BarbieGirls.com, a virtual world for kids with 14 million registered users worldwide, has introduced “Parents’ Place,” a parent-directed area that is built off a principle of Educate, Empower, and Engage.

One of the featured tools on “Parents’ Place” is the B Smart Pact, an interactive activity for parents and kids to do together, posing a series of questions and scenarios to guide them through a conversation about protecting one’s privacy online, chatting safely, online etiquette/being nice, and length of time spent playing online. The B Smart Pact is also customizable, allowing parents to input individual rewards and consequences for rules, as well as write their own personal family rules (e.g. homework must be done before computer play.)

Online sports community Weplay announced a three-year partnership today with Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. Under the agreement, Weplay will become the official social network service provider and partner of Pop Warner.

As a part of the partnership, Weplay will provide a social utility platform that will allow any Pop Warner player, cheerleader, parent or coach the ability to create a unique profile, connect with each other, share pictures and videos, create blogs and more. Coaches, parents and administrators can also create groups for teams and squads to facilitate communication, share media, and enhance the relationships they make on the fields.

Napster announced a partnership with Walt Disney Records that includes an exclusive commercial-free “Best of Disney” radio station featuring music from Disney’s world-renowned catalog.

Napster’s “Best of Disney” radio station features favorites from the Walt Disney Records catalog including popular Disney artists like Hannah Montana, High School Musical, and the brand new Camp Rock soundtrack album featuring the Jonas Brothers, as well as soundtracks from Disney’s beloved classic animated films, Disney/Pixar’s computer animated films, and theatrical cast recordings. Napster subscribers also have access to Napster’s professionally-programmed Disney Classic Playlist and can create their own Disney playlists.

In case you missed it, Google launched Lively through its Google Labs. With Lively, you can create an avatar and chat with your friends in rooms you design.

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. has unveiled the SC-MX20, the ideal camcorder for the generation of consumers uploading video content to the Internet. The SC-MX20 features a customized recording mode optimized for YouTube or multi-media devices, further simplifying the way users integrate the camcorder into their digital lifestyles.

Featuring a high-performance 680K pixel CCD sensor which delivers a resolution of 720×480, the Samsung SC-MX20 captures video with stunning color and clarity. The new model features a powerful Schneider lens with 34x optical zoom and advanced noise reduction (3-D Noise Reduction) technology to provide superb video quality. It also features Samsung’s improved Advanced Image Stabilization, assuring that consumers will be able to record blur-free memories both near and far, as well as Face Detection, which can automatically detect up to five faces and adjust focus to ensure better composition.

The SC-MX20 features a unique shooting mode that allows users to select a resolution and format that are perfect for uploading content to YouTube or multimedia devices.

NBC Universal, Bain Capital and The Blackstone Group announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire The Weather Channel properties from Landmark Communications. The Weather Channel will be operated as a separate entity, based in Atlanta, with management services to be provided by NBC Universal. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The transaction includes The Weather Channel Networks, the third-most-distributed cable network, seen in more than 97% of cable television homes in the U.S.; The Weather Channel Interactive, which includes weather.com, the nation’s leading weather website, with nearly 40 million unique visitors per month, and a leading mobile business; and Weather Services International, a global leader in weather forecasting, with more than 5,500 clients worldwide.

To meet the demand and upward trend in the emerging cleantech companies, VentureLoop, the job postings service exclusively for venture-backed growth companies, has launched CleanLoop, a jobs web site dedicated to cleantech job postings for emerging solar, alternative fuels, advanced materials and software technology companies.

During its Beta phase, June through August, CleanLoop is offering free job posting for companies. Visitors to the web site can also sign up for a free CleanLoop newsletter, an aggregation of industry articles and blog postings about the cleantech sector. Bloggers and cleantech websites can even add the CleanLoop widget to their site to display the latest news on happenings in the industry.

Breastfeeding.com is launching the first-ever social network for an undeserved group– birth-related professionals.

The Expert’s Community, which is free to join, allows professionals to connect with others in their profession. Moreover, it lets these professionals grow their practices by connecting with the continuing stream of new mothers and mothers-to-be that visit Breastfeeding.com for information and support on breastfeeding and a host of pregnancy and child health issues.

Content such as blogs and articles from experts will also improve the support available on Breastfeeding.com, which already contains thousands of articles on nursing and child health.

Two million brand new mothers each year visit Breastfeeding.com for information and support on breastfeeding and child health. Breastfeeding.com supplies “Everything for the New Mom”, including comprehensive content and services, and two thriving social networks, one for moms, and another for birth-related medical professionals. The site currently has 200,000 monthly unique users, 3 million monthly pageviews, and all traffic is 100% organic; not a single dollar has been spent on advertising.

Wired magazine and its website will be launched in Italy and Great Britain next year, Jonathan Newhouse, Chairman of Conde Nast International, announced.

In Italy, Wired will start no later than March 2009 and will be edited by Riccardo Luna. London, on the other hand, will launch in the first half of 2009 under its editor David Rowan.

The start-ups in Italy and Great Britain will represent the first overseas editions of the title since it was acquired by Conde Nast in 1998.

OpenTable, Inc. has launched the Open Table Mobile service, allowing customers to find real-time table availability and book restaurant reservations through their mobile devices.

Users can access the mobile-optimized website by pointing the browser on their mobile device to mobile.opentable.com.

OpenTable Mobile is currently available to book reservations at all OpenTable restaurants in the United States. OpenTable does not charge users to access the site or book restaurant reservations; however, standard data and text messaging charges from users’ mobile carriers may apply.