Editor & Publisher reports that the National Society of Newspaper Columnists is considering adding a blogging category its annual awards.

The National Society of Newspaper Columnists is thinking about adding a blogging category to its annual awards contest.

At its recent meeting, the NSNC board of directors passed a motion to ask the contest chair to present [...]

A new technology blog and resource called Obsessable is powered by Crowd Fusion. Crowd Fusion is blogging software that is billed as a “rapid development content engine.”

Obsessable covers the latest in the world of technology, including cell phones, cameras, and HDTVs - obsessively, of course. Obsessable is powered by the rapid content development engine, Crowd [...]

AOL has officially launched two blog sites: PopEater, a celebrity gossip blog, and LemonDrop, a women’s blog. The Social notes that these sites had been in beta for a while before launching.

After letting them gestate in beta for a while, AOL has formally launched two new “lifestyle” sites: entertainment blog PopEater and quirky women’s lifestyle [...]

Here are some blogosphere highlights from Around the Web.

Google’s G-1 Phone ignited a tech blogstorm.
Technorati recently acquired the BlogCritics network. This makes Technorati a search/content/ad-network hybrid sort of like Yahoo has become - but obviously on a smaller scale than Yahoo.
Study finds more hiring managers are using social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn to evaluate [...]

Below is a video of someone using Twitter to turn the lights off in their room. This might be useful for confusing potential criminals about whether you or home or not. We have seen similar uses of Twitter like the plant that tweets when it needs to be watered and the Laundry Room hooked up [...]