Genericide Watch: Is Google At Risk?

It's much too late, if those in charge of protecting Google's brand are honest, to extract "to google" from the English language (a googlectomy?). But perhaps Google has conquered the feared genericide of its trademark, emerging as the literary god-man hero among Kleenex boxes, Rollerblades and Xerox machines.

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.