Dulles, Va. - AOL (NYSE: TWX) on Thursday announced the launch of the AOL Technology Network, which will include technology-focused blogs including Engadget, Switched, TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog), DownloadSquad, Engadget Mobile and Engadget HD. All the sites will feature tabs at the top linking to the other network sites, and AOL's advertising arm, Platform-A, also plans to sell ads across the entire network. Switched, now powered by Engadget, will serve as the network's central hub.

New York - Peter Rojas, the Internet entrepreneur who founded gadget blog Engadget, has partnered with independent label Downtown Records to create an online-only record label that will give away all its music, and generate revenue through ads and sponsorships, the New York Post reported. Slated for launch in the fall the "RCRD LBL" venture plans to offer music for free -- from artists like Downtown's Gnarls Barkley and Cold War Kids -- on a blog that will offer "highly targeted sponsorship opportunities."