Kazaa Loses Its Legal Battle

Kazaa appears to be following the trail that Napster first blazed (and then was dragged down). The file-sharing network, like its predecessor, is well known for being used to illegally trade copyrighted works. Now, much like Napster, Kazaa has reached the end of that rope. Sharman Networks, which owns Kazaa, has agreed to "go legitimate," and to pay a substantial amount of money to four…

Google’s Tag To Remove Content Spamming

Content spamming, in its simplest form, is the taking of content from other sites that rank well on the search engines, and then either using it as-it-is or using a utility software like Articlebot to scramble the content to the point that it can't be detected with plagiarism software.

Online Advertising and Children

Food companies (no clue why others are not using it) are using the internet more and more to deepen children's exposure to marketing messages through online games and commercials, blurring the lines between advertising and entertainment, a new study has found.