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If you have tech skills and you are familiar with online video, embedding video or video editing you might be in luck. February 14, 2007
World's Oldest Newspaper Dumps Print Version
The Associated Press reports that Sweden's Post-och Inrikes Tidningar -- the world's oldest newspaper -- has now dumped its print edition and gone digital only. February 14, 2007
Netvibes Planning Widgets
Business 2. February 13, 2007
Viacom to Make MTV Videos Embeddable For Blogs
Reuters reports that Viacom is going to make MTV videos and other Viacom video content available for embedding in blogs and on websites. February 12, 2007
TechPresident Debuts to Cover Technical Aspect of 2008 Presidential Race
A new blog called TechPresident is covering how presidential candidates are using technology and the Internet. February 12, 2007
Little Miss Sunshine and The Departed Win Top Writers Guild Awards
The 2007 Writers Guild Awards were handed out last night. February 12, 2007
Digg Link Sends More Traffic Than Drudge Link Says L.A. Times
An L. February 11, 2007
Senator Barack Obama Launches Social Network
Senator Barack Obama recently announced that he will be running for president in 2008. February 11, 2007
Recruitment in Second Life
Fortune is reporting that some companies are starting to use the Second Life virtual world for recruitment. February 11, 2007
Clive Cussler Trial About to Get Nasty
The Clive Cussler/Philip Anschutz trial over the movie Sahara -- which starred Matthew McCouneghey and Penelope Cruz in the adaptation of the novel of the same name by Cussler -- is about to get very ugly indeed. February 11, 2007
WSJ Launches Fall Fashion Blog
The Wall Street Journal has launched a new blog called Heard on the Runway to cover the Fall fashion shows. February 10, 2007
John Zogby Predicts a Bloggier Tomorrow
The Guardian's Organ Grinder reports that John Zogby, president and CEO of Zogby International, gave some stats on media usage at the WeMedia Miami conference. February 9, 2007
International Olympic Committee Considering Allowing Athletes to Blog
The Associated Press is reporting that one of the many issues the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is looking into the issue of whether or not Olympic athletes should be allowed to blog. February 9, 2007
Citebite Helps With Citing Quotes But Messes With Inbound Links
Citebite is a useful deep linking tool. February 9, 2007
Rupert Murdoch On Why He Fired Judith Regan
Rupert Murdoch has finally spoken out about why he fired publishing maven Judith Regan. February 9, 2007
Newspaper Sued Over Bad Restaurant Review
Well, this has to be some kind of journalism first. February 9, 2007
Yahoo's Impresssive Pipes Already Clogged
Yahoo launched a new mashup tool called Yahoo Pipes earlier today. February 8, 2007
Virtual Gifts as a Serious Business Model?
Facebook has added virtual gift giving to its popular social network. February 8, 2007
Judge Orders O.J. Not to Spend Book Money
A judge has ordered O. February 8, 2007
How To Achieve Blog Nirvana
Valleywag has a funny post about what it takes to achieve blog nirvana. February 7, 2007
New York Times To Post User-Generated Videos
The Red Herring is reporting that the New York Times plans to start posting videos created and submitted by users in March. February 7, 2007
Trauma Nurse is a Hot Career
There is a lot of buzz these days about the field of nursing. February 7, 2007
Will New York Times Still Have a Print Edition Five Years From Now?
Will the New York Times still have a print edition five years from today? It is an interesting question given the rapid rise of the Internet and digital technology. February 7, 2007
Sulzberger Predicts the End of Print Newpapers
Arthur Sulzberger, owner, chairman and publisher of The New York Times shocked just about everyone at the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland when he said that he doesn't know if The Times will even be in print in five years. February 7, 2007
News Reader of the Future?
Here is a gadget that has potential for being a device people will regularly use to read news, rss feeds, blogs or email. February 6, 2007

