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A new dictionary site called Wordnik was launched today, although even the creators had to settle for the "dictionary" description for lack…
Sorry, Bing fans, but Microsoft's new search engine seems to have stumbled before it even cleared the figurative gates. Fresh statistics from two different sources indicate that visits to Bing are already dropping.
Google has teamed up with the Guggenheim Museum to create a design competition to design a "simple shelter for a specific geographic location anywhere in the world." Contestants will use Google's SketchUp, Google earth, and Google 3D Warehouse to design, geo-locate, and upload their projects.
North Korea on Monday found two American journalists guilty of illegal entry and sentenced them each to 12 years of hard labor. The Central Court, the North's highest court, held the trial of the two U.S. journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, from Thursday to Monday and convicted them of "committing hostilities against the Korean nation and illegal entry," the North's official news agency, KCNA…
Sometimes, Google and the government get along; one week from today, for example, Google will host a gathering in Washington, D.C. to discuss national security and Web 2.0. Relationships don't always proceed smoothly, however, and two consumer watchdog groups have asked the president to decide against hiring a certain Googler.
This isn’t to pick on craigslist specifically, as this type of thing occurs all over the Net, especially where it’s free to post what other outlets charge for. Craigslist served a crushing blow to inflated classified ad prices in newspapers, and no one but newspapers complained. But besides profiting newspapers, the fees for posting an ad are natural scam deterrents.
