Amazon Launches Used Video Game Trade-In Program

Amazon.com has announced it will allow customers to trade-in used videogames for credit on its site, a move that will challenge game retailer GameStop. The company has launched Amazon Video Games Trade-In in beta. "Our video game trade-in process is easy. Go to www.amazon.com/tradeingames and discover games that you want to trade among hundreds of titles," the Amazon Game Room's Blog states.

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Yahoo May Be Working On Vodafone Search Deal

On the last day of 2008, Vodafone, the mobile telecommunications company, had 289 million customers.  Now, a new report indicates that Yahoo might be on its way to becoming Vodafone's default search provider in Europe. 

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MPAA Study Calls For Piracy Patriot Act

A new study commissioned by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and produced by RAND links the film piracy trade to terrorism, drug cartels, and human trafficking, and calls upon governments to do more about intellectual property protection. But what it really is is another attempt to convince governments to spy on everybody on behalf of one mafia trying to muscle out other mafias.

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Utah Aims At Keyword Advertising Again

The last two times the Utah legislature attempted to regulate keyword advertising didn’t turn out very well. It’s probably a surprise to many then (maybe not though) that the governmental body is giving it a third try, this time with a version as watered down as it is vague.

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Facebook’s New Twitter-Like Elements Highlight Real-Time Search Need

As previously reported, Facebook is set to launch changes to its news feeds that will give it more Twitter-like functionality. The changes are set to launch next week, and will update feeds in real-time. In addition to that, the status box is becoming a publisher box. Rather than only allowing users to update their status, it will now allow you to post content - links,…

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