Tech news links 06/01/08

Social journalism

What makes an online journalist from Kevin Anderson – Guardian/Strange Attractor

Online figures for national newspaper sites for December from Press Gazette

dot.life blog launches on BBC with Darren Waters and Rory Cellan-Jones posting – Rory is off to CES

News

Guardian's Jemima Kiss' PDA roundup

Bebo named top social networking site by Which for privacy and security from Guardian’s Rebecca Smithers

Wika Search planned launch 7th January 4 as possible Google search rival from VNUnet

Scoble booted off Facebook for allegedly running scripts on his page – not so open a platform then from TechCrunch's Mike Butcher?

And the explanation why from Jack Schofield with more Plaxo PR further to up-for-sale stories

Cyber thieves target social sites from Mark Ward at BBC Online

Using social media

Future business uses for Twitter from JP Rangaswami

8 reasons to embrace WOM from WOMMA

2008 predictions

BBC Online’s Bill Thompson predictions for 2008 including Facebook location-based services

Library House social media big sale prediction

2nd Tech Weekly podcast from Guardian more predictions