DoJ search requests: Google said no; Yahoo, AOL, MSN yes.
Update: Earlier today, I asked a Justice Department spokesperson which search engines other than Google received requests to provide search records. The answer: Yahoo, AOL, and MSN were also asked to...
Feds want Google search records
BUSH LAWYERS ASK JUDGE TO MAKE GOOGLE HAND OVER DATA; GOOGLE PROMISES A FIGHT — The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order Google Inc. to turn over a broad range of material...
The battle over bundling: Top Ten Sources and more
Executive Director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society John Palfrey has a post today about whether the way his independent venture, Ten Top Sources, sources and then publishes content...
Sex.com Sold to Escom LLC For $14M
SAN FRANCISCO - The infamous and controversial domain Sex.com has officially been sold to Boston-based Escom LLC for a reported $14 million, XBiz has learned. — Sex.com owner Gary Kremen was unavail...
Konica Minolta Abandons Photo Industry
Shocking news from Konica Minolta today with their announcement of their withdrawal from the camera business. While Nikon recently announced it's continued pull back from film cameras this goes a ste...
What Business are theaters in ?
With the release of Bubble on January 27th in theaters, on DVD and for 2 showings on HDNet Movies, there has been a ton of press and discussion about the future of the movie industry. — THe most ext...
How to Squelch Your Inner Jackass
Waiting in line recently at my local coffeehouse — an establishment as renowned for its leisurely service as for its place in San Francisco history — I was blown away by the absolute arrogance of a yo...
Following the money: how Subway ads ended up in Counter-Strike
Big brands, strange places — If you've ever seen a computer infested with spyware (not your own, of course), you know that it's not uncommon for ads from well-respected companies to start popping up...
Google Video: Trash Mixed With Treasure
BY now, everybody knows that anything audio is eventually followed by something video. Radio first, then TV. Audio tape, then videotape. CD, then DVD. Music iPod, then video iPod. — And then, of...
Advocates of Wi-Fi in Cities Learn Art of Politics
SEATTLE, Jan. 18 - The idea of building citywide wireless networks from the community level was suspiciously simple back in 2000, although the plans sounded like the work of underground revolutionarie...
Web 2.0 Is Not Media 2.0
There may or may not be a Web 2.0 crash coming, as Steve Rubel has predicted, but there's certainly blood in the water, with Yahoo's earnings miss, Gather.com's bad reviews, the demise of SearchFox, a...
Amazon.com To Launch Live
Godzilla PVR
Introduction: — With the third installment of our Monster PVR series, we here at SnapStream asked ourselves, "How can we beat the Medusa PVR, our 6 tuner beast, and our Hydra PVR, our 10 tuner monst...
Is Google Out of Steam?
Downgrading its stock to sell, S&P's Scott Kessler explains why the search giant is vulnerable on several fronts. Key among them: click fraud — Here's a gazillion-dollar question for investors: Has...
Buttonless DS and Nintendo Floorvision?
The Official Japanese Nintendo website is linking to a quite mysterious website known as Shigureden.com. The site features pictures of a building with what seems to be interactive properties such as ...
Tech plays supporting role at Sundance festival
And though not eligible for an Oscar, technology will play a supporting role …