tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40132502046156973152012-01-28T06:51:05.687-05:00No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.Paul Nicolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031713078112997902noreply@blogger.comBlogger571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013250204615697315.post-27183001752062568562007-03-19T21:31:00.000-05:002007-03-19T21:46:25.122-05:00

Google Phone Is In The Works, Say Industry InsidersGoogle isn't commenting directly on leaks from Europe and the United States that describe a low-cost, Internet-connected phone with a color, wide-screen design. SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is developing its own mobile phone, according to industry insiders and analysts, while a Google official in Spain last week acknowledged the company is "

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Spyware Puts Ads on Google.comCingular Wireless and Travelocity ads appeared on Google.com last month, without Google's consent, thanks to spyware.Google doesn't sell ad space on its famously white search page. Nonetheless, Cingular Wireless and Travelocity ads appeared on Google.com last month, without Google's consent, thanks to spyware.In January, Cingular, Priceline, and Travelocity agreed to

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Ballmer On Google: Same FUD, Different DayMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer yesterday bad-mouthed Google for being successful at only one business (even though it's a business Microsoft has been trying unsuccessfully to break into). But the target doesn't matter. It could have been Linux. Or Apple. I'm just worn out by the repetition. Ballmer's trash-talking is a tired routine. He needs to get a new

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Bloggers Worry Google Might Reverse Its Position On Net NeutralityDrew Clark over at GigaOM asks a great question: Does Google plan to change its position on net neutrality? It seems that while Google has been the foremost business booster for net neutrality in public, the online company has been cutting deals with the carriers to be their preferred provider.Google Senior Policy Counsel Andrew

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If Viacom Wins Its Case Against GoogleViacom's lawsuit against Google for copyright infringement probably will probably be withdrawn when Google blinks and offers Viacom a major portion of the ad dollars it brings in hosting Viacom content.But on the off chance that the case makes it to trial and Viacom wins, Google should argue that any damages get reduced by the value of the traffic Google has

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Which Google Phone Did Google Confirm This Week?Google's chief executive in Spain and Portugal, Isabel Aguilera, this week confirmed that the Google Phone is for real. But he downplayed the much-anticipated device, saying it was just one of 18 R&D initiatives Google is currently funding. But which device is it?Did Aguilera confirm the Samsung Google Phone, the handset Google is supposedly

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Microsoft Pays Enterprise Customers To Adopt Windows Live SearchCEO Steve Ballmer outlines the company's new initiative to become an Internet, information, and advertising company.Microsoft's next big opportunity appears to be paying business customers to use its search products.At a speech on Thursday at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer described

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Google Acquires In-Game Ad Company AdscapeThe search engine is expected to integrate Adscape's technology with its AdWords and AdSense programs.Google on Friday said it had acquired in-game advertising company Adscape Media for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition was first rumored back in January 2007."[W]e think there is great value in video game advertising," Google explained on its Web site. "

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Privacy Starts Making Sense for GoogleStorage cost savings may have prompted the search company to think about anonymizing selected server logs."After talking with leading privacy stakeholders in Europe and the U.S., we're pleased to be taking this important step toward protecting your privacy," said Peter Fleischer, privacy counsel-Europe, and Nicole Wong, deputy general counsel, in a blog post.

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Copyrighted Videos Still On YouTube After LawsuitStephen Colbert is gone, but Jon Stewart is still on. "South Park" is out, but "Adult Swim" is still in.SAN FRANCISCO -- Stephen Colbert is gone, but Jon Stewart is still on. "South Park" is out, but "Adult Swim" is still in.Viacom Inc. sued Google Inc.for more than $1 billion Tuesday over alleged copyright violations by its YouTube video unit.

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Google Out, Microsoft In As Default Live Search In Lenovo PCsThe deal puts Windows Live services in Lenovo-branded PCs, ThinkPad notebooks, and ThinkCentre desktops.Lenovo Group on Wednesday said it has agreed to preload Microsoft's Windows Live online services in its PCs, giving a potential boost to the software maker's lagging search service.The Chinese company plans to make Live.com, a

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FireScope Uses Google Maps To Monitor NetworkThe FireScope management portal is using Google Maps to give IT managers a real-time view of their infrastructure, even if it's spread around the globe.Google Maps can be used for more than finding a great restaurant on a business trip, or pinpointing your house on a satellite image.FireScope has added Google Maps to its FireScope management portal,

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Viacom Sues Google For Massive Copyright Infringement On YouTubeThe media company's complaint asserts that almost 160,000 unauthorized clips of Viacom content have been made available on YouTube.When Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock last October, the property was widely seen as a fixer-upper. Based on a lawsuit filed by Viacom on Tuesday, the house that Chad Hurley, Steve Chen,

