So news has broken out about the FTC planning to monitor blogs for paid reviews/links under new regulations (the PDF document can be seen here). The guidelines could be enforced as soon as this summer and would mean that bloggers and affiliates would have to disclose whether or not they are being compensated for any review/link they make for a product or service, be it in payment or free goods. The guidelines could even make advertisers liable for any misleading reviews or claims. (more…)

Microsoft recently released an Alpha version of their open source content management sample, Oxite. You will find the system available under the Microsoft Public Licence as well as the CodePlex website.

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