Wikipedia Did Not Ban Qatar (Not Exactly)
Wikipedia founder Jim Wales wants everybody to know that he or his editing team did not ban the entire country of Qatar. While he shouts that correction to the zealous blogosphere, we are suddenly chilled at David Utter’s proclamation that the Scoop is dead.
YouTube Anti-Piracy Software Still Vaporware
A promise to deliver software that will detect infringing content uploaded by YouTube’s enthusiastic video sharing users has not been fulfilled.
User Generated Content – Accurate, Not Insult
One of the most repeated terms added to the new web 2.0 glossary describing current trends in web design is “user generated content.”
Second Life Resources Wiki
Linda Zimmer, the driving force behind the Business Communicators of Second Life group, has launched the SL Business Communicators Wiki:
Powerset Embraces Ask Jeeves Model
At Powerset, they call it ‘natural language search’. We call it a $12 million homage to the days of the butler at Ask Jeeves, when that search engine proved more useful for entertainment value than actual quality search results.
Leveraging Statistics and Duping Mainstream Media
From large scale stat providers right down to the smallest detail it is easy to take a statistic out of context and draw false conclusions from it.
Search Engine X Too Powerful. Just Open Source It?
Skrenta explains what many of you already grasped about Google’s growing power.
Firefox Developer Criticizes Google
Firefox and Google have enjoyed a quaint partnership as of late. The search engine giant has helped sponsor the development of the increasingly popular web browser, and in return Firefox has embedded Google as the default search engine and start page in the application.
Predictions For 2007
Emarketer has compiled a list of 10 key predictions for 2007.
What to watch in 2007….
Grad Student Gets Grant to Study Click Fraud
University of Louisville graduate student, Li Ge, has been awarded a $149,923 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to engage in research regarding data mining and click-fraud detection.