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Laurie J. Flynn / New York Times:
Like This? You'll Hate That. (Not All Web Recommendations Are Welcome.) — SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22 - On Amazon.com, a customer interested in buying the novel "The Life of Pi" is also shown "The Kite Runner" because other Amazon customers - presumably with similar tastes - also purchased that book.
michaelgeist.ca:
Confirming the Copyright Gap — The Toronto Star today featured a lengthy article by Sam Bulte titled Closing the Copyright Gap which explains her views on copyright reform (unfortunately the article is not currently online). The article makes the arguments that observers of this issue would expect …
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Todd Bishop / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Software Notebook: Is Gates' prediction on spam a bust? — It was a prediction that captured the attention of the international media and weary Internet users alike: "Two years from now, spam will be solved," Microsoft's Bill Gates said. — Well, time's up.
Steve Rosenbush / Business Week:
Say Hello to Tello — The startup promises to revolutionize business communications. The involvement of four tech veterans lends that grandiose claim some credence — The months after the stock market crash of 2000 were tough ones indeed for tech startups. And for communications startups, things were even worse.
Sharon Waxman / New York Times:
Missed It in the Theater Today? See It on DVD Tonight — PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 22 - Hollywood will inch further toward making movies simultaneously available in theaters, on DVD and on home television screens at the Sundance Film Festival this week, as IFC Entertainment unveils a plan …
Evan Blass / Engadget:
WiFi sniffer turns your DS into a wardriving tool — Where would webe without the homebrew community, who snaz up our gadgets and humorously frustrate The Man at the same time? Thelatest little tool to emerge from the 'brewers' bag of tricks is a program called DS2Key (for Nintendo DS …
Dennis Howlett / AccMan Pro:
Outright war: SAP, Oracle and the press — Following on from Nick Carr calling out SAPs use of research in advertising, SAP came blasting back, accusing rival Oracle of much the same thing. That's pretty standard stuff in the software game, largely because the numbers are huge and the stakes extremely high.
Bob Tedeschi / New York Times:
This Site Knows a Cold Isn't a Rock Band — HYPOCHONDRIACS of the world, rejoice: a new Web site, Healthline.com, could make it easier to identify whatever doesn't ail you. — The core mission of the Web site, which is owned by Healthline Networks, is to act as a medical search engine …
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Financial Times:
Quaero's challenge:I search, therefore I am — The internet graveyard is already filling up with Google-killers, challengers that have failed to knock the US internet search engine off its perch. Now a European challenger is stepping into the ring, in the form of Quaero …
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Ben Elgin / Business Week:
Yahoo's Social Circle — In a bid to challenge search giant Google, the Web's most-used portal is betting on the wisdom of crowds … Yahoo! (YHOO) is on a quiet acquisitions tear. First, it snapped up photo-sharing site Flickr in March. In December, it acquired del.icio.us …
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Robin D. Rusch / brandchannel.com:
The Search Is Over: Google Wins in 2005 — Global: Google Tops Ranking (view results) — In 2005's results, Google took the lead from Apple in what is shaping up to be a back and forth contest through the years for these two innovative tech companies. Each year one out-does the other, and this time it is Google's turn to shine.
Newsweek:
Technology: Searching for Searches — The government is demanding millions of your queries. AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft have coughed up. Google is resisting. — Jan. 30, 2006 issue - Civil-liberties advocates reeling from the recent revelations on surveillance had something else to worry about last week …
Rebecca Barr / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Microsoft ads aim to erase 'huge' image — Software maker's campaign to cost $120 million — Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, will spend $120 million a year on an advertising campaign to fight its image as "a huge American company." — The campaign, using television …
Michael Bazeley / Mercury News:
Online privacy a fragile shield — SUBPOENAS MAKE USERS UNEASY ABOUT WHOM TO TRUST — Steve Shaer is feeling more skittish about Internet companies these days. — Not only is he upset that the federal government subpoenaed reams of data from four Internet companies — Google, Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft.
Trevor Datson / Reuters:
Google pips Apple in 2005 brand poll — LONDON (Reuters) - Internet search engine Google (Nasdaq:GOOG - news) has retaken first place in the 2005 global poll of the world's most influential brands, while the eBay-owned (Nasdaq:EBAY - news) web phone service Skype makes its debut at No. 3.
