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Search Is Changing, But We Knew That Already

We hate to say "I told you so." Wait. No, we really don't. Analysts at Piper Jaffray & Co. took a good, hard at look at things and decided we are in the midst of a media – well, everything – revolution and it's all the Internet's fault. E-Life as you know it is about to change.

Major Record Labels Go After Yahoo China

A consortium of record labels which include Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group have filed suit against Alibaba, which is an operator affiliated with Yahoo China, alleging copyright infringement by the site. The announcement comes as record labels, along with the RIAA, are cracking down harder than ever on digital music piracy. It’s been an up and down week for digital music aficionados, and…

Go Daddy’s Domain Club

GoDaddy.com, a domain name registrar, has introduced the Discount Domain Club, a subscription based service created for frequent domain buyers. Membership allows buyers registration prices that are up to 36 percent off regular prices and includes free subscriptions to other services.

Eons Earns $22 Million In Funding

It’s not every day that a press release begins with the words “BOOM BOOM BOOM,” and yet that’s exactly how Eons, a media company that caters to the 50-plus crowd, chose to announce its receipt of a fresh $22 million in funding. It looks like there’s plenty o’ life in Eons yet (and hopefully in its users, as well).

Ex-Googlers Launch Q&A Site

This just in: Uclue.com is a new website by a number of researchers who used to work for the (now cancelled) Google Answers program. This is cool, and I wish my former colleagues all the best! (Disclosure: I watched the site come to life from afar, though I wasn’t actively involved in it.) I’m also happy to have another way now to pose urgent questions,…