] NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet search company Google Inc.
] has agreed to acquire Pyra Labs, the handful of Web
] developers who helped jump-start the personal publishing
] phenomenon known as blogging, Pyra's founder said on
] Sunday.
] Word of the deal spread after Pyra Labs Chief Executive
] Evan Williams confirmed on his personal Weblog that his
] team of six developers would join Google. In typical blog
] fashion, the news spread first on Saturday from San Jose
] Mercury technology columnist Dan Gillmor's eJournal diary
] to other blog sites.
] Weblogs, or "blogs" for short, are a form of grass-roots
] online diary publishing that give ordinary people with
] limited technical knowledge the ability to update
] personal Web sites. A blog consists of short, frequently
] updated postings that are arranged chronologically,
] highlighting the latest material.