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Slate's David Plotz is Blogging the Bible

Slate's David Plotz has started blogging the Bible. May 24, 2006

Fine Fools Blog Network For Sale

Paul Scrivens has announced that he is selling the Fine Fools blog network. May 24, 2006

Associated Press and Technorati Partner

Technorati reports that they have partnered with the Associated Press (AP) to provide blog roundup features on 440 AP member websites. May 24, 2006

Beware The Dark Net

The BBC reports that Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee believes there should be only one internet, not one or more internets. May 24, 2006

McClatchy Sells Philadelphia Newspapers

The AP reports that McClatchy Co. May 24, 2006

In Ceccano, Italy, The Da Vinci Code is Burning

A copy of The Da Vinci Code was burned in Ceccano, Italy by two council members. Other townspeople through rotten tomatoes at the council members. May 24, 2006

Another URL Change for MSN Spaces Users

The Space Craft reports that MSN Spaces' users will soon be getting new URLS. May 23, 2006

CIA Officials May Testify Against Scooter Libby

Two top CIA officials are going to testify against Scooter Libby in his trial for perjury, false statements and obstruction of justice in the Valerie Plame matter. May 23, 2006

Schools in Illinois to Monitor Student Blogs in 2007

The AP reports that the Illinois School District plans to monitor the blogs and MySpace profiles of some of their students. May 23, 2006

Charles Gibson Named World News Tonight Anchor

Charles Gibson will be the sole anchor of World News Tonight on ABC according to an ABC News report. May 23, 2006

Those Double-Underlined Words on Blogs

Robert Scoble has a post that notes the double-underlined words, a form of web advertising, that are starting to appear on some blogs and websites. May 22, 2006

Bebo Raises $15 Million in Venture Capital Financing

Paid Content reports that Bebo, one of the most popular social networks, has received an investment of $15 million from Benchmark Capital. May 22, 2006

Audio Version of Colbert's Speech Tops iTunes

The New York Times reports that an audio version of Stephen Colbert's WHCA speech has topped the charts on iTunes. May 22, 2006

Top 10 Job Seeker Mistakes

An article by Fred E. May 22, 2006

Oprah To Write Fitness Book With Bob Greene

Oprah Winfrey has everyone in an absolute frenzy: she announced that she's finally going to write a diet and exercise book with her personal trainer Bob Greene. May 22, 2006

BEA Confronts Changes In Book Publishing

The main topic of discussion at Book Expo America is all of the changes going on in the book publishing industry. May 22, 2006

John Updike Rallies The Literati

Book Expo was a veritable hotbed of controversy as the technorati and the literati squared off over the issues of technology and copyrights. May 22, 2006

Feedpass Provides RSS Subscribe Page for Feeds

Feedpass is a new service that provides an RSS subscription page (or landing page) where people can quickly subscribe to your RSS feed from a variety of RSS readers and email readers. May 21, 2006

Technorati Adds Individual Blog Data Cards

Technorati has added more information about individual blogs. May 20, 2006

Narrow Your Google Blog Search by Date

Google has announced an upgrade to Google Blog Search that includes the option to limit your search by a specific time period. May 20, 2006

Senate Votes To Make English The National Language

The U. May 19, 2006

The Knot Launches The Nest

The Knot Inc. May 19, 2006

The Da Vinci Code Opens Today

The much-awaited film version of Dan Brown's bestseller The Da Vinci Code opens in wide release today. May 19, 2006

Data Mining the Commentsphere

Micropersuasion. May 18, 2006

Starbucks To Sell Books

Starbucks has announced that it's getting into the book business and that the stores will start selling books by Christmas 2006. May 18, 2006