I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
The title, which is a quote from the movie casablanca, is what came to mind tonight when I read the complete train wreck occuring on TechMeme over advertisements that contain a written message from th...
The Human Touch That May Loosen Google's Grip
ONCE upon a time, the most valuable secret formula in American business was Coca-Cola's. Today, it's Google's master algorithm. — In the search business, however, there's no rival to play the role ...
Liveblogging the Virtual Goods Summit: Making Virtual Economies Work
Once you have users, how do you make them want to buy your stuff? Is that even a legitimate questions? And if there weren't enough complications in talking about virtual economies with legitimate us...
Windows share as seen by Mac OS X Leopard
A friend of mine got his copy of Leopard and it looks like the Apple team dropped a funny easter egg when viewing a Windows share. — Look closely … Billy said about 2 hours ago : — I still think a...
Censorship as trade barrier
Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs — The Associated Press is running a story headlined "Google Asks Government to Fight Censorship." The story highlights ...
Google Threatens to Close German Gmail Due to Local Law
According to information from Heise, Google warned that they might disable Gmail in Germany as last fallback should the German government maintain its position in regards to a newly passed law on reco...
Hablo P2P: The Impact of Pando on CDNs
Sometimes things just happen by accident. You give your company a name that sounds cool, only to find out later that it actually means something in Spanish. Luckily, in the case of the personal P2P ...
Hot off the Presses: Wowhead sold for over $1 million
Posted by Ahmed as Making the Monies, Sweet 2.0, I Don't Get it Department at 12:06 AM EDT — For those that have read my about page, I used to be involved in the MMO (massively multiplayer online) s...
Last.fm Not Joining National Day Of Silence?
The SaveNetRadio coalition will be holding a National Day of Silence June 26 to draw attention to an impending royalty rate increase that could lead to the shutdown of most of the US Internet radio in...