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Verizon Business Launches Nationwide Ethernet Virtual Private LAN ServiceThe service is designed to give U.S. businesses and government agencies the ability to link their Ethernet LANs that are scattered among various locations.Verizon Business on Monday launched an Ethernet Virtual Private LAN Service (E-VPLS) that's designed to give U.S. businesses and government agencies the ability to link

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Nokia To Challenge Google and Yahoo With Mobile Ad ServicesNokia plans to launch two new mobile advertising services. What? Nokia is going to offer advertising? Does that mean Nokia is now a rival to Google? Yes, Virginia, it seems everybody is now in competition with Google.Nokia's two new mobile ad platforms, Nokia Ad Service and Nokia Advertising Connector, will move the company into the

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Bill O'Reilly's Web Site Taken Down By DoS AttackOver the course of two days, the controversial conservative pundit's site was repeatedly "bombarded" by the efforts of a botnet.The official Web site for Bill O'Reilly was taken down by a repeated denial-of-service attack this week.The site for the controversial conservative pundit was hit over the course of two days, according to an advisory

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MySpace Age-Check Bill Debated In ConnecticutIntended to protect children from sexual predators, the bill proposed by state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal would be the first of its kind in the United States to imposestrict regulations on social-networking sites.HARTFORD - Connecticut lawmakers debated a bill Thursday that would require social-networking Web sites such as MySpace to verify

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eBay Arms Its Site For Security''Security on the Net is actually an arms race in its most classic form,'' says CEO Meg Whitman.As threats against e-commerce mount, online auction site eBay is building up its arsenal of security technologies and tactics, president and CEO Meg Whitman said Thursday at Visa USA's security summit in Washington, D.C., adding, "Security on the Net is actually an arms

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Microsoft To Blast Google For Its Copyright PolicySEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. is set to launch a blistering attack on rival Google Inc. Tuesday for what the software giant argues is the Web search leader's "cavalier" approach to copyright protection.In prepared remarks to be delivered to the Association of American Publishers, Microsoft Associate General Counsel Thomas Rubin argues that Google's

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WordPress Combats Hack Attack With Blog Software UpdateThe fix comes after a hacker gained access to one of the WordPress servers and installed a Trojan horse in the code for a security update to the blog publishing software.WordPress has released a new version of its blog publishing software to combat a hacker attack that resulted in users downloading a Trojan horse onto their systems with a

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Is The Google Phone Its Next Super-Secret Project?Insiders believe Google is planning to build distribution relationships with multiple carriers to help develop voice and data services.Now that the Apple iPhone has made the transition from rumor to promise, talk has turned to the possibility of a Google phone.Blogger and VC Simeon Simeonov provided the latest installment of "Google's Next

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Amazon Launches Video Download Service On TiVoTo entice potential customers, Amazon is offering $15 worth of free movie or TV show downloads to TiVo subscribers who register for the new service by April 30.Amazon.com on Wednesday made its video download service available on all broadband-ready TiVo boxes, opening a channel for taking movies and TV shows from the Web to the big screen in people's

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Google Releases Google Desktop 5 BetaThe sidebar now blends into the image on a user's desktop and the various Google Gadgets sport interface and design improvements.Google has released a new version of its desktop search software, Google Desktop 5 Beta, featuring a new sidebar and revamped gadgets.Like a chameleon, the sidebar now blends into the image on a user's desktop. And the various Google

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C-SPAN Shares More Of Its Video OnlineThe television station of the U.S. government adopts a liberal copyright policy based on a popular licensing format.Acknowledging the growing importance of online video sharing, C-SPAN on Wednesday announced two initiatives to expand public access to its online video of federal government activities, such as congressional hearings, agency briefings, and White

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Fast And Yahoo Renew Their Search TechnologyThe two companies independently revised their core business offerings in hopes of slowing down the Google juggernaut.Fast Search & Transfer and Yahoo rolled out new search advertising platforms on Monday, each hoping to find the answer to Google.Yahoo introduced the final piece of its Panama project, a new search marketing ranking model that takes ad

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Google Profits Nearly Triple In Fourth QuarterPartner sites through Google's AdSense programs contributed $1.2 billion to the search engine's coffers.Google on Wednesday reported that profits nearly tripled in the fourth quarter, as online ad revenue soared.The Mountain View, Calif., company its said net income in the quarter ending Dec. 31 surged to $1.03 billion, or $3.29 a share, from $372.2

