links for 2009-10-05

The Federal Trade Commission will require bloggers to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products.

It is the first time since 1980 that the commission has revised its guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, and the first time the rules have covered bloggers.

Every time I see webinar in print, it makes me want to break people in half with a rusty spade. This isn’t the only example of bastardized English that narks people, as a recent challenge on Twitter showed. Revel in the filthiness of these examples (in received order, not order of yuck-iness):

Firstly, I want to recommend a really excellent podcast devoted to all things PSP (Playstation Portable) called The PSP Show (http://psp.thepodcastnetwork.com/) done by a very knowledgeable guy called Ewan Spence.