Google Library Project Gets Japanese Partner

For a while there, Google was gaining partners for its Books Library Project on what seemed like a daily basis.  That rush (appears to have) stopped, but now one more school has signed up: Japan’s Keio University.

Watchdog Group Growls At Google Video

The National Legal and Policy Center has launched a list of the "Top 50" full-length movies, cable programs and music concerts hosted on Google Video, which they say, are likely without the copyright owner's knowledge or permission.

Doomsday Approaches For Web Radio

Sunday, July 15, 2007. Remember that date if you're an Internet radio fan. It could be the day independent stations go offline. The RIAA wants its money, and it wants it by Sunday.

People Who Search Spend More

It seems like you get a new study each month that shows that people who search are people that buy. They may buy online or they may buy offline, but they buy. And the newest research shows that they spend more than people who don't search—10% more in the case of home electronics buyers. So what does that mean to you?

Link Love Can Hurt

So, I guess if there was one thing we could all conceptually agree on, it would be that the link, in all its iterations and forms, has become the accepted currency of the social web -- especially in the context of blogging.