Reuters Photos Gummed Up Google News
Algorithmic accidents at Google News have been blamed for matching the wrong photos to stories, including a really unfortunate one caught by Newsweek.
Google-y PC Turns Heads
It’s not an official, made-in-Mountain View Google PC. Not at all. But the inexpensive Everex TC2502 gPC is about as close to that mythical beast as we’ve yet come.
Powerset Exec Shuffle Looks Like Comedy Sketch
In “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the Black Knight always gets a laugh by claiming that the loss of both his arms is “just a flesh wound.” Now Powerset’s COO has left the company, its CEO is changing roles, and it, too, claims to be okay.
Google To Topple Baidu With Short Domain Name?
Someone who’s too weak, lazy, or pressed for time to type eight letters and a period is in serious trouble. But anyone who would rather type eight than three is just silly, and so Google China has unveiled a new domain name: G.cn.
OpenSocial Now Live
In case you missed this news, Google’s OpenSocial API went live now (oh, and MySpace is now an official OpenSocial partner too, making Google-competitor Facebook come off as anti-social if they don’t join). The FAQ explains that…
Looking a Google Gift Horse in the Mouth
To say that there has been a lot written about Google’s announcement of OpenSocial, the social-networking standard it developed along with MySpace and others, would be more than a bit of an understatement.
Specific Media Ad Network Raises $100 Million
It’s not clear exactly how much money Specific Media got in a recent round of funding. What is clear, though, is that the online advertising company intends to go on an acquisition spree.
Downloading Penalties Violate First Amendment
People who have believed downloading copyrighted content did not pose any kind of legal problem have faced plenty of legal troubles, but the real trouble comes as enforcement against illegal downloading makes people fear legal downloading.
Making Yahoo Visible
If you think of Yahoo, what springs to mind?
Google Joins the Widget World
Just when you think the web world is going to settle down, get out its pipe and slippers and kick back, someone rips up the blueprint and we have to start all over again.