America's Top Model Writers Strike Back

Twelve staffers on Tyra Banks' hit reality show, America's Top Model, say that they are actually writing the "unscripted" show and they want the right to unionize and be paid benefits, just like members of the Writers Guild. August 8, 2006

Bloggers Discover Doctored Reuters Photographs

Bloggers recently discovered that at least two Reuters photographs were doctored by photographer Adnan Hajj. August 7, 2006

State of the Blogosphere 8-7-06

Technorati has posted a new State of the Blogosphere report. August 7, 2006

Mayor Bloomberg, Global Warming and Men's Bermuda Shorts

In an article entitled "I Wore Shorts to Work, and They All Laughed," Eric Wilson of The New York Times considers considers the effect that global warming may have on men's fashions. August 7, 2006

AOL Releases Tons of Personal Search Data

What are they thinking at AOL corporate headquarters? Over the weekend AOL placed an enormous amount of private customer search history onto the Internet. August 7, 2006

Bush Stem Cell Veto Could Create U.S. Brain Drain

George Bush's veto of a new stem cell bill is likely to send U. August 7, 2006

College Students Read College Newspapers

Readership of print daily newspapers has fallen over the past year's for the college-aged demographic. August 7, 2006

Anti-Gore YouTube Video Tied to ExxonMobil PR Firm

A video spoofing Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, about the dangers of global warming was recently uploaded to YouTube. August 6, 2006

Feedburner Feeds Blocked by China?

Steve Rubel is discussing a post by William Long that says Feedburner feeds are being blocked by China. August 6, 2006

RITA Awards Winners Announced

The RITA Awards were presented at the Romance Writers Association annual conference in Atlanta. August 6, 2006

Stephen Colbert and Wikiality

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China Censors Blogs by Tibetan Poet Woeser

China has censored two blogs authored by Tibetan poet Woeser. Reporters Without Borders has condemned the disappearance of the blogs. August 5, 2006

Study: 22% of College Students Blog

iMedia Connection reports that a recent polling of 350 college students by Experience, Inc. August 5, 2006

Mom on MySpace Embarrasses Teen

Youth Radio has recorded a conversation between Youth Radio's Bly Lauritano-Werner and her mother. August 4, 2006

College Orientations Now Include Social Network Warnings

USA Today has an interesting article about how college orientations this fall include warnings about the dangers of blogs and social networks. August 4, 2006

Eons Offers Social Networking to Boomers

A new social network called Eons is targeting the over 50 demographic. August 3, 2006

MSN Spaces Becomes Windows Live Spaces

Microsoft has announced the debut of Windows Live Spaces (formerly MSN Spaces). August 3, 2006

Blog Services Driving Growth in Internet Hostnames

TG Daily cites a Netcraft study that found record growth in Internet hostnames during July. August 3, 2006

Bloglines Proposes Feed Access Control Standard

There are many people that have a feed that do not want the feed to be public. August 2, 2006

Yahoo Launches Corporate Blog Called Yodel Anecdotal

Yahoo has launched a new corporate blog called Yodel Anecdotal. August 2, 2006

The Business of Writing Romance

The Associated Press has an interesting report about the recent Romance Writers of America convention. August 2, 2006

Gidol Hosts Google Video Lip-synch Contests

Some music lovers are making use of Google Video to host their own video competitions. August 1, 2006

Flying Spaghetti Monster Site Launches a Hate Mail Blog

The Flying Spaghetti Monster website is making an interesting use of their hate mail. August 1, 2006

Study Finds YouTube More Popular Than MySpace

The Guardian reports on a Nielsen/NetRatings study that found YouTube has passed MySpace in online popularity. August 1, 2006

Future Tech Jobs Will Need Versatile Workers

Future technology jobs will require less raw programming talent according to an article in Computerworld. August 1, 2006