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Internet Ad Spending Up 8%
Total advertising spending in the first six months of 2008 decreased by 1.6 percent compared to the same period in 2007, according…
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Google Wants to Make the World a Better Place
Google has always had the policy of not doing evil. This is a policy that critics of the company love to cite when they don't approve of something Google's up to. It goes without saying though, that Google's 10th anniversary project, titled "Project 10100" or "10 to the 100th" is definitely the opposite of evil.
Really, Beshear? Is that your final answer?
Just read Mike’s piece on KY Gov. Beshear’s demand that international gambling sites block access to Kentucky users or forfeit their domain names. I’ve liked Beshear mostly, he took down a real crook of a predecessor in the last election and backed casinos amid a firestorm of opposition to raising much needed revenue—objections have been […]
Narcissists Have More Friends On Facebook
Researchers at the University of Georgia have concluded there are lots of narcissists on Facebook, and you probably know one—or several. How do you know if your friend is a narcissist? According to the study, count the number of contacts he maintains, as well as the number of wall posts. Are there a lot of them? While you’re at it, check for palm hair and…
The Android Phone T-Mobile G1
T-Mobile’s G1 phone was officially announced today. It’s going to be the first mobile phone based on Android, the Google-and-partners powered (and supposedly soon to be open source released) mobile operating system.
Technorati Releases State of the Blogosphere
It’s kind of astonishing how swiftly society can shift these days. In 2005, when I started covering this industry, the guys at the local pub would look over the tops of their sports sections with blank or puzzled faces if you uttered the word “blog.”
