Google Wins Communication And Humanities Award

This honor might seem better suited for an individual, and it comes with a cash prize of 50,000 euros that Google really doesn't need.  Nonetheless, the search giant has won the 2008 Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities.

Microsoft Trying Out Social Network Technology

A new social network would, at this point, need to be extremely special.  The appearance of something Microsoft's working on has been described as "strikingly similar to Facebook's."  But TownSquare does have a few unique points, and it's going to get some spotlight time at an upcoming conference.

EFF Sues Rodeo Group Over Removal Of Videos On YouTube

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked a federal court to protect the free speech rights of an animal rights group after its video critiques of animal treatment at rodeos were removed from YouTube because of false copyright claims.The group Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) is a non-profit that videotapes rodeos in order to expose animal abuse. SHARK posted two dozen videos to YouTube to…

Russian President Wants Cyrillic Internet Domain

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia needs to be assigned an Internet domain name in the Cyrillic script in an effort to promote Russian as an international language.The Kremlin is worried that Russian, once the main language in the Soviet Union is being used less because of local languages and the influence of English.Medvedev said that 300 million people worldwide used Russian media and that…

Yahoo’s Poison Pill Headed For Court

Last week's letter war between Carl Icahn and Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock was just a preview of what's to come. Ichan and company have challenged Yahoo's employee retention plan (Icahn calls it a severance plan) in a Delaware court. Slated to go to trial in July, the legal matter will be settled in advance of the annual shareholders meeting on August 1.