Blogging News: Page 24

This is page 24 of the blogging news archives.

New Social Network Promises Only Happy Content (May 9, 2007): Everything's rosy at this new social network.

Columnist Calls Blogging Air Guitar Journalism (May 7, 2007): Sunday Times columnist David Bullard has written an article about blogs for the Sunday Times that qualifies as pure blog pessimism.

Technorati Authority and 180 Day Inbound Link Graphs (May 6, 2007): Technorati says they have changed the text that used to read "N blogs link here" to a single Technorati Authority number.

Army Clamps Down on Blogs Again (May 5, 2007): Wired reports that an updated document (PDF) from the U.

Buzz Over Possible Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Fading Away (May 4, 2007): The top story on Techmeme and Megite today is a story that has appeared in the New York Post, Financial Times and elsewhere that says Microsoft is interested in acquiring Yahoo.

Cruise Director John Heald Planning Blogger's Cruise (May 3, 2007): An MSNBC article discusses cruise director John Heald's hit travel blog.

HD-DVD Processing Code Spreads Despite Attempts to Stop It (May 2, 2007): The HD-DVD processing code that reportedly unlocks copyrighted HD-DVDs is spreading around the Internet despite attempts by the AACS Licensing Authority to stop it.

Amazon.com Goes From Plogs to Blog (April 29, 2007): Amazon.

Study: Blogs Contain Offensive Content and Viruses (April 26, 2007): A new study of blogs by a company named ScanSafe has issued a report called the Global Threat Report.

Jossip Initiatives Launches Stereohyped (April 26, 2007): David Hauslaib's Jossip Initiatives is launching Stereohyped a new blog targeting black readers.

Technorati Considering Widget Ads? (April 25, 2007): Technorati's widget survey has sparked some interest in the blogosphere.

Print Magazine for Bloggers and Podcasters Launches (April 24, 2007): There is a new print magazine called Blogger & Podcaster Magazine.

Most People Are Just Watching the Web 2.0 Revolution (April 20, 2007): Excite Digital Edge blogs about a recent Hitwise study that found less than 1% of people create content for the leading Web 2.

MySpace News is Bloggy (April 20, 2007): MySpace has launched a beta version of its MySpace News website.

Gossip Blogs Claim Lindsay Lohan's BlackBerry, Gmail and MySpace Hacked (April 19, 2007): Several celebrity gossip blogs are reporting that Lindsay Lohan's private MySpace account has been hacked and emails and photos from her gmail and BlackBerry accounts were posted there.

The Great BlackBerry Blackout of '07 (April 19, 2007): The New York Times chronicles the terror and despair during the dreadful ten hours that RIM's BlackBerry service was on the fritz.

Ebay to Acquire StumbleUpon (April 18, 2007): TechCrunch is reporting that eBay has signed a deal to acquire the StumbleUpon website.

Will Ferrell Clip Kicks Off Funny or Die (April 17, 2007): Funny or Die is a new comedy video website from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company Gary Sanchez Productions.

Blogs, Cell Phones Provide Coverage of Virginia Tech Shootings (April 16, 2007): Information Week reports that blogs and cell phones helped provide some of the earliest coverage of the shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech this morning.

Associated Press Launches Asap Website (April 16, 2007): The Associated Press has launched a new service called Asap that includes video content and blogs.