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PRO IP Bill Slammed By Bloggers

The priorities of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property ("PRO IP") Act of 2007 have been criticized on several points.

White House Ordered To Keep Emails

A federal judge has ordered the White House to retain and manage backup email messages that were allegedly deleted improperly from servers, according to a temporary restraining ordered issued by the judge.

House Committee Approves Broadband Census Act

Back to back bills in the Congress offer a glimmer of hope to those concerned about the state of broadband penetration in America; back to back moves show a Congress willing to step up where the Federal Communications Commission has failed.

Shield Law Passes House

The U.S. House of Representatives today voted on and passed a journalist shield bill which also covers bloggers. While still a long way from a law, this is an important step in the process toward becoming a law.

House Passes Law Shielding Bloggers

The House passed the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 on Tuesday, a federal shield bill that would protect reporters from having to divulge their confidential sources in federal court.

House Extends Ban On Internet Taxes

The House today voted 405-2 to extend the ban on Internet access taxes for another four years. The existing ban on Internet access taxes is due to expire on November 1.

Google, Random House Close To Book Search Deal

Random House maybe closer to joining Google's book search project, something the world's largest publisher has been opposed to in the past.

Search Google for Extra Large Images

Google Images has a new* search option to find extra-large images only. Previously, you were only able to toggle between large, medium and small**.

Optimize for Yahoo Images Search with Flickr

Google Blogoscoped reports that Yahoo’s Image Search now particularly likes Flickr content, so this may be incentive for webmasters to use Flickr “as a kind of Yahoo search engine optimization”.

Doctors' Network Serves Everybody's Interests

Regular viewers of the show “House” will know that the title character’s support staff has (supposedly) left; previews for the new season have shown the brilliant doctor discussing diagnoses with a janitor.  But if the fictional character knew about a network called Sermo, he’d be able to find all the expert opinions he could want.