Google Announces Winners Of Website Workout Contest

Google's Website Optimizer works, and the company really, really wants you to know it.  The winners of the Google Website Workout contest - which challenged businesses to use the tool and improve their conversion rates - have been announced in just about every place possible, giving both them and Website Optimizer all sorts of publicity.

When Stock Market Fails, Try The Lottery

Wealthier households are visiting lottery websites with more frequency than their lower income counterparts, Hitwise reports. Heather Hopkins’ investigation was prompted by AP report about rising sales of state scratch-off lottery tickets.

YouTube Mutes (Some) Copyrighted Music

If you happen to come across some silent YouTube videos today, there's no need to start investigating your speaker settings and browser defaults.  It seems that the "problem" is on YouTube's end; the site's owners have chosen to mute certain clips as a way of dealing with copyright violations.

Blockbuster To Offer Content On More Devices

Blockbuster has partnered with Sonic Solutions to offer Video on Demand on a wide variety of consumer electronic devices in an effort to stay competitive with Netflix.The two companies are working with a number of consumer electronic manufacturers, including Sonic's CinemaNow, to expand the ecosystem of interoperable devices offering the Blockbuster service.The devices will include PCs, portable media players, Blu-ray Disc players, set-top boxes, mobile…

Google Starts Apps Reseller Program

Google has started a program in which resellers can begin selling Google Apps to businesses. Naturally, you would sell the apps to customers, and then kick up money to Google.