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Blogs, wikis, and Web 2.0 as the next application platform

IBM is planning to use Web 2.0 software like wikis as a foundation upon which to build so-called situational software.

Famed Microsoft blogger Scoble leaves for start-up

The world's most famous corporate blogger, Robert Scoble, credited with helping to break down a siege mentality at his employer, Microsoft Corp., confirmed on Sunday that he is leaving to join a recently formed Silicon Valley Internet media start-up.

Oh yes, about that media start-up...Pod Tech

Forbe video interview with Robert Scoble discussing value of business blogs.

Video bloggers ready to incite 'media revolution'

As Jordan Nealy blows out four candles on her birthday cake in South Carolina, Irina Slutsky interviews a technology executive in Texas, and Helene Cardona recites a poem from a train platform in Los Angeles. Read on here.

Can You Digg it?

Have you noticed while your are reading online you see a prompt to "digg" this story?

We have one on the bottom of each of our full page posts that looks like this: Digg

What is Digg?
It's is a technology news website that combines social bookmarking, blogging, and syndication with non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control. Read more.

Web 2.0 and Blogging

One of the most highly touted features of the Web 2.0 era is the rise of blogging. Personal home pages, personal diaries, and personal opinion, have been around since the early days of the web, so what is the fuss all about?

FeedBurner

Do you know where your feeds are? Do you know who is reading them?

Feedburner gives bloggers a simple way of finding out exactly how many people were reading your feed, how many of those people were clicking on items and which items they were following up on.

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BlogPulse

BlogPulse is an automated trend discovery system for blogs. Blogs, a term that is short for weblogs, represent the fastest-growing medium of personal publishing and the newest method of individual expression and opinion on the Internet. BlogPulse applies machine-learning and natural-language processing techniques to discover trends in the highly dynamic world of blogs. BlogPulse is brought to you by Nielsen BuzzMetrics.

Liberals, courting bloggers, bow to Net's growing power

A new political movement is taking root this week at the first Yearly-Kos convention, a gathering of liberal bloggers bent on revolutionizing American politics through the power of the Internet.

Newspapers woo bloggers with mixed results

Plenty of papers are blogging. But mixing old-time news gathering with new "citizen journalism" isn't always easy.

Yahoo! Video Team Blog

As you may have read on today’s SearchBlog, Yahoo re-launched Video Search with a whole new look and a number of features, including improved comprehensiveness and search, uploading, and tagging and sharing of videos from across the Web. Check out the complete post to read more about what’s new.

More About Photo Blogging

How are digital cameras and photo sites changing photography and the Web? Andrew Long , editor of "Fotolog.book: A Global Snapshot for a Digital Age," and Adam Seifer , co-founder of Fotolog , were online to discuss the rise of photo blogging.

Photoblogs

Photoblogs.org is a resource designed to help people find all kinds of photoblogs. If you're not sure what a photoblog is, check out their FAQ.

Apple thwarted in bid to unmask leaker

Apple Computer suffered a setback in its effort to plug an internal leak, after a state appeals court ruled that the computer maker can't immediately get its hands on records of who may have contacted an Apple enthusiast site with details on an unreleased product.

Tivo Fan's

For those who can't live without their Tivo, checkout their blog site.

Into The Wild Blog Yonder

The once-secretive Boeing opens itself up -- to employees, customers, and the public...via blogging.

Blog Links to Visit

Below are links related to blogging, courtesy of the New York Times:

• Linkology: How the 50 Most Popular Blogs Are Related
• The Early Years: A Timeline of Blogging
• Five Cool Blogs to Check Out Now
• Meet the Bloggers
• The Long Tail Theory: Why B-list Blogs Can Make It, Too

The Blog Establishment

Blogs to Riches

The first massively popular blogs—built from blood, sweat, and the democratically earned approval of tough-to-please Websurfers—were the kind of success stories everyone loves. But these days, a lot of aspiring Internet barons are discovering that the online aristocracy is about as tough to crack as any other.

Better Blogging Coming to Six Apart

"Do you have a blog?" Anil Dash, VP at blogging company Six Apart, kept asking as people came up to his booth at the Maker Faire. Some people did, some didn't. At least everybody seemed to know what blogs are. I have a TypePad blog (TypePad is Six Apart's paid blog hosting service), so I took the opportunity to say so and to complain about the ser... Read more

Marketers told to keep steadfast watch on blogs

Big companies' ad buyers are warming up to the likes of blogs, RSS and podcasts.