The Coming Crackdown On Blogging
According to experts, political blogs are in for some rough times in the coming months and years. New campaign reforms being proposed may alter how the political blogging community operates...
View ArticleMore People Getting Fired For Blogging
According to an article at CNN.com, more and more people are getting fired for keeping blogs. It seems that regular people are getting the boot; you don't have to be a high-profile employee for this to...
View ArticleBlogging vs. Your Job
CNET has posted an interesting FAQ about blogging and your job. The bottom line is that if you blog, do it on your own time and don't talk about your employer in your blog. Also, employment laws will...
View ArticleBlogosphere Growing Faster Than Ever
According to the latest State of the Blogosphere report, there are now over 7.8 million active blogs with 30,000 - 40,000 new blogs being created each day...
View ArticleReview of Wordpress 1.5
NewsForge posted a review of the new Wordpress 1.5 open source blogging software. New features include an advanced theming system, support for Blogger and MetaWebLog APIs, support for static content,...
View ArticleMan Hunts Down His Identity Thief
A Portland man took quick action and proceeded to hunt down his identity thief within hours of being notified by his credit card company. He tracked him to a nearby hotel, called the cops, and watched...
View ArticleBillionaire Mark Cuban To Finance Grokster Defense
Mark Cuban, the dot-com billionaire who founded and sold Broadcast.com, has said that he will pay for Grokster's legal defense in the peer-to-peer lawsuit brought by MGM. This very important case will...
View ArticleJohn Carmack Talks About Writing Cell Phone Games
John Carmack, the man behind games like Quake and Doom decided to take a recreational break from aerospace coding and write DoomRPG, a 3D cell phone game in Java using CDLC and MIDP. In a very...
View ArticleUpdate on Man Who Quit Job To Blog For A Living
Jason Kottke, the man recently quit his job to blog for a living, has posted an update of his current financial situation as a full-time blogger. According to his graph, he is quickly approaching one...
View ArticleBlogs Are a New Force in Business
BusinessWeek has published an article looking at how blogs are being used as competitive weapons in business. According to the article, blogs are shaking up the business world, and most businesses...
View ArticleGoogle Testing Blog RSS Ads
Google is testing a new service that allows blogs using RSS or Atom feeds to carry AdSense advertising. Other companies like Kanoodle, Moreover, BlogAds, and Yahoo either already offer or are testing...
View ArticleMac OS X 10.4 Tiger Users Concerned About Malicious Widgets
It appears that users of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger are concerned about how easily third-party widgets are distributed and installed in the new operating system. Clicking on a specific link is enough to get...
View ArticleRSS Explained
Informit.com has published a very informative article explaining RSS in great detail. Learn how to use RSS aggregators, see how an RSS feed is constructed using XML, and learn to create RSS feeds from...
View ArticleYahoo May Be Buying Skype
According to a number of credible blog postings, Yahoo! is currently in acquisition talks with Skype, the VOIP provider. If this deal happens, expect both Google and Microsoft to move fairly quickly...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Video Blogging (Vlogging)
O'Reilly Digital Media has published an informative article explaining how to get started with Vlogging, or video blogging. The article goes over the basic steps, including creating a video, posting a...
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