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Twittery Twools For Twits

Twitter is the top search on Technorati today as its popularity continues to soar. March 19, 2007

YouTube Holding Belated Video Awards Contest

The Associated Press is reporting that YouTube is going to release a list of the best YouTube videos from 2006 tomorrow. March 19, 2007

Teaching Booksellers to Sell Digital Content

The Washington Post reports on one independent bookseller's efforts to make sure the store stays relevant in the digital age of books. March 19, 2007

Postage Goes Up -- Yet Again

U. March 19, 2007

2007 Bloggies Winners Announced

The winners of the 2007 Bloggies have been announced. March 18, 2007

Anna Wintour Hates the Word Blog

Pagesix reports that Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue who is now famous for being loosely portrayed in the The Devil Wears Prada, has expressed her displeasure of the word March 17, 2007

Ad Revenue Based Web 2.0 Companies Will Need Massive Traffic to Thrive

A New York Times article discusses analysis by venture capitalist Jeremy Liew that indicate that it may take monster traffic to build a company that makes $50 million a year in ad revenues. March 17, 2007

Plamegate Takes a Shocking Turn

Plamegate took a shocking turn today on Capitol Hill during Senate Judiciary Hearings which are investigating who illegally leaked CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to the press, thereby destroying her cover and her career. March 16, 2007

Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and the Giant Kiss Comic Book

Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, of KISS, and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, chairman of Platinum Studios, were presented with the Guinness World Records certificate of "World's Largest Comic Book" for KISS Comics Group's KISS 4K Destroyer Edition. March 16, 2007

Anna Wintour Gives Blogs a Makeover

Anna Wintour, the legendary editor of Vogue magazine is known for her excellent taste and her demanding ways. March 16, 2007

Bloggers Continue Blogging About Twitter

A lot of bloggers are still discussing Twitter, a service that lets you post tiny posts (140 characters) from the phone, web or instant message. March 15, 2007

Homes For Sale on YouTube

An article on CNN/Money talks about the "YouTubing" of real estate and how homeowners are using videos to help sell their homes. March 15, 2007

Wounded Soldier Blogging From Walter Reed

A wounded soldier has started a blog about life inside the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. March 15, 2007

Rug Retailer Launches a Blog

We thought you would want to know that a retailer of rugs called Rugs Done Right has launched a blog. March 15, 2007

Madonna Nanny Book Canceled

The Book Standard reports that the much-awaited tell-all book by Madonna's former nanny Melissa Dumas has now been canceled. March 15, 2007

Viacom Sues YouTube For $1 Billion

Viacom is suing Youtube. March 15, 2007

House Writers Offered Multiyear Contract by NBC Universal

Variety reports that the writers behind the hit show House, Garrett Lerner and Russel Friend, have been offered a very nice deal to stay and develop new shows for NBC Universal. March 15, 2007

Flickr Adds Collections

Flickr has added a new feature that allows Flickr users to organize pictures from their photo sets. March 14, 2007

Stephen King's The Talisman is Coming to TV

Sci Fi reports that Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Television will be producing a tv miniseries from the Stephen King/Peter Straub novel, The Talisman, which will be aired on TNT in 2008. March 14, 2007

France Issues Harry Potter Stamp

Jo Rowling has had so many exciting things happen to her since she invented Harry Potter and Hogwarts. March 14, 2007

The Economist Seeks Web Business Ideas

The Economist Group, the publisher of The Economist, has a launched a site called Project Red Stripe. March 13, 2007

When Local Bloggers Depart

The blogger at the Vancouver Housing Market Blog was blogging regularly until one day readers of the blog loaded up the site's homepage (or their RSS reader) to find this shocking message. March 13, 2007

Topix.net Buys Topix.com

PaidContent. March 13, 2007

Viacom Sues YouTube For $1 Billion

Reuters reports that Viacom has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube. March 13, 2007

Madonna's Nanny Inks Deal With Crown Books

The tell-all book by Madonna's nanny is a go. March 13, 2007