Murdok has just received the 44-page order and opinion from Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate regarding the seizure of 141 online gambling domain names.Like China, Kentucky is now trampling on the freedoms of the citizens of the Commonwealth by blocking domains that are legal in most parts of the world.
Live Yahoo Earnings: Worst Fears Not Realized
Yahoo did not have a good day on the stock market, closing down 6.14 percent. Yet somewhat surprisingly, it almost looks ready to have a decent tomorrow, following the company’s third quarter financial report.
Is There An Innate Virtual Morality?
Read this essay by Andrew Tuplin about morality in virtual worlds and try to keep your brain from tying itself in knots. New technology brings up (surprisingly) an age-old question: Is fantasizing, or playing out an immoral scenario, the same as (or as bad as) actually doing it?
Online Entertainment Applications Dominate Evening Hours
Internet users behavior is shifting as online entertainment-based applications such as gaming, video streaming, social networking and VoIP communications dominate peak evening hours between 6:00 and 11:00p.m., according to a report from network equipment company Sandvine.The report found these real-time, interactive applications increase up to 50 percent per subscriber during peak evening hours.
Experiments In Google Quality Scores
A lot has been made about quality scores for Google ads. Rated on a scale of 1 to 10 per keyword targeted, the quality score is the ultimate determinant of ad placement on the search results. As webmasters experiment, tips for how to achieve a perfect 10 are emerging in the forums.
Google Executives Bound For Obama Administration?
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, to no one’s surprise, officially endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President, a “natural evolution” from his current informal campaign advisor role. Though he says it’s a personal thing, and not an official Google endorsement, you’d be hard-pressed to find a Googler stumping for the other side.
MySpace, Imeem Announce Android Applications
Unlike the iPhone, Google’s Android operating system hasn’t seemed to burst onto the scene with ten marching bands in tow. The "little bit here, little bit there" approach looks to be working pretty well, however, as MySpace and Imeem have announced a couple of new applications.
Statistics of Blogging
Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere is being released this week, one segment each day.
Yahoo Sued By American Airlines
Poor Yahoo. As we all know, the company’s facing quite a few problems – a shrinking stock price, a skeptical Department of Justice, and so on – and now it’s been made the defendant in a trademark infringement case filed by American Airlines.
eBay To Implement Global Ban On Ivory Sales
eBay has announced it will institute a global ban on the sale of all types of ivory that will go into effect January 1, 2009.The move comes after an investigative report from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) that found more than 70 percent of all endangered species products listed for sale on the Internet occur in the United States.