DRM Suit Hits Microsoft, Yahoo

Loomia Searches For your Podcasts

A new search engine, Loomia, comes into view on the horizon. Loomia, launched last June is a search engine designed for podcasts of all sorts. The site is laid out well and is a good place for those new to podcasting to go visit and learn about the new medium. The newest feature they've added is a recommendations section.

Quaero: French Search Or N.C. Firm?

The much-discussed Quaero project, in development with French tech giant Thomson, adds Bertelsmann AG as the German project lead and partner in the venture; apparently neither of them bothered to do a whois lookup on the name first.

Clementine Boosts CRM Capabilities

SPSS Inc. just released a data mining workbench dubbed Clementine 10 aimed at creating a 360 degree view of the customer by compiling data from a number of sources. Clementine's bag of tricks also comes with an "anomaly detection" system for fraud combat that shows unusual behaviors as they occur within the data collected.

NYTimes: Thomas Hawk Gets Revenge Over PriceRitePhoto

Back in November, Thomas Hawk ordered a camera online from PriceRitePhoto. There were several "problems" with the order, according to PriceRitePhoto...most seemingly stemming from Thomas's unwillingness to succumb to the pressure being put on him to buy extra memory, batteries, extended warranties, and the like.

Yahoo May Run The Runner

An ABC show championed by ex-ABC president and Yahoo Media Group head Lloyd Braun could get a second life as an online concept.