AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West defended himself from criticism over his delayed performance at Bonnaroo, saying on his blog that the flak he's taken has left him "the most offended I've ever been."
E! Online - Ever write something in anger and think it sounds totally rational and then look back at it a few months later and laugh at your own sense of self-importance?
Reuters - Shares of Yahoo Inc
rose as much as 11 percent on Tuesday, reversing
earlier declines, after contradictory reports on whether buyout
talks with Microsoft Corp were heating up again.
Reuters - Malaysia's deputy prime minister
dismissed on Wednesday as "total garbage" a blogger's
allegation that his wife was involved in the murder of a
Mongolian woman. -- read full article
Reuters - Shares of Yahoo Inc rose as
much as 11 percent on Tuesday, reversing earlier declines,
after contradictory reports said buyout talks with Microsoft
Corp could be heating up again.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The founder of The Huffington Post said traditional news organizations have failed to uncover and report the truth. -- read full article
USATODAY.com - Achieving visibility in Google's search rankings can be a mystery. To help solve the riddle, USA TODAY sat down with Google's Matt Cutts, an engineer and active blogger, who has five easy tips on how to "optimize" your site so Google and the rest of the world can find it. -- read full article
AFP - Videos shared on YouTube and blogs scrutinizing candidates are part of an Internet-age revolution shaking up the US presidential election and sweeping in a new political era.
AP - A news discussion site and The Associated Press have resolved a dispute over an AP demand that the site remove some of the news agency's content. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The experimental phone network uses geo-tagged data, mobile social networking, and "virtual sticky notes" to send and receive real-time information. -- read full article
AFP - A media rights watchdog on Thursday urged Vietnamese authorities to free a blogger arrested before the Olympic torch relay who the group said was being targetted for his political views.
