We're Google. So Sue Us.
Google attracts millions of Web users every day. And, increasingly, it's attracting the attention of plenty of lawyers, too. — As Google has grown into the world's most popular search engine and, a...
Google unveils 'custom' searches
Google will on Tuesday launch a customisable search engine that users can carry on their own blogs and other websites, a move that potentially opens up a big new market for its search listings and rel...
AOL chief says Time Warner demerger 'becomes interesting'
Time Warner, the giant US media group, is considering the sale or demerger of AOL, the internet business it merged with in 2000, at the height of the last stockmarket boom. — In an interview with th...
Microsoft's big nightmare: free online apps
A new generation of browsers is about to make Web applications better than downloadable desktop software. — (Business 2.0 Magazine) — The browser is the new OS. Yes, we've heard this before, and if...
The Internet Black Hole That Is North Korea
THE tragically backward, sometimes absurdist hallmarks of North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong-il, are well known. There is Mr. Kim's Elton John eyeglasses and strangely whipped, cotton-candy hairdo....
Google to unveil election mashup
Google is expected to unveil on Sunday night a mashup that combines its popular Google Earth mapping program with information about the U.S. congressional races coming up in two weeks. — The Google ...
Goal footage warning for website
An independent website has been told to stop putting footage of FA Premiership goals on the video website YouTube. — NetResult - a firm monitoring the internet on behalf of the Premier League - emai...
Second Life's "Wild West" — the land of start-ups and no cops, yet
the land of start-ups and no cops, yet — The buzz around the growth of virtual world site, Second Life, is drawing more scrutiny from real-world regulators who fear they're losing grip with the growi...
Web 2.0lier than thou
Jaron Lanier recently called the Web 2.0 movement "digital maoism." Now, as if on cue, the Cultural Revolution has begun. — Lawrence Lessig, in a post titled "The Ethics of Web 2.0," suggests that ...
Putting blogs to work for Wall Street
Collective Intellect has a goal: Make bloggers work for The Man. — The company has created a service that combs through thousands of blogs, news sites, chat rooms and other Web sites every day and t...
Newsgator is not stealing our content
I got a flurry of calls on Friday from our readers because Newsgator suddenly—and without permission—put ads against our blogs in their RSS readers.
Syntagma at One
When I started Syntagma Media one year ago, I thought we would probably still be in business after 12 months, but that there was a 49pc chance we might not be. — It's now one day after our first bir...
I've now had HD for about a month now, and it's a life-changer.
Tip/Trick: Cool UI Templating Technique to use with ASP.NET AJAX for non-UpdatePanel scenarios
I've been having some fun playing around with the ASP.NET AJAX Beta release this weekend. — Usually when I integrate AJAX functionality into my code I just end up using the built-in server controls ...
Why are more startups in Silicon Valley?
The New York Times today says "Its Not The People You Know. Its Where You Are" I have done startups in Silicon Valley (Forte, Alta Vista, Napster) and in Boston (Bowstreet, Groove Networks) and I don...
Better Bad News takes on PayPerPost and Gillmor Gang
Funny. — But, I'm totally in Jason Calacanis' corner here where he argues about how to change the system. Do what you can to improve someone's life. That's far preferable to what Dana Gardner argu...