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Google Book Search Grows Some More
It once was the case that, if Google Book Search hadn’t yet made a book available in digital form, you were out…
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YouTube Guys Call BS On Pentagon
A Defense Department decision to ban YouTube and several other sites from its unclassified network has been challenged by YouTube's founders.
Fair Isaac Enters Click Fraud Debate
A study of click fraud by Fair Isaac found 10 to 15 percent of ad traffic is "pathological," and is more of a problem than companies like Google and Yahoo want to admit.
All Bets Are Off – Yahoo Gets Into Online Poker
Online poker has (deservedly or not) gotten a bad reputation, and it’s actually illegal in the U.S. It came as a bit of a surprise, then, when Yahoo launched a new site called Yahoo Poker. The site’s not for kiddies, and it’s not a joke; players will use real money.
Senate Pushes Web Pharmacy Regulations
There's most likely a balance between no regulation and too much regulation, and the current Democratic Congress is walking that line. No one would doubt the potential harm caused by "rogue" Web-dealers, but Sen. Patrick Leahy's (D-Vt.) tightening grip on Internet service providers should at least cause one to step back a bit to look at it.
Google Goofs Accumulate
Earlier today, a feature on Google’s new Experimental Search site drew a comparison between Australian politician Kevin Rudd and Hitler. The primary engine also caught Wikipedia at a bad time - a search for “George Washington” showed a result claiming our first president had, um, “defecated” on a stick.
