HEAVENLY DEAL
SIRIUS, XM SET TO CONFIRM MERGER PLAN TODAY — Satellite radio operators Sirius and XM are expected to announce their long-awaited merger today, according to a source familiar with the deal. — The ...
Norwegian newspaper publisher finds the secret to profiting online
After catching up on the latest news flashes on the death of Anna Nicole Smith, visitors to www.vg.no, the online version of the biggest-selling tabloid newspaper in Norway, can get their minds back t...
A BRIEF INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL WESCH (THE CREATOR OF THAT WONDERFUL VIDEO...)
Michael Wesch, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University. If you've been reading Searchblog, then you know him as the guy behind this amazing video.
YouTube: Strength and Vulnerability
The question on many people's minds since the recent PR warfare between Google/YouTube and Viacom (and NBC) is: will YouTube retain its dominance or will it be supplanted by another site? That's the ...
Attorneys General of 21 States Lash Out at Bud.tv Age Checks
Anheuser-Busch's Status as 'Media Owner' Cited as a Concern — CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Dealing a blow to the $40 million experiment hailed as ushering in a new era for marketer-generated media, the att...
Massive Google hard drive survey turns up very interesting things
When your server farm is in the hundreds of thousands and you're using cheap, off-the-shelf hard drives as your primary means of storage, you've probably good a pretty damned good data set for looking...
Music Labels Offer Teasers to Download
For all the disquiet the Internet has fostered in the music business, almost every rock star and record executive is intrigued with the prospect of marketing to music fans directly instead of wranglin...
Broadband adoption passes halfway mark in U.S.
U.S. residential broadband penetration is expected to exceed 50 percent in 2007—and the U.K. isn't far behind. By the end of 2007, more than 60 million U.S. households will be connected—around 55 per...
Delete: The New Erase
Want to be a total [nerd] badass while gunning through your written computer science exam? Then cop one of these Tersumus delete-key erasers. — The palm-sized eraser will help you fix your sloppy c...
Vodafone caves in to Microsoft IM
Comment Among all of Microsoft's announcements at the 3GSM show was buried a piece of news that almost certainly means the end for the unification of cellular instant messaging efforts around a GSM As...
Charter: There's A Problem With Your Internet? Here's The Disconnect Department
Charter Communications refused to fix Matt's internet connection. Even two technicians, dispatched by Charter, told Matt his ISP was to blame for his weak service. When Matt called customer service ...
Did-It CEO Resigns
BILL WISE, CEO OF SEARCH engine marketing firm Did-It, has resigned following a disagreement about the direction of the company. — Wise, who has worked with Did-It since January 2005 after being hir...