Senate Considers Bill Which Will Gut Women's Healthcare Coverage

Lynn Harris of Salon drops this little bombshell today: the Senate is considering a bill that's going to override all state law protections that require insurance companies to cover prescriptions for women's medical issues and which protect pregnant women. March 8, 2006

Blogger Greg Linden Discovers Google Drive Plans

Blogger Greg Linden recently found and blogged about Google's plans for infinite storage that were contained in some materials presented at Google analyst day. March 7, 2006

Troops in Iraq Denied Access to Some Blogs

Wonkette is reporting that US Marines in Iraq no longer have access to some blogs, including Wonkette. March 7, 2006

New Jersey Bill Would Stop Anonymous Blog Comments and Forums

A new New Jersey bill seeks to stop anonymous posts on blogs and forums. March 7, 2006

Lie Detectors at Job Interviews

Most people get stressed out enough when it comes to the big job interview. March 7, 2006

MTV and YouTube Form Partnership

MTV and YouTube have formed a partnership. March 7, 2006

Penguin to Publish Alan Greenspan's Memoirs

Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, has signed a huge book deal with Penguin for at least $7 million. March 7, 2006

Words Worth Saving

Ian Brookes is the editor of the Chambers Dictionary, which is published in Scotland by Chambers Harrap Publishers. March 7, 2006

Wal-Mart Courts Bloggers to Boost Image

The New York Times reports tonight that Wal-Mart has been contacting bloggers in an attempt to boost their image. March 6, 2006

Jon Stewart's Stellar Oscar Performance

Jon Stewart did an excellent job hosting the Oscars last night. March 6, 2006

NBC Universal Acquires iVillage

NBC Universal has acquired iVillage, a women's website, in a $600 million deal. March 6, 2006

Larry McMurtry Thanks Booksellers in Oscar Acceptance Speech

We agree with Robert Bianco of USA Today that "When the movies are small, Oscar's host has to be huge - and Jon Stewart came through big time. March 6, 2006

Oscars 2006 and Three 6 Mafia

The Oscars clocked in at 3 1/2 hours, just what producer Gil Cates said they would. March 6, 2006

How Many RSS Feeds Should One Person Read?

How many RSS feeds should one person subscribe to before it is too many? How many does it take to get the job done? Ollie at Dayorama recently asked the blogosphere this same question. March 4, 2006

St Blog's Parish Includes Hundreds of Catholic Bloggers

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Blogosphere Will Not Be Beaten By MySpace, Digg, YouTube, StupidVideos, Etc.

Steve Rubel says the center of gravity is shifting and the "blogosphere is not where all the action is going to be in the months ahead. March 3, 2006

Pakistan Blogspot Blogs Blocked in Mohammed Cartoon Row

The BBC reports that Pakistan has blocked several blogs in response to the growing conflict over the Mohammed Cartoons. March 3, 2006

Joy in Corporate America: RIM and Blackbery Reach Settlement

The millions of Blackberry users have been terrified that a mean judge was going to take their favorite toys away from them -- and with good reason. March 3, 2006

MySpace Replacing Email for Some Teens and Tweens

We mentioned earlier that most MySpace users aren't going there to read blogs. March 3, 2006

Many Boomers Want or Need to Work Past Retirement

An InformationWeek article says the U. March 3, 2006

Nonfiction Authors Feeling the Frey Fallout

Carol Memmet at USA Today investigates the effect that the James Frey disaster is having on nonfiction writers. March 3, 2006

Comedian's Blog Tops Technorati Favorites List

Comedian Jenée's blog has topped the recently launched Technorati list of the 100 Most Favorited Blogs. March 2, 2006

Splogs and Colloidal Silver

The Wall Street Journal has an article by Lee Gomes that looks into the cheesy world of content that is written on the cheap to lure traffic from search engines. March 2, 2006

Malcolm Gladwell Starts Blogging

Malcolm Gladwell, the author of Blink, The Tipping Point and these New Yorker articles started his own blog in February. March 2, 2006

Three 6 Mafia Cleans Up For the Oscars

Whitney Matheson of USA Today wondered how hip hop group Three 6 Mafia is going to approach their performance at the Oscars of their nominated song from Hustle & Flow, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"? After all, the FCC is so freaked out about on-air profanity that they are airing the show on a tape delay. March 2, 2006