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Google Sued Over Voicemail Patent

Is there no end to lawsuits against Google? On Tuesday Judah Klausner, an inventor from San Francisco, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google, Verizon, LG, Citrix Systems, Comverse Technology, and Embarq.Klausner's company, Klausner Technologies, filed a patent back in 1992 for "visual voicemail", a way to apply a graphical means of interacting with voicemail messages, similar to the use of e-mail.

Dell Sharing Press Conference Through Twitter

 I really like seeing how organizations experiment with social media, especially those who keep on pushing those envelopes and invite us to get involved and see what happens during such experimentation. Like Dell.

Web Sites Names Most Walkable Cities In U.S.

Walk Score, a site that ranks the walkability of 2,508 neighborhoods in the 40 largest cities in the U.S., has released its rankings of the top most walkable cities.Walk Score says the most walkable city in America is San Francisco, scoring an 86 out of a possible 100. Other cities topping the list include New York City with a score of 83 and Boston with a score of 79.

Early Registration For Google I/O Ends April 4th

A reminder, early registration for Google I/O ends April 4th - this Friday! Recall, I/O is a two-day, in- depth gathering for developers to share knowledge about Google's own developer products and web application development in general. Google I/O will be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 28th, and Thursday, May 29th, 2008.See http://code.google.com/events/ioComments

Law School Symposium on Net Neutrality

A friend of mine at the San Francisco Law school just let me know about a symposium the law school is holding on Net Neutrality.

Wikimedia Will Move To San Francisco

At this point, Mountain View, California more or less is Google.  Everyone knows Microsoft’s based in Redmond, and Yahoo’s associated with Sunnyvale.  Now, shaking things up, Wikimedia will move from St. Petersburg, Florida to San Francisco.

Google Gets Office In San Francisco

A mountain view is the thing for me - I’m not a real sun and surf kind of person.  But Googlers who are may have reason to celebrate, as the search giant just opened a new office in San Francisco.

Google Loses EarthLink In Wi-Fi Deal

If and when Google's plans for providing wireless Internet service in San Francisco go forward, it will be without the participation of financially troubled partner EarthLink. EarthLink recently announced it would shed some 900 jobs as part of its restructuring, but that wasn't the end of its last-ditch efforts to stay afloat. The company won't be Google's Wi-Fi partner in San Francisco as a result.