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Google Blogger Back Online

After Mark Jen’s blog was apparently pulled off the web due to the new Google employee revealing a little too much about the company …

CNET: All Glory No Guts

CNet announced that it’s providing TrackBack support for all of it’s news stories now. However, they didn’t say anything about linking to relevant sites from within their stories.

CNet Trackback Spam Is Now Well Underway

I told you people were going to start spamming it. We’ll see if CNet’s new trackback policy is worth the IT headaches it’s going to cause.

IBM Lenovo Deal Under Review

The Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) is reviewing IBM’s recent deal with Chinese PC giant, Lenovo.

As Sites Add Tags, Tagtextual Advertising Will Follow
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Here’s new evidence that 2005 will be the year of folksonomies – commonly known as tags.

Google Claims Gmail Bug Fixed

According to published reports, Google has repaired a serious Gmail bug within 24 hours of its discovery by HBX Networks.

Google In the Clear Over Playboy Spread

No penalties for Google’s interview with Playboy… Now, if Page and Brin had done a center spread, I’d be calling for billions in damages.

Google Riches Cause Tension
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Typically, a story about new-found wealth of employees, after an IPO, would not be worth writing or reading.

Oracle closes PeopleSoft deal

Oracle is closing its PeopleSoft acquisition today, after receiving more than 97 percent of PeopleSoft shares in its tender offer.

Can Wikimedia Revolutionize Journalism with Open Source News?

Can Wikinews revolutionize journalism the way Wikipedia did encyclopedias … CNET interviews Wikimedia co-founder Jimmy Wales to find out.

Anal Retentive Apple Sues to Stop Leaks
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What happens when you’re a company who has thrived practicing anal retentive PR and you now find yourself in an extroverted open media world …

Santy worm Targets AOL Yahoo

Variants of the Santy worm have begun to spread on the Internet using Google, AOL, Yahoo and other search engines.

CNET News.com Now Supports TrackBack and Pingback

CNET News.com, which previously had been quietly testing trackbacks and pingbacks, today announced …

CNET Selects Netezza Performance Server for Clickstream Data Analysis

CNET Networks Taps Tera-Scale Data Warehouse Appliance for Comprehensive, Near Real-Time Analysis of Customer Behavior and Marketing Programs.

WebProNews Exclusive: CNET Reveals Customizable Metasearch

WebProNews has exclusive information on CNET’s metasearch engine. I caught up with CNET’s Jason Fischel, Vice President of Partnerships & Promotions, and Sarah Winterhalder, Director of Public Relations, at Search Engine Strategies in San Jose this afternoon. The revamp of Search.com doesn’t officially launch until tomorrow but Sarah and Jason have agreed to let me give you a sneak peek.

Yahoo To Increase Email Storage

In a response to Gmail and its highly publicized storage capabilities (1 gig), Yahoo announced that they would be changing the amount of storage it offers its members.

CNet Re-Launches MP3.com

MP3.com was relaunched today by CNet.com. The site, instead of offering users the ability to purchase or downloads mp3s, is now more of a resource/search engine for music lovers.

CNET Stays One Step Ahead

CNET Networks, a leading global media company, added sparks to the DMA/AIM net.marketing conference earlier today.

McNealy: .Net is a joke

On a tour of Asia, the Sun Microsystems’ CEO hits out at rival Microsoft, saying that viruses are a feature in .Net Microsoft and that Java is tops for developers.