Sebastian Junger Investigates The Boston Strangler

Sebastian Junger, best known for The Perfect Storm, has a new book out about the Boston Strangler called A Death in Belmont. April 29, 2006

2006 Photobloggies Open for Nominations

The Photobloggies, an annual award for photoblogs, have opened the nominations phase for the 2006 Photobloggies. April 28, 2006

Bush Approves Another Dubai Outsourcing Deal

Today President Bush approved a deal under which a Dubai-based company will take over control of several U. April 28, 2006

Judge: Websurfing Worker Can't be Fired

A judge has sided with Toquir Choudhri, a Department of Education worker who was fired for playing solitaire on his work computer and visiting websites. April 28, 2006

Why Do Plagiarists Do It?

Now that How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life by Kaavya Viswanathan has been yanked from the bookshelves because of the author's blatant plagiarism of Megan McCafferty's work, Jack Shafer of Slate examines the question of why people plagiarize. April 28, 2006

Star Wars Fan Fiction Pulled From Amazon.com

Amazon.com has removed a listing where a writer was trying to sell fan fiction that was set in the Star Wars universe. April 28, 2006

AOL Launches BloggingStocks With Eight Blogs

AOL has launched BloggingStocks. April 27, 2006

Death and MySpace

An article in the New York Times discusses how profiles on social networking services like MySpace have become memorials after people have died. April 27, 2006

Facebook Pursues Corporate America

Inside Facebook reports that Facebook has started offering its social networking service to large corporations. April 27, 2006

Technorati Possibly Banned in China

Technorati says they have been notified of problems accessing Technorati by people in China. April 27, 2006

Stick This Fish in Your Ear

The popular Babel Fish translation tool now has a home on Yahoo. April 27, 2006

Meg Cabot's Author Book Tour Tips

You may be lucky enough to be heading out on your very first book tour. Author Meg Cabot has some tips including don't be a weirdo. April 27, 2006

How Kaayva Viswanathan Plagiarized, Lied And Still Doesn't Seem To Get It

The plagiarism scandal of Harvard undergraduate scandal is heating up. April 27, 2006

Cute Overload Blog's Readers Create Rules and Slang for Cuteness

Time has an article from ex-Wonkette Ana Marie Cox that analyzes the cuteness found on the Cute Overload blog. April 26, 2006

1 Fortune 500 CEO Blogs. 499 Do Not.

Jonathan Schwartz, the new CEO of Sun Microsystems, is continuing his blog now that he is the CEO. April 26, 2006

Blog Post Sparked Revolt in Gaming Industry

The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that a blog post by Erin Hoffman as EA Spouse, the wife of game developer, helped ignite a revolt against game publishers that were overworking game developers. April 26, 2006

Friends Assistant Writer Loses Sexual Harassment Suit

The assistant writer on the set of Friends has lost her sexual harassment suit filed for a hostile work environment. April 26, 2006

Voice Comments: Great Idea or Auditory Overload?

MyChingo is a new service that lets you record voice comments from your readers. April 25, 2006

Dilbert Creator Uses Ideas Derived From Blog Comments

There is a Dilbert blog entry where Dilbert author Scott Adams plans to turn one or more of the comments into a Sunday comic. April 25, 2006

Bush Tells The O.C. That He Was Diplomatic To The Max

President Bush spoke today to business leaders in Orange County, Califoria and managed to thoroughly confuse everyone present. April 25, 2006

Is Your Face on MySpace?

Today's fear factor story comes from PJStar. April 25, 2006

Kaavya Viswanathan Faces Plagiarism Accusations

Harvard undergrad and debut author Kaavya Viswanathan has a hot new book and a $500,00 book contract. April 25, 2006

Being An Author Is Glamorous Again

British students are now flocking to creative writing courses taught by published authors in droves. April 25, 2006

Dan Brown: It's Not My Job To Debate

As the hysteria mounts in the weeks before the release of The Da Vinci Code film, Dan Brown says that it's not his job to weigh in on the debate. April 25, 2006

Michelle Malkin Launches the Hot Air Network

Michelle Malkin has announced the launch of Hot Air. April 24, 2006