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NewsTrust Aims To Go Deeper Than DiggThe site is looking to judge news articles online by quality, rather than simple popularity, with a more finely grained evaluation of news stories than one gets from the gladiatorial thumbs-up, thumbs-down votes by which stories live and die on Digg.A little over a month ago, NewsTrust began a public beta test, hoping to help Internet users find good

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Google Reader Adds Trend AnalysisGoogle's browser-based RSS reader now includes a Reader Trends page.Google Reader can now help you analyze your feed reading habits.Taking a page from Google Trends, Google software engineer Mihai Parparita said on Wednesday in a blog post that Google's browser-based RSS reader now includes a Reader Trends page.Google Reader's new Trend page shows the user his or

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Yahoo Buys Community Site MyBlogLogMyBlogLog provides people with the online tools to create a profile and associate it with their blogs, enabling registered users of the site to form communities around those blogs.Yahoo has bought MyBlogLog, a Web site that builds online communities around the blogs people like to read. Financial terms were not disclosed.The acquisition, announced Jan. 8, fits

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Google And Yahoo Gain Search Share Microsoft saw its U.S. search share slip half a percentage point from 11% to 10.5%, despite its ongoing effort to win more of the online search market. Google And Yahoo Gain Search Share Microsoft saw its U.S. search share slip half a percentage point from 11% to 10.5%, despite its ongoing effort to win more of the online search market. By Thomas Claburn

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Blog Traffic Triples at Newspapers' Web SitesOpportunities abound for staff writers that have expertise in certain areas, according to Nielsen//NetRatings.Blog traffic at the top 10 online newspapers more than tripled in December compared to the same period a year earlier, according to Internet market research firm Nielsen//NetRatings.Online newspapers saw interest in blog pages grow by 9% during

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Yahoo To Debut Improved Search Ad Ranking Model Next MonthAd quality -- how effectively the ad elicits consumer interest -- will be considered when determining where ads are placed on search results pages.Yahoo plans to roll out its new search marketing ranking model on Feb. 5, CEO Terry Semel announced during the company's earnings conference call on Tuesday.What's new? Ad quality -- how

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Yahoo To Launch 100 Branded Entertainment SitesThe portal plans to gather a brand-loyal audience in a single site this year where consumers can entertain themselves and advertisers can thrive.Yahoo has embarked on a new ad strategy that will wrap all its content and social networking tools around a single entertainment brand that the portal hopes will attract a passionate audience for

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Digg Dims List Of Leading Lights To Curtail CorruptionFounder Kevin Rose responds to thwart attempts to manipulate the social networking site.In a blog post on Thursday, Digg.com founder Kevin Rose said that his popular community-driven news link site would no longer list "Top Diggers" who "are being blamed by some outlets as leading efforts to manipulate Digg."This change comes even though Rose

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Google Offers Better Link Reporting ToolBacklinks are taboo, but site owners can now download up to a million external links.Google is offering Web site owners more insight into who is linking to their sites though a newly improved set of Google Webmaster Tools.Previously, site owners could glean some information about inbound links using the Google search engine's link: operator. But the

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Soldiers' Blogs MonitoredThe suit claims the Defense Department violated the Freedom of Information Act by failing to expedite the Electronic Frontier Foundation's request for information and for withholding agency records.It's no secret that the military monitors soldiers' Web postings, can remove certain items, and will punish those posting content that violates military rules.Still, recent

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Google Still Plays Catch-Up With eBayTraffic figures for the competing e-commerce sites are on opposite ends in the spectrum, according to an Internet metrics company.When it comes to e-commerce, Google can't touch eBay.Last week, Google Base received 844 times fewer visitors than eBay and Google Checkout received 71 times fewer visitors than PayPal, according to figures released on Friday by

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MySpace Tests Filter To Block Unauthorized VideosThe tool from Audible Magic scans videos for unique digital fingerprints and then compares them with those in a database. If there's a match, the videos are blocked from the site.MySpace, which is under pressure by media companies for unauthorized showing of copyrighted material in videos, on Monday said it's testing filtering technology that would

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Nokia Partners With YouTubeAnnounced at the 3GSM Conference, the deal will allow Nokia customers to view YouTube content on their handsets via broadband links.BARCELONA, China — Nokia Corp. President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo announced at the 3GSM World Congress a new partnership with YouTube that will allow Nokia customers to view YouTube content on their handsets via broadband links.With the

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EBay Pleased With Yahoo Ads, As Google Tests StartThe online auction site is ratcheting up its use of Yahoo search advertising to help boost buyer activity, after initial U.S. testing produced positive results.SAN FRANCISCO - EBay Inc. is ratcheting up its use of Yahoo search advertising to help boost buyer activity, after initial U.S. testing produced positive results, an executive of the

