Google Selling Video Ads On The Web

The click-to-play video advertisements go on sale beginning today, and will be available to advertisers in the US, Canada, and Japan at launch. Visitors to sites in Google's network of AdWords publishers will have complete control over the video ad experience...

German Cops Bust 3,500 File Sharers

Providing song files to other music fans through the use of the eDonkey file sharing application turned into a pain in the ass when a widespread record industry sweep took place in Germany.

Time Goes Blogging With Sphere

The Time.com website now features "Sphere It" buttons with articles, and visitors can click those buttons to see what bloggers are saying about those reports.

Virtual Club Opens With Pussycat Dolls

For most of us (not me, though), virtual reality is the only way you'll find yourself alone in the VIP room with Pussycat Dolls (PCD) lead hottie Nicole Scherzinger. Interscope Records and Web startup Doppleganger have teamed up to make your teenage fantasies come true - and you don't even have to be yourself.

Is Your In-House SEM Team on the Verge of Burnout?

When SEMPO (the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) conducted its annual "State of Search" report in late 2005, it found that just about two-thirds of respondents planned to manage their SEM efforts in-house in 2006, rather than outsourcing the task to an agency.