Google Image Labeler

Google has launched a little game called the Google Image Labeler. In it, you help Google tag all the images in its Image Search database by pairing with a random person.

Quoth The Googlebot, “304!”

The latest news from Google Webmaster Central disclosed how the search engine's spider saves a webmaster from unnecessary bandwidth costs.

Who Makes Wikipedia Work?

Aaron Swartz did some initial research comparing Wikipedia contributors by number of edits and characters, arguing that the core community (who make most of the edits) should matter less than peripheral domain experts (who write more).

YouTube Cashes In On Yahoo Exodus

Gideon Yu, Yahoo treasurer and senior VP for finance, can be listed among the executives and staffers leaving Yahoo for startup companies and a chance to cash in on a fast run-up in value a new company offers those on the ground floor.

Java 5 Features Provoke Dissent

The release of Java 5 was widely hailed by Sun and through the tech world, but one programmer sees evidence of 'feature creep' posing problems for Java coders.