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Waxxi Offers Interactive Podcasting

Waxxi is a new company founded by Tracy Sheridan that will soon be offering interactive podcasts. May 7, 2006

Pakistan Resumes Blocking Entire Blogspot Domain

A Don't Block the Blog PDF press release reports that the Government of Pakistan appears to have resumed blocking the entire Blogspot domain. May 7, 2006

Forecast: 60 Million Bloggers on China's Censoredsphere by Year's End

China will reportedly have over 60 million bloggers by the end of 2006 and 100 million in 2007. May 6, 2006

NYC Ignores Judge and Fires Employee for Websurfing

The Associated Press reports that a New York City Department of Education employee has been fired for surfing the Internet. May 6, 2006

Six Apart Blogs Brought Down by Redirected Denial of Service Attack

Security Pro News reports that this weeks Six Apart outage was caused by a redirected denial or service attack or DDoS. May 5, 2006

Bloggers Still Discussing Colbert's White House Correspondent's Speech

Bloggers are still discussing Stephen Colbert's White House Correspondent's Dinner spech which was a big hit in the blogosphere May 5, 2006

Telecommuting, Part-Time Work Increasing

A new report has found that more U. May 5, 2006

Parents on MySpace

Catherine Saillant, a journalist at the L. May 4, 2006

Xu Jing Lei Passes Boing Boing on Technorati 100

Xu Jing Lei's blog has bumped Boing Boing from the #1 spot on the Technorati 100. May 4, 2006

C-SPAN Makes YouTube Remove Colbert Videos

The videos of Stephen Colbert's speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner have been pulled from YouTube. May 4, 2006

BBC and CNN Most Trusted Global News Brands

Reuters reports on the results of a poll that surveyed 10,000 adults in 10 countries to see what news networks they trusted. May 4, 2006

Kaavya Viswanathan Plagiarized Salman Rushdie

Just when you thought that the number of authors that Kaavya Viswanathan had plagiarized had reached a ridiculous number, we learn of yet another instance of copying. May 4, 2006

Valerie Plame Shopping A Book Deal

Outed ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame is reportedly shopping a book deal about her experiences. May 4, 2006

Damon Lindelof And Carlton Cuse Discuss Writing Lost

TV Guide's Ask Ausiello has an interesting interview with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse who write the hit TV series Lost. May 4, 2006

Steve Pavlina Provides Blogging for Money Tips

Steve Pavlina blogs that he is now making $200 a day from his blog. May 3, 2006

New York Times Runs Article on Colbert Blogstorm

The New York Times has run a story about the growing blogstorm over the Stephen Colbert speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner May 3, 2006

Kaavya Viswanathan Accused Of Plagiarizing Meg Cabot's Work

In light of the new revelations that Kaavya Viswanathan apparently also plagiarized the work of bestselling author Meg Cabot (that makes three authors, if you're keeping score at home), Little, Brown has thrown up its hands in dismay and sensibly cancelled Ms. May 3, 2006

Crowd Control Made Easy: The Riot Slimer

The search for a new, non-lethal tool to use on unruly crowds of people has reached a new high: the enterprising scientists at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, have applied for a patent on the new Riot Slimer, which allows police or troops to spray non-toxic goo all over a crowd, causing them to slip and fall on their behinds. May 2, 2006