Google has bought Pyra Labs, a three and a half years old company from San-Francisco that is developing web-logs. The company already has 1.1 million members.

"We're thrilled about the many synergies and future opportunities between our two companies", was to hear from David Krane, the company's director of corporate communications.

At this moment, it isn't known if Google will use web-log links to improve Google news.

http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/