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YouTube received 9.8 billion video views in the U.S. for the month of January, down slightly from December's record-breaking totals of 10.1…
Don't be surprised if Google's name starts showing up much more frequently on whatever library computers or book sites you use; the search giant has just created an API that will encourage the use of Google Book Search.
Following the holiday bonanza, January can be a dead month for many retailers. Recent numbers from Nielsen revealed the ten companies that best survived (in terms of online conversion rates) the quiet time.
This change has been expected for a while; if anything, it's only surprising that it took so long to be enacted. But Google Korea has, for better or for worse, started asking for age verification following any adult-themed inquiries.
The semantic web was one of those ideas that are always a little out of reach; statements of "that's so cool!" emerged from few places other than tech conferences. Yahoo has announced its support for semantic web standards, however, so it looks like the thing may finally arrive.
Before I could publish the update below, Eliot Spitzer's call girl's MySpace page had changed at least five times in two hours. It's currently owned by "?". At least that's what it says at this address, assumed earlier to be Ashley Dupre's profile.