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Firefox Tops 300 Million Downloads But Loses Market ShareIt's not clear from a recent survey whether Firefox lost market share to Microsoft or Apple.Mozilla's Firefox Web browser, in all its versions, has been downloaded more than 300 million times since its initial release on Nov. 9, 2004, but last month for the first time in more than year, it lost market share.In January, Firefox saw its share

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Cold To Google, Viacom Partners With JoostThe downloadable video playback application uses peer-to-peer technology to distribute video files in a secure environment.Viacom Inc. today announced a content distribution partnership with Internet TV startup Joost, just weeks after the media giant's relationship with Google fell apart.Under today's agreement, Viacom's MTV Networks, BET Networks, and

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Google Sees Video Anti-Piracy Tools As PriorityTo head off a media industry backlash against YouTube, Google will implement anti-piracy measures to thwart unauthorized video sharing.SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc., racing to head off a media industry backlash over its video Web site YouTube, will soon offer anti-piracy technologies to help all copyright holders thwart unauthorized video sharing,

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Tech Vendors Look To Cash In On Google's New App OfferingSeveral companies are jumping on the Google Apps bandwagon because they see an opportunity to offer add-on products to the search king's office software products.A number of companies are jumping on the Google Apps bandwagon in an effort to take advantage of the search king's move to place office software products online."You'll see all

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Imprisoned Blogger's Supporters Say Egypt No Place For U.N. Internet TalksSeveral human rights groups have condemned the sentencing of Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman to four years in prison.Human rights activists around the globe are expressing outrage over a four-year prison sentence given to a blogger for criticizing his government and university.Reporters Without Borders, Amnesty

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Yahoo Sees Better Results With New Ad PlatformProject Panama's success is critical in Yahoo's effort to boost revenue and recapture market share from Google.Yahoo's new search advertising system appears to be working. Since the introduction of Yahoo's new ad ranking model on February 5, the second phrase in the rollout of the company's Project Panama ad platform upgrade, Yahoo sites have seen

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BitTorrent Launches A Legal Video Download StoreBitTorrent hopes a well-stocked digital film store with thousands of titles at reasonable prices can wean its audience away from pirated video.BitTorrent launched its long awaited BitTorrent Entertainment Network Monday, hoping that its well-stocked digital film store with thousands of titles at reasonable prices can wean its audience away from

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Microsoft Says Google Success Was 'Wake-Up Call'Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, talks about Windows Live and other efforts to mine the business potential of the Web.SEATTLE -- The success of Google Inc. opened Microsoft Corp.'s eyes to the riches available in Web advertising, the chief technologist for the world's largest software maker said Tuesday."It was a wake-up call within

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IBM To Pipe Google Gadgets Into Company SitesIBM has reached a deal with Google Inc. to bring the consumer Internet into the office by piping YouTube and thousands of other Web programs into IBM software used by millions of office workers.SAN FRANCISCO - IBM has reached a deal with Google Inc. to bring the consumer Internet into the office by piping YouTube and thousands of other Web programs

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Google Reports Minuscule Click Fraud RateBut ClickForensics' numbers suggest the rate of click fraud across different ad industry sectors and different search providers varies widely.Google on Thursday dropped a bombshell that calls into question years of hand wringing about the future of pay-per-click advertising: The rate of click fraud for which advertisers seek a refund represents less than

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Google Gets BBC Content For YouTubeThe BBC hopes exposure on YouTube will encourage online video viewers to avail themselves of its proposed iPlayer service, which lets viewers see BBC shows on their computers for seven days after airing.Even as major media companies like Viacom play coy about wanting their content shown on YouTube, Google continues to find partners keen on exhibitionism.The

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Is Microsoft's Impact On The Economy Bigger Than Google's?Donna Bogatin asks a thought-provoking question: Who has more impact on the economy, Microsoft or Google?During his annual predictions for 2007, futurist Mark Anderson said that Google and Microsoft represent two very different types of money. Microsoft is plumbing money, Anderson said, while Google is ad money.A Microsoft-commisioned

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Is 'Voice-Over-Google' The Next Search Paradigm?Everybody's wondering what'll be the next big thing in search-engine technology. From the looks of a patent awarded to Google, it could be speech-driven searches.The patent in question, number 7,027,987, was awarded to Google on April 11, 2006, for a Voice Interface For A Search Engine. It's described in the patent as "a system [which] provides

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What Happened To YouTube's Copyright Filter Initiative?After almost four months of nonstop talk, it appears that YouTube has licensed copyright filtering technology from Audible Magic. The San Jose Mercury News reports that Google will soon unveil the filtering technology as its solution to problems with copyrighted material.So, what happened to Google's internal efforts on filtering?TechCrunch

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