Steve Gillmor / NewsGang:
As I was saying  —  On The Gang this Friday, Dan Farber asked me what I was doing in this new gig - a column or a blog?  No difference, I replied.  Just like there’s no difference between mainstream and bloggospherian journalism and commentary.  This is my opinion, and in the […]

Wall Street Journal:
J.P. Morgan Rescues Bear Stearns  —  U.S. Pushed Deal  —  To Avert Crisis;  —  A Fire-Sale Price  —  Bear Stearns Cos. reached an agreement to sell itself to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., as worries grew that failing to find a buyer for the beleaguered investment bank could cause the crisis of […]

Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
Why Is It So Hard To Say “I’m Sorry,” Sarah?  —  I’ve been thinking recently about how the ability to go “live” may affect many careers.  Using the Sarah Lacy/Mark Zuckerberg keynote as our example, I want to share some thoughts with you.  Whether you are a blogger or an entrepreneur […]

Dan Farber / Outside the Lines:
Flickr Video beta due in April  —  In early February, in the midst of Microsoft’s surprise bid to acquire Yahoo, I wrote about Yahoo’s Flickr Video coming soon.  It’s been a long time coming.  I first asked Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake about a Flickr video service in December 2005.

Bernard Lunn / ReadWriteWeb:
Online Business Networking: 2 Horse Globalization Race  —  Increasingly people accept that Facebook serves a different function than LinkedIn.  In simple terms: deals on LinkedIn, dates on Facebook.  This simple reality was obscured for a while, because the Silicon Valley crowd use Facebook …

Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
Russell Shaw R.I.P.  —  It is with the most profound sadness that I have to report the the untimely passing of Russell Shaw, a blogger, journalist and friend.  —  Russell passed away suddenly in his hotel room in San Jose Thursday night or early Friday morning.

Dan Farber / Outside the Lines:
We’ll miss Russell Shaw  —  One of our tech journalism colleagues, Russell Shaw, passed away on Friday, March 14.  He was on a reporting trip in San Jose, traveling from his home base of Portland, Ore. I knew Russell first as a blogger at ZDNet, where he covered broadband, […]

Muhammad Saleem / social media maven:
friendfeed versus socialthing: why i’m backing socialthing  —  before you read my opinion on the two relatively similar services, i would recommend checking out read/writeweb’s look at friendfeed versus socialthing.  while i think the article has a great overview and good points, i do have to disagree with the […]

Ben DuBose / Los Angeles Times:
Piracy provision aims at universities  —  A House bill to make college more affordable contains a mandate that campuses develop plans to prevent illegal downloads.  Schools say they’re a minor part of the problem and unfairly targeted.  —  WASHINGTON — Colleges and universities that take part …

Muhammad Saleem / muhammad.saleem:
friendfeed versus socialthing: why i’m backing socialthing  —  before you read my opinion on the two relatively similar services, i would recommend checking out read/writeweb’s look at friendfeed versus socialthing.  while i think the article has a great overview and good points, i do have to disagree with the conclusion.