Follow Santa’s Trip Via Email

Nothing generates greater paranoia in small children than the notion of sleek little elves watching their every movement, monitoring all their behavior and determining whether that child has been naughty or nice. Perhaps now, at least for a little while, the tables are turned. This year, MindComet has secured OfficialSantaEmail.com.

Bloglines Talks Growth And Pirates

Mark Fletcher, Bloglines founder, has been a part of the Ask Jeeves family since February. The service has seen growth, its attendant pains, and a makeover for the downtime plumber.

Wink At Powered People Search

Another day, another startup splashes online. All of the Silicon Valley insiders and the beautiful people on Memeorandum have been writing about Wink.com today, so we'll add our two cents from the heart of the Bluegrass as well.

Dont Sue Me, Just Pick Up The Phone

Three companies control the reprint rights to about 80 percent of the world's song lyrics, or so says Warner Chappell's Jay Morgenstern. If that's the case, then it should be relatively easy to license the reprinting of those lyrics and avoid the Music Publisher Association's threats to take action next year against websites that post song lyrics.