Microsoft Sues Google Over China Exec

Microsoft filed suit against former exec Kai-Fu Lee and Google claiming Lee and his new employer violated Microsoft's employee confidentiality and non-compete agreement. Lee's job title was vice president of Microsoft's Natural Interactive Services Division and he accepted a job with Google to lead their Chinese R&D. Microsoft want to force Lee and Google to adhere to the agreements Lee signed with Microsoft.

Is Google Developing A Podcast Search?

With the popularity of podcasting continuing to climb, a few, perhaps smaller search service providers have integrated the ability to search out the audio files, and it looks like the big guns are considering it as well.

How Do We Make Blogs More User-Friendly?

Have you read the Catalyst Group study about blog usability call Net Rage? If not, you should. Those of us who spend inordinate amounts of time using these things, evangelizing, and otherwise doting over them seem to forget (at least I do) that most people still don't have a clue as to what a blog is or how they should react to it. In fact,…