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Google Challenged By Consumer Watchdog Over Privacy
Consumer Watchdog, a group known for being critical of Google, is sponsoring legislation in California that would give people a an online ā€œDo Not Track Meā€ option. In addition,...
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Microsoft Search Alliance Exec Switches Sides To Yahoo
Relations between Microsoft and Yahoo may sour as a result, but it's a good bet Yahoo execs are going to brag a bit about a new hire.Ā  It seems a Microsoft executive charged with w...
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The Bing Opportunity: Be the Anti-Google
I have had several discussions over the past few weeks with Stefan Weitz, director of search for Bing, and Andy Chu, director of product management, Bing for mobile, about some p...
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YouTube – Viacom Brief Filed
In case anyone was wondering, YouTube hasn't decided to wave a white flag with respect to the legal battle that Viacom started in early 2007.Ā  Indeed, lawyers representing the site...
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Premium Video on Demand: $30 Movie Rentals On the Way
This is not an April Fool's joke.Ā  I repeat, this is not an April Fool's joke.Ā  Much to the chagrin of theater owners, four major Hollywood studios have decided to unveil their own...
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The 5 Models Of Content Curation
Curation has always been an underrated form of creation. The Getty Center in Los Angeles is one of the most freq...
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Netflix Reaches Deal With Fox To Stream ā€œGleeā€
Netflix said today it has expanded its distribution deal with Twentieth Century Fox to make more TV shows available for instant streaming. Under the agreement Netflix is provi...
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eBay Local Features Contribute to Dramatic Expansion of E-Commerce Giant
We appear to have entered a whole new era for eBay. One that will go more head-to-head with Amazon, and one that will place a new added focus on local. First, the real news - th...
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UberSocial Direct Messages Publicly Visible
Twitter has announced that Direct Messages of 140 characters and longer sent via UberSocial and Twidroyd are currently visible to the public. .ditto535411...
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GoDaddy CEO Defends Elephant Killing
Previously, we reported on the backlash GoDaddy has been facing, following the posting of a video by...
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mSpot Prepared to Battle with Amazon, Google, and Apple in Streaming Music
Amazon made huge waves when it unveiled its new Cloud Drive and Cloud Player offerings, which give users 5GB of free storage for their music. On...
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Google Linked To (Alleged) Tax Violations In China
It's a good bet that Googlers who believed the corporation should leave China are now saying "I told you so" to those who argued it should stay.Ā  Today, there's word of yet another...
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Google Doodle Celebrates Robert Bunsen with Animation
We don't cover every doodle that Google does. There are so many of them that it seems almost pointless, but sometimes certain ones that stand out to us we deem worthy of more atten...
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Acer CEO Lanci Resigns
Gianfranco Lanci, President and CEO of Acer has stepped down immediately according to a statement released today.Ā  The Taiwan-based multinational PC maker announced that Chairman J...
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Microsoft Confronts Google With Antitrust Complaint
The phrase "wouldn't wish it on your worst enemy" apparently doesn't apply to Microsoft's antitrust-related examinations at the hands of the European Commission.Ā  Late yesterday, M...
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