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Microsoft Makes Space for Ads on MSN Spaces Blogs
MarketingVOX - Microsoft is expected to launch a major upgrade of MSN Spaces , including its

Consumer-Generated Unemployment
WebProNews - Slate\’s editor-at-large, Jack Shafer, has a great piece discussing the \”collapsing cost of media creation.\” \”Not Just Another Column About

Network World Fusion - PIGEONBLOG provides an alternative participatory way to environmental air pollution data gathering. It equips Urban Homing Pigeons with GPS enabled electronic air pollution sensing devices, capable of sending location based air pollution data as well

Google up \’collaboration\’
Berkshire Eagle - China has made its markets more free, but the freedom of its people is still lagging, and that was made clear this week when Google launched a search Web site for the country. China\’s Google is much like the Google here in America, but it\’s missing a

Agriculture Weekly - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The Internet provides farmers a wealth of information on crop marketing, financial management and dealing with crop diseases. But on a busy farm, surfing the Web takes too much time to find useful information. \”We need someone to

Top 10 Intranets: Creative, Mobile, Multinational
Information Week - It\’s a tech version of the \”best-dressed\” list. This year\’s top sites make good use of blogs and even those annoying overlay ads. The companies with the world\’s best 10 intranets, ranked for the best in design and function, put

It\’s all in the mix 
Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
What do you get if you combine the output of one site with another? A software mashup, one of the hits of Web 2.0, writes Jack Schofield.Save to My Web

Forrester Evaluating Corporate Blogging Solutions 
WebProNews - Jan 31 12:02 PM
Charlene Li: My definition of a blogging solution is a software or service that enables the online publication and management of a blog. At a minimum, the solution should allow the user to set up a Web page, write posts, and manage them. Blog support services like FeedBurner or aggregators like NewsGator don\’t fall into this category.Save to My Web

Microsoft Outlines A Post-China Blog Policy 
Desktop Pipeline - Feb 01 8:02 AM
The company reiterates its commitment to the sharing of information and ideas through blogs, and lays out a policy that says it will remove access to blog content only when it receives a legally binding notice indicating that the material violated local laws.Save to My Web

AIT Adds Free Utilities to All Web Hosting Plans 
TopHosts.com - Feb 01 6:31 PM
…A series of open source tools ideal for database administration, e-commerce, and sites stats, plus a content management system that includes blogging, chat, web mail, RSS feeds, and more.Save to My Web

Thought leader and corporate blogging 
Hindustan Times - Feb 01 6:11 AM
Believe it or not corporate communication has moved into a much evolved slot in this age and time. To blog or not to blog isn\’t a question any longer. The question is how to use the corporate blog to effectively deliver the message.Save to My Web

Law enforcement agencies raid
Del Rio News-Herald - Federal agents raided a Rincon Drive home in south Del Rio and a truck repair business on U.S. Highway 90 before dawn today in an ongoing investigation spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE agents, assisted by officers in

Jeddah\’s Trade Exhibitions for New Year Set
MENAFN - JEDDAH, 27 January 2006 The city\’s trade exhibitions for the new calendar year open with MEETES Middle East education and training show and symposium. The United States, Britain, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, France, Australia, Malaysia

Watsonville Firebombings Investigated
KSBW Channel.com - WATSONVILLE, Calif. — A

Habitat for Humanity Receives $70,000 from Verizon to Support
WebWire - Company Donation, Based on Sales of Verizon Business DSL Service, Will Help Provide New Homes in Storm-Damaged Gulf Coast States January 26, 2006, ATLANTA - Operation Home Delivery, a project of Habitat for Humanity to help families whose homes were

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Leader-Herald - FONDA - Montgomery County Board of Supervisors Chairman Thomas Quackenbush said Thursday if the Providers Inc. are unable to buy the Montgomery Meadows Nursing Home, the county should close the facility. \”At some point, the county needs to relinquish

Our View: Well-trained firefighters a true asset
Alexandria Daily Town Talk - Last year the Alexandria Fire Department responded to 5,286 calls for help, according to the department. The average response time to a fire call was 3.6 minutes, and on average it took firefighters about 11 minutes to control a fire. These same