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writer's blog home > blog archives page 209Diller's IAC Acquires CollegeHumor Website
IAC/InterActiveCorp has acquired a majority stake in the popular Collegehumor. August 16, 2006
Google's Trademark Lawyers Take Aim At Googling
We knew it. August 16, 2006
Gunter Grass Can Keep His Nobel Prize
German author Gunter Grass will keep his Nobel Prize for literature, despite his recent admission that he was a member of Hitler's SS during World War II. August 16, 2006
YouTube Suffers Unplanned Outage
Reuters reports that YouTube. August 15, 2006
XuQa Adds Games and Peanuts
GigaOM reports that the XuQa, a college social network with a party atmosphere, has turned into a giant game or contest with the new XuQa 2. August 15, 2006
Google Upgrades Blogger With New Layout and Privacy Tools
Google has upgraded its Blogger service. The new features include new layout editing tools and privacy tools. August 15, 2006
Website Lets Workers Complain About Bosses
Boss Bitching calls itself a user driven social content website that allows anonymous postings of stories about bosses. August 15, 2006
Monty Sarhan Relaunches Cracked Magazine
Cracked Magazine, the 48-year-old national publication, officially re-launches today as a general humor magazine for 18- to 34-year-olds. August 15, 2006
Jill Carroll's Hostage Story on Christian Science Monitor
Jill Carroll is writing about her experience as a hostage in Baghdad for the first time in an eleven part series on the Christian Science Monitor located at csmonitor. August 15, 2006
Blogging The Da Vinci Code Part 2
The Da Vinci Code can still be found in many theatres since opening nearly three months ago. August 14, 2006
Netvibes Raises $15 Million
Netvibes, which bills itself as a custom made web 2. August 14, 2006
Developer Blog Shows Construction of Virtual Hotel
Aloft Hotels, a new brand of Starwood Hotels, is launching a preview of its new hotels inside the Second Life game before opening the actual hotels to the public in 2008. August 14, 2006
England Faces Homegrown Terrorists
The source for terrorism is no longer found in the caves of Afghanistan. August 14, 2006
Google Worried About Potential Trademark Issues
The Independent Online reports that Google is concerned about google being used as a verb. August 14, 2006
All Beowulf, All the Time
Those who are fans of the 1,000 year-old epic poem Beowulf have a real treat in store for them this fall: there are is a veritable avalanche of Beowulf projects in the works. August 14, 2006
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Starts a Blog
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog at www. August 13, 2006
Write on Water
Someday we may all be able to write on water thanks to a new invention. August 13, 2006
Healthcare Blogging Summit This December
The Medical Blog Network is debuting the Healthcare Blogging Summit this year. August 12, 2006
MTV Buys Atom Entertainment
MTV Networks has acquired Atom Entertainment, a publisher of web games, films and funny video clips for $200 million. August 11, 2006
UGC Sites Among Fastest Growing Web Brands
A new Nielsen//Netratings study has found that user-generated content (UGC) sites like ImageShack, Heavy. August 10, 2006
PodTech Acquires Geek Entertainment TV
Podcasting is growing rapidly and a few companies are starting to emerge as possible leaders in the category. August 10, 2006
Jasper Fforde and the Fourth Bear
Jasper Fforde discusses his new book The Fourth Bear, the latest in his Nursery Crime series, with Rob Thomas of The Capital Times. August 9, 2006
AOL Searcher No. 4417749
AOL's accidental unleashing of hundreds of thousands of AOL customer's private searches has already resulted in the discovery of at least one specific person. August 8, 2006
Celebrity Blogging Site Has a Blogmobile
https://www. August 8, 2006
Starbucks Embraces Mitch Albom
Starbucks announced that it will be promoting and selling Mitch Albom's new novel in Starbucks stores. August 8, 2006

