Pilgrim’s Picks for October 16

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 by Andy Beal

Are you following me on Twitter? If you want to learn more about the things I do when away from the blog, check it out.

If that’s TMI for you, then stick with these great news stories from today’s feeds.

Microsoft has announced its own 411 service. Guess what it’s called. You got it: Live Search 411. Catchy!
Netvibes is making 1,000 of its 90,000 widgets available for users of Vista, Live.com, and Yahoo Widgets.
Amway/Quixtar is suing 30 anonymous online critics to prevent them from attacking the multi-level marketing company. Amway insists the group are made up of former “distributors” who are under a court order not to disparage the company.
Google may soon add a task-list to Google Calendar. Woohoo!
Sam Harrelson is not looking forward to the influx of full-page interstitial ads from AdBrite.
Consumers are just as likely to trust a blog for news, as mainstream media. You betcha!