U.S. Air Force discovers blogs

Posted By Kyle Spector Friday, June 30, 2006 - 6:19 PM Share

In an effort to fight the war on terror, the Air Force is putting up $450,000 for a three year study of...blogs. One scientist involved in the project is already proving, with this revelation, that he is worth the money:

Blog entries have a different structure," Ulicny said. "They are typically short and are about something external to the blog posting itself, such as a news event. It's not uncommon for a blogger to simply state, 'I can't believe this happened,' and then link to a news story."

I can't believe this is happening. Check it out here.

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