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Rockets, Sleepers and Duds
People love to throw around the “Content is King” cliché when discussing methods of luring incoming linkage in efforts to improve search…
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Google Grabs Polish Poets By the Bards
The only one sounding their barbaric YAWP in the poetry world these days is Google. A Polish writing group – the AFP chunks them all as poets – named Grupa Mlodych Artystow i Literatow, or GMAiL, has been set upon to analyze the finer points of rhetoric from Google's legal team.
Google Continues Its Efforts In Child Safety
Recently, a conference of experts convened in New York to ask the question “Does The Internet Change Everything?” in regards to how information is presented to children in the ever-evolving digital age. Just how dangerous an environment is the Internet, and what are practical solutions to make it safer for children? First let me say, I don’t have any children. As a 28 year-old single…
Google Spins Out Hard Disk Paper
If you're a hardcore hardware geek, then the work compiled in the 13-page paper by some Google engineers on the failure patterns of disk drives will be like a belated Valentine from the little red-headed girl.
DRM And The Music Industry
Steve Jobs created a stir earlier this month when he published his anti-DRM open letter to the music industry. A majority of the music industry viewed the letter as a threat to their income. Independent US labels felt they were left out of the conversations entirely, since they currently sell music without DRM.
Yahoo Silences Unwanted Suggestions
Last week, Yahoo launched a new “Suggestions” feature that incorporates Digg-like community voting elements. Instead of news items, however, users sample the suggestions that have been submitted regarding Yahoo’s services and vote on which ones they would like to see implemented the most.
