links for 2005-11-17

First, conservative bloggers followed Hugh Hewitt’s call to "adopt a box" of documents about Judge Roberts and cull through them for interesting information.  And now Mark Tapscott takes his mandate as an advocate for Computer Assisted Research and Reporting to a new level by suggesting "Citizen Assisted Research and Reporting" through an examination of massive…

The Tennessean covers the story of a state rep who has taken to blogging — and offending many of his colleagues in the process. Rep. Stacey Campfield has been taking a beating over his blog. The Knoxville Republican’s Internet postings about goings-on at the state Capitol have been called less than ”outhouse worthy” by one…

I tried.  I really, really wanted to go back to Microsoft Internet Explorer.  Overall, I prefer that browser to Firefox, mostly because the extensions they have and that many web sites take advantage of.  But I couldn’t do it.  The MSN search toolbar had me feeling good for a while because it enables tabbed browsing. …

Tom Formeski over at SiliconValleyWatcher reports that the rumored Moreover deal is done and the buyer isn’t someone anyone I know was guessing: VeriSign is about to announce it acquired Moreover Technologies, the San Francisco based news aggregator. The acquisition price is around $25m according to SVW sources. I have to confess that I don’t…

Brookings will be offering a talk on "The Impact of the New Media" tomorrow, which will be available via webcast.  Old and new media will be on hand to discuss the meaning of blogs and the like.