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Discussing Issues On Poverty, Through Blogs
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The Value Of A Link
Pricing a Link When trying to understand the value of a link a variety of factors can be considered, including:
Usability Troubles for Yahoo OpenID
On the Yahoo Developer Network Blog, Allen Tom discussed the findings of a study conducted regarding the use of Yahoo!'s OpenID service. While the users who participated were enthusiastic with the concept of OpenID, the results weren't great.
Joost Gets Serious About Online Video Competition
Today, Joost launched a new flash-based version of its popular (but not popular enough) online video service, which will allow users to use it without having to download an application. They announced over a month ago that they would be launching this, but it has just now finally come to fruition.
Google Library Partners Making Their Own Database
A group of libraries that are participating in the Google Books Library Project want to make sure that their work lives on in case Google doesn't. They're forming a backup database of digitized books in case Google should go out of business in the future (insert joke or snide comment here). The database is called HathiTrust.
McCain Asks YouTube to Ignore DMCA Claims
After a slew of political ads from the McCain-Palin campaign were taken down from YouTube because of copyright holder DMCA complaints, the campaign sent a letter to YouTube (PDF) urging the company to be less immediate with its compliance with the letters and to subject videos to full legal review.
