Microsoft, Baidu Partner In China

MSN and Windows Live have chosen to try and gain the hearts and pageviews of China's growing Internet userbase by teaming their job search with Baidu's paid search ads.

Google Says

Google has gone to great lengths to defend free speech, and has protected a lot of questionable material (posted by users) on both Orkut and Blogger. It appears that Google draws the line at death threats, however, as a blog containing threats against a New Zealand politician was shut down this morning.

Valentines Day, Grammys Top Weekly Zeitgeist

Searchers looking for last minute gifts for the special someone, researching the origins of Valentine’s Day, and music enthusiasts soaking in the coverage from this year’s Grammy awards comprised the majority of Google queries last week.

Movie Downloads To Reach $5.8 Billion

The Internet-delivered movie industry is set to take off. This is welcome news for Hollywood and the Motion Picture Association of America. According to Adams Media Research the Internet movie industry will reach $5.8 billion in revenue by 2011. Video downloads will account for $4.1 billion in the US.