WSJ Takes Issue With Blogs

The mainstream media has been accused many times of either misunderstanding or fearing the blogosphere. Since the Wall Street Journal is as mainstream as the Mississippi River, a damning indictment of blogs should carry some weight. Unless you look at it a little more closely.

Google To Stay Single In China

While some might call it a show of "determination," others would label it "pigheadedness." Either way, Google apparently plans to remain on its own in the Chinese search engine market. The corporation will not pursue any partnerships with Chinese companies, according to Kai-fu Lee, Google's president for Greater China.

Got Monitoring? Pingdom Has It

A Christmas gift from Sweden for webmasters and server administrators offers a free year of website monitoring, without strings attached.

Amazon Launches New Q&A Service

The rising trend of social media and user-generated content continues as Amazon touts the launch of its Askville service, a site geared at asking and answering just about any question that you can possibly come up with.