The ongoing dispute between Viacom and Google over the posting of copyrighted content on YouTube appears destined for the courtroom rather than the settlement table.

Don’t expect the Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco to bring Twitter to a screeching halt this time. Twitter founder Biz Stone says the microblogging application is backed up and ready for a pounding.

If concerns about duplicate content have got you up at night, Google wants you to return to bed and get some sleep.  The search giant (re)addressed the issue this morning, and the average honest webmaster has little to worry about.

The Tribeca Film Institute is teaming up with Amazon.com to launch Reframe, a Web site for rare film and content owners to digitally convert and sell their titles.

It looks like another one of YouTube’s "best products" (as defined by Eric Schmidt) is arriving; certain professional content creators should soon have the option of selling ads on their own channels.

Microsoft and Kaiser Permanente, the largest U.S. health maintenance organization are partnering on a patient information exchange pilot program to allow patients to have more control over their health records.

The coffeehouse chain’s switch to AT&T to offer free wireless Internet to customers received a shot of criticism and a lawsuit from former partner T-Mobile.

Sony has announced that YouTube will be available on the company’s Bravia Internet Video Link service.

The Internet Video Link is a small module that attaches to the back of the company’s LCD flat-panel television models. The service streams on-demand content including movies, TV programs, YouTube videos along with news, weather and traffic information using an existing Ethernet connection without the use of a PC.

When it comes to reporters, there’s no shortage of options.  Tough old men, pretty young women, and everything in between can be seen on TV.  But if you’re looking for still more alternatives, YouTube’s introducing a "Reporters" channel.

The relationship between Google and Mozilla keeps the Firefox maker well-funded, but apparently relegates the option for Microsoft’s Live Search to one step away for consumers.

The chipmaker’s long-standing dismissal of antitrust claims by its main rival, AMD, will receive a test as Federal Trade Commission regulators take a closer look at Intel.

It may be safe to officially declare no love lost between Yahoo chairman of the board Roy Bostock and billionaire activist investor Carl Ichan. In fact, we may need Wilmer Valderrama to officiate as these guys play the dozens.

So, while perusing Google’s Hot Trends today I noticed a particular brand of digital camera was one of the top gainers in search queries: the Polaroid T730 Compact 7mp digital camera. Curious as to what’s so special about it, I googled it, only to embark on one frustrating journey.

If you have a TypePad blog and want to add/embed a YouTube video into a post, you’re going to have to do a bit of under-the-hood work. Don’t worry! It’s not as tough as it sounds.

Here’s the step-by-step process of embedding a YouTube video into a TypePad blog, even if the YouTube video is too wide.

WhitePages.com is acquiring Snapvine, a service that allows people to associate audio files with various resources like

We take a shot at making a quality, human-edited directory of useful sites for our visitors.

Would you like free wireless broadband? Sure you would. As you might guess, though, free broadband is bad for the broadband provider business. In a weird twist of logic, broadband providers argue free broadband is bad for consumers, too.

Almost two years ago, an award-winning Google paper outlined a way to link a computer with a television to collect real-time data about viewer actions. The implications of the technology Google was working on could spell trouble for Nielsen Media Research, the incumbent, go-to agency providing the data upon which TV ad prices have been based for half a century.

In lieu of recent history, parents may one day tell their kids, "President? But why? When you grow up, you could work at Google." With over a million resumes per year, Google can afford to be choosey, and doesn’t like having its talent pool options narrowed.

Verizon Wireless has partnered with cinema advertiser Screenvision to launch a text message-polling program for movie audiences.

The text message-polling program will be introduced in mid-June in 10 markets across the U.S. and during 3,500 show times.

The polling program will ask moviegoers questions about their music preferences and give them an option to text their responses. After submitting their text messages the audience results will be displayed on the movie screen in a bar chart.

The addition of transit info to Google Maps might have seemed handy when, in the comfort of your home or office, you were trying to establish plans.  It’s now handy in a more literal sense, too, since transit data has become available through the new version of Google Maps for mobile.

Microsoft plans to concentrate on improving music in its next version of  Windows Mobile software for mobile phones.

The company’s mobile communications division provides operating systems for mobile devices based on the Windows Mobile platform. Microsoft’s partners include Samsung Electronics, Motorola, High Tech Computer and Asustek Computer.