Googlers Take A Crack At John McCain

Never mind the PBS crew - at a recent debate starring John McCain, neither Jim Lehrer nor Gwen Ifill served as the moderator.  Instead, Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, filled that role.  And this seems fitting, considering that the event took place at the Googleplex, in front of a crowd of around 700 Googlers.

NBC Enters YouTube Legal Battle

NBC Universal and Viacom have filed a friend of the court brief that opposes YouTube's attempt to dismiss a copyright infringement case brought by Los Angeles News Service operator Robert Tur.

Blogger Anti-SLAPP Case Angers Munchkin Man

That "Left," the code-named blogger behind StockLemon.com (which is now CitronResearch)doesn't have many friends in the financial world isn't what's important. What is important that Left becomes the first blogger to be protected by Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) laws, at least in California. And The Munchkin Man (to be discussed later) isn't happy.

Windows Live Hotmail Goes Global

It’s being billed as “[t]he most significant upgrade for Hotmail since it pioneered the webmail industry in 1996,” and it’s here: Windows Live Hotmail is rolling out globally. New users should get an account immediately; MSN Hotmail customers will be presented with the option of upgrading. 

Google Patent Defines The Sandbox

If there were any doubt new sites may be spending some time alone on part of the playground, a recent Google patent application seems to define a place where new documents go in their index.