MingleNow: A Place For Barflys

VentureBeat reports on a new social network launching later today called MingleNow. October 30, 2006

YouTube Video Purge Continues

The New York Times reports that YouTube is continuing to purge copyrighted videos including videos from popular Comedy Central shows like The Daily Show and South Park. October 30, 2006

YouTube Removing Variety of Copyrighted Videos

The fall out from Google's recent acquisition of YouTube seems to be that content owners are requesting their copyrighted content to be removed. October 30, 2006

Google's Trademark Lawyers Are Not Happy

Michael Krantz of the official Google blog team addresses the trademark issues the company is facing as the word "google" is increasingly being used as a verb. October 30, 2006

Mick Garris Talks Horror

Monsters and Critics talked with Mick Garris, executive producer and creator of the popular Showtime series Masters of Horror. October 30, 2006

Some Teens Bored of MySpace

Losing the teen crowd would be very bad news for MySpace. October 29, 2006

Department of Defense Debuts Bloggish Site

A website launched by the Department of Defense that offers corrections to news stories they think are inaccurate. October 29, 2006

Evan Williams, Biz Stone Launch Obvious Corp

Valleywag reports that Evan Williams has bought back the Odeo podcasting website from the vc firm Chares River Ventures. October 28, 2006

Blogger Apologizes for Recent Outages

The Blogger Buzz blog has written a novel in response to the ongoing outage problems at Blogger. October 27, 2006

U.S. Military Blocking Access to Liberal Blogs?

Wonkette reports that the U. October 27, 2006

You've Punched a Hole In Your Picasso, Now What?

By now, you've probably heard about how casino owner Steve Wynn accidentally punched a hole in his $139 million painting by Pablo Picasso, Le Reve (The Dream), 1932. October 27, 2006

Young Vietnamese Poet Refuses Award

We ran across this intriguing little story about a young Vietnamese poet who has refused to accept an award from the Vietnam Writers' Association. October 27, 2006

YouTube Asked To Remove 1,000 Sports Clips

The Guardian reports YouTube has been asked to remove 1,000 sports videos. October 26, 2006

People Memetracker Called Pmeme Launches

Pmeme is a new memetracker that claims to track people making news and follow newsmakers in the blogosphere. October 26, 2006

Censoring Differing Opinions

Wonkette reports that it is being blocked from being read by Marines on active duty in Iraq. October 26, 2006

YouTube Takes Scheduled Downtime Break

YouTube has taken some scheduled downtime and posted a graphic featuring a busy chemist or mad scientists. October 26, 2006

Maxim the Steakhouse?

USA Today reports that Dennis Publishing plans to use to use the Maxim magazine brand for a new steakhouse chain called Maxim Prime. October 26, 2006

Writers and Editors Sue Dallas Morning News For Age Discrimination

Eighteen former employees of The Dallas Morning News are suing the newspaper and its parent corporation, Belo Corp. October 26, 2006

Political Bloggers Planning Google Bombs

Some political bloggers are planning strategic Google bombs that they hope will be seen by people searching for information about a candidate as the November elections draws closer. October 25, 2006

A New Low For Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh has reached a new low with his latest bit of appalling behavior. October 25, 2006

Rocky Blog Still Going Strong

The Rocky Balboa film comes out December 22nd. October 25, 2006

Adobe Releases Beta of New Ebook Software

Adobe has announced some major upgrades to its ebook reading software. October 24, 2006

Stephen King Gets Political for MoveOn

Bestselling author Stephen King has decided to get political for the upcoming midterm elections. October 24, 2006

Shut Up and Post

The Dixie Chicks have a new blog, Shut Up and Post, for their upcoming movie called Shut Up and Sing. October 23, 2006

O.J. Simpson Reportedly Writing Hypothetical Book About Murdering Wife

A number of reports say that O. October 23, 2006