How To Chat Up Writers

Reporters, bloggers, journalists, writers, authors, call us whatever you like, but when you do call, please bring something of interest to the table.

Yahoo! Gets Into Allah-t Of Trouble

Yahoo! has found itself in the midst of a new controversy after blocking the use of the word "allah" in email account registrant screen names. The uproar sparked from an unlikely complainant, Ed Callahan, whose name includes the banned letter sequence. Yahoo! has since reversed its policy.

ITunes Hits One Billion Downloads

Michigan resident Alex Ostrovsky downloaded the one billionth song from Apple's iTunes Music Store just past midnight Thursday. In doing so, Ostrovsky rocked his way into a lot of loot.