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Lijit has launched its ad network, which CEO Todd Vernon talked about in an interview previously. He outlines the beta in a blog post: In this release, publishers will be able to opt-in to the search-based ad network and begin receiving a share of the revenue for ad units displayed in your search results. As a thank you for your patience while we've been developing and testing these features, your account will be pre-loaded with a credit for estimated revenues based on your search history during this period (a minimum of $5). We're not done yet! In the near future those publishers who have opted in to Lijit's Ad Network will be able to sell their search based ads directly to advertisers with whom they may already have relationships, targeting just their own publication and making even more money for themselves. This is going to be big! Maybe this is what's needed to get more websites and blogs (in particular) to switch their standard search box to a Lijit powered one? Possibly Rela

Aweber, a mailing list service that costs money, has added Twitter support. This means that you can send a tweet automatically, when a new email is being delivered to the mailing list. Darren Rowse, an Aweber users, has screenshots. Possibly Related PostsCindy McCain Gets Hijacked on TwitterPresidential Debate Cranks Up Twitter StatsThe US Presidential Election on Twitter

Version 9.6 of the Opera web browser is now available. It is supposed to be faster than previous versions, as well as include feed preview and new synchronization options. More news here. You can download the Opera web browser for free from opera.com, and read about how you can help spread it in the official blog. Possibly Related PostsGoogle Chrome Available for Mac and Linux, Sort OfCamino's Mike Pinkerton Working on Mac Version of Google ChromeGoogle Chrome: Initial Reports Round-up

BlogCatalog.com, a premier social network for bloggers, launched a total aggregation search engine that delivers search results from the BlogCatalog directory, member blog posts, discussion areas, blog tags, post tags, and more than 20 social networks.

One of our partners, Sun Microsystems, has an excellent collection of blogs. Sun's News Blog has a list of some of these blogs around Sun including Jonathan Schwartzâ??s blog & other senior executives. Jonathan is Sun's President and COO an The

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Linus Torvalds has finally joined the blogosphere. He has started a trial blog which is not going to be directly related to his involvement in Linux. The blog is named Linus blog and it is more of a personal thing. Torvalds said that he sees this blog as

I woke up to be told I was buying into a string of banks, apparently the government has decided to use £1,610 pounds of my money. It was the latest and most powerful indication of just how our world has been turned on its head. Just consider.... The

PETALING JAYA: The defence fired its first salvo in the Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin sedition trial when it contended that the search which the police conducted at the blogger?s house on May 2 was done recklessly. Lawyer Gobind Singh Deo on Wednesday

Levi's hoped to generate buzz with its 'Unbutton Your Beast' site, and early returns show it's definitely succeeding. The effort, which allows users to create and send to friends phallic 'monsters' that pop out of Levi's 501 jeans, has drawn lots of