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Study Finds 1 in 3 Moms Have Recently Read a Blog

The Parenting Group's 24/7 MomConnection study found that moms are using new media including blogs and video. January 22, 2007

Wikipedia Applies Nofollow Bandage in Lame Spam Fighting Attempt

Wikipedia has made the decision to add the nofollow attribute to all external links on the English language Wikipedia site. January 22, 2007

Novelists Not Always Welcome in Hollywood

The Hollywood Reporter reports on the sad truth that novelists aren't always that welcome in Hollywood. January 22, 2007

Get a First Life. Membership is Free

Second Life has been receiving a great deal of mostly positive press over the past several months. January 21, 2007

Wikileaks: A Wiki for Whistleblowers

The Syndney Morning Herald reports that a new wiki website called Wikileaks could make things considerably more difficult for corrupt governments and corporations by allowing whistleblowers an anonymous place for leaking confidential documents. January 21, 2007

BooBox Launching Affiliate Tools for Blogs

TechCrunch reports that Brazil-based BooBox will be launching a tool to help bloggers sell products from their blogs using clickable images. January 21, 2007

Hillary Enters the Race

Hillary Clinton has officially entered the 2008 presidential race, declaring in a statement that "I'm in. January 20, 2007

Weblogs Inc. to Shutter Some Small Blogs

Valleywag is reporting that AOL's Weblogs Inc. January 20, 2007

Philadelphia's Main Line Celebrated in New Magazine

The team behind the Bucks art and culture lifestyle magazine is launching a new magazine called Mainline. January 20, 2007

Bloglines Still Dominant Web-based RSS Reader

Data from Hitwise indicates that Bloglines is still the dominate web-based rss reader. January 19, 2007

Widget Madness: Add Bling to Your Blog

The New York Times has an article about the emergence of widgets. January 18, 2007

Newspapers Need Blogs Like Popeye Needs Spinach

Nielsen/NetRatings study has found that the traffic to newspaper blogs at the top 10 online newspapers soared 210 percent from December 2005 to December 2006. January 18, 2007

Time Inc. Cuts 289 Jobs

Earlier this week the New York Times reported that Time Inc. January 18, 2007

HBO To Develop Series Based on George R.R. Martin's Fantasy Novels

Variety reports that HBO has acquired the rights to turn George R. January 18, 2007

Inkless Metal Pen

Gizmodo reports that a stainless steel metal pen writes without using any ink. January 18, 2007

Marriott International CEO is Blogging

The Washington Post reports that 74-year-old Marriott International CEO J. January 17, 2007

MySpace: A Place for Errors

Baseline, a ZDNet website, has an interesting article by David Carr explaining how MySpace attempts to solve its scalability issues. January 17, 2007

ReganBooks to be Dismantled

HarperCollins announced that it is dismantling the Los Angeles office of Regan Media, which includes the book imprint, ReganBooks. January 17, 2007

Plutoed Named Word of the Year

The BBC reports that the American Dialect Society has voted "Plutoed" as the 2006 word of the year. January 17, 2007

Dante's Nose Shape Controversy Finally Settled

Apparently the poet Dante's nose has been the source of an ongoing controversy. January 17, 2007

PR Newswire Links Individual Press Releases to Technorati

In a press release, PR Newswire has announced that they will be linking individual press releases to Technorati so people can find out which blogs are linking to them. January 16, 2007

Wikipedia Launches WikiSeek Search Tool

Wikipedia has launched a new search tool called WikiSeek. January 16, 2007

Time, Inc. Slashes Jobs: Britney Coverage May Suffer

Time, Inc. January 16, 2007

Sadness as Findory Rides Into the Sunset

The Findory blog search engine and personalized news reader is no longer going to supported. January 15, 2007

Bosley Blog Tells Personal Account of Hair Restoration

Bosley has launched a blog called Battle Against Bald. January 14, 2007