Rep. Couch Feeling Heat from Ban on Anonymous Web Postings
Murdok previously reported how Kentucky State Representative, Tim Couch, proposed a bill that would not allow Kentuckians to comment anonymously on the Internet.
AOL Roughed Up By Google Search Habits
People heading to Google for search rather than kicking off their queries at Google-powered AOL equals another quarter of middling financial performance coming up for the portal.
Project Canoe Looks To Sink Google TV
If you ask us, something that even Google may fear shouldn’t be called "Project Canoe." No one at Cablevision, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, or Time Warner Cable stopped by, however, and so their ad-related project is (for the time being) named after a small, motor-less boat.
Google, DoubleClick Deal Now Official
Google has announced it has officially completed its acquisition of DoubleClick after receiving approval from European Union regulators.
Wal-Mart Stores Exile Everex gPC
Price-wise, we think a $200 PC is hard to beat. Wal-Mart (and/or the store’s customers) apparently found fault with something, however, as the company has decided to dedicate its shelf space to something else.
CBS Expands March Madness On Demand
CBSSports.com said today that it would no longer require users to register for its NCAA March Madness on Demand video.
Google Developer Event Announced
May 28th and May 29th appear to be pretty quiet days – on a national level, there shouldn’t be any major events or holidays. So, although we know not everyone will be able to attend, Google seems to have picked a good period in which to hold a developer gathering.
Twitter And The Mark Zuckerberg Interview
When I arrived 15-minutes into the now famous interview of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, by BusinessWeek reporter Sarah Lacy the audience had already turned (it was two days ago and it still is the #1 topic of conversation on blogs and at SXSW, which is the conference that this happened at).
R.E.M. Launching New Album On iLike
When someone suggested that Michael Stipe, the lead singer of R.E.M., release the band’s new album “Accelerate” on the social networking site iLike – he liked the idea. The move will make history and is another sign of the music industry’s loss of power.The entire album will be streamed on the site a week before it is released to the public on April 1st. Hopefully the servers will hold up.
Extreme Places On Google Earth
Frank Taylor points out on his Google Earth Blog that a member of the Google Earth Community has put together an interesting collection of extreme places on Earth.