelope Cruz and Matt Damon. March 28, 2007

Sports Media Challenge Ranks Baseball Blogs

A company named Sports Media Challenge has compiled a list of what they say are the top ten best baseball websites. March 27, 2007