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Wrap Up of the Search Insider Summit
This week was my first MediaPost Search Insider Summit event and I was glad to have been able to participate.
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Is Viacom’s YouTube Lawsuit A Smokescreen?
Groklaw has the whole lawsuit and response posted in their legalese glory online, and asks a question about Viacom's involvement with Joost.
Google Apologizes, Thailand Drops Lawsuit
Quite a line was forming up, but it appears there’s now one less organization in the world that wants to sue YouTube; since the video-sharing site decided to take down clips in which the king of Thailand was insulted, the Thai government has dropped its criminal lawsuit. Google Apologizes, Thailand Drops Lawsuit
Google Earth Scares The Spooks
The director of a U.S. intelligence agency has cautioned that the government may have to censor satellite images that could be a potential security threat to the country and its armed forces. The warning came from Vice Admiral Robert Murret, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which provides security information using satellite imagery. In an interview with the AP he said," If there was a…
Microsoft’s Switchboard Better than Google’s
Have you ever tried to call someone at Microsoft or Google? I have. I’ve even memorized Microsoft’s number but won’t give it here cause I’d hate for Jeff Sandquist to get a ton of crank calls. Anyway, both Microsoft and Google have switchboard numbers.
Google Seeks Friendship; Newspapers Curse
Google said it wants to be “best friends” with traditional newspapers. A newspaper executive replied (with more humor than anger), “I don’t know what the hell we’re talking about.” That exchange should give you an idea of what took place during a panel discussion at the Newspaper Association of America’s convention in New York. Google Seeks Friendship; Newspapers Curse
