Google To Stay Single In China

While some might call it a show of "determination," others would label it "pigheadedness." Either way, Google apparently plans to remain on its own in the Chinese search engine market. The corporation will not pursue any partnerships with Chinese companies, according to Kai-fu Lee, Google's president for Greater China.

Got Monitoring? Pingdom Has It

A Christmas gift from Sweden for webmasters and server administrators offers a free year of website monitoring, without strings attached.

Amazon Launches New Q&A Service

The rising trend of social media and user-generated content continues as Amazon touts the launch of its Askville service, a site geared at asking and answering just about any question that you can possibly come up with.

Microsoft Seeks Content Syndication Patents

Microsoft has filed two separate patent applications, seeking to gain exclusive rights to technology used to obtain, organize, and read news feeds distributed via Real Simple Syndication (RSS).

Monster Heating Up Job Boards Battle

Job boards stand to gain tremendously over the next several years, and the competition between two of the top sites, Monster and CareerBuilder, will increase along with those markets.