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In The Blogosphere, Girls Rule
Though the overall number of blogging teenagers has risen, far more girls than boys between the ages of 12 and 17 have…
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Careful, That C&D Letter Might Be Copyrighted
Here's a case that'll likely leave you with an icky feeling. A lawyer for a large company in Idaho copyrighted a cease-and-desist letter, and when an anonymous blogger posted the letter on his blog, the company subpoenaed the blog hosting company for the blogger's identity in order to pursue copyright infringement claims.
Half Of Mac Users Pay To Download Music
In the third quarter of 2007 half of all Mac users had paid to download music tracks from sites like iTunes, but just 16 percent of PC owners had done so, according to NPD's quarterly Digital Music Monitor.
Steve Webb Un-Suspended From Facebook
It's hard to blame Facebook for trying to remove phony profiles - the social networking site has often been made fun of for, say, having over a dozen Jack Sparrows onboard. Facebook's employees accidentally went too far, though, when they disabled the profile of a member of the British Parliament.
LeWeb Attracts La Controverse
You won't get to see the video; it was taken down faster than a…well, let's not answer possibly offensive with possibly also offensive. (But you have to admit, the list of French things that could be taken down quickly is virtually limitless, and most likely very funny to everybody but the French.)
Bloglines Beefs Up
Before we had Google Reader, the biggest kid on the RSS reader block was Bloglines. While Google has taken that title, away from the Ask.com owned service, Bloglines has been back to the gym recently and added some bulk. Bloglines has rolled out a slew of new features today, including:
