Around The Blogosphere 08 January 11

BLOG MYSTERY ::: Who ordered the post below to be deleted from the internet?

Famous Bloggers

Who is Going to Dominate Google?

AOL ATTACKS GOOGLE ::: Can Google Get Its Mojo Back? - " A spectre is haunting Mountain View. No, not bed bugs: bit rot. Google is in serious decline..." TechCrunch officially jumps the shark - you knew that AOL bought TechCrunch awhile back - finally AOL gets down and dirty, launching an attack on Mt. View via the popular blog

"My sources tell me that since then Microsoft has become much more efficient, and their recent successes—XBox, Kinect, Windows 7, Windows Phone, Bing—testify to this. Kudos to them. Can Google do the same?" ~ Jon Evans

(all you folks who were once AOL-haters immediately understand what's going on here!) From the gist of this article, I would say we should be looking for an AOL-MICROSOFT partnership announcement soon!

WordPress, Blogger or Tumblr? ::: PopHerald.com (blog)

According to a report, WordPress.com grew by over 6 million new blogs, and 53% pageviews in 2010.

Twitter / NewYorkPost

NewYorkPost: Verizon to hold #iPhone event Jan. 11 http://t.co/q0Z3qDR -

FREEDOM OF SPEECH? ::: Greg Mitchell follows the shocking new DOJ move against WikiLeaks supporters, seeking records from Twitter... (TheNation)

Voters in Southern Sudan will vote on January 9, 2011 (Sunday) in a referendum to decide whether to separate or remain part of Sudan. Follow Southern Sudan Referendum tweets here

The Roving Ronin Report posted videos and pictures of the Firewalking Festival (Akibasan Gongen Hibuse Matsuri) in Odawara, where “Buddhist Priests dressed as Yamabushi - mountain hermits - walked over hot coals.”