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Multiple Ad Placements Perform Well
I saw an old episode of “Cheers” the other night; in it, a woman repeatedly sang her phone number to Frasier, and…
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YouTube Wins Brazilian Court Case
YouTube appears to be having a streak of good luck - first we learned that a ban in Thailand had been lifted, and now Google’s video-sharing site has won a court case in Brazil (this case had also, as it so happens, resulted in a block).
Powerset: The Robot Ninja Search Engine
Powerset, a company that focuses on “natural language search,” recently discussed its to-be-released-in-September search engine, and there’s some very interesting stuff going on. Very interesting, and very hard to understand.
Google Expands On Net Neutrality Issues
Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Google has put together a three-part blog post outlining Google's approach to Net Neutrality, what the company feels is okay for broadband providers to do, what's not okay, and where they have misled the public.
Wikipedia Benoit Posting Mystery
Authorities are investigating who changed professional wrestler Chris Benoit's Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death hours before police found the bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son.
MapJack: Google Street View For San Francisco
If you live in (or are going to visit) San Francisco, there’s a neat new website for you to use. If you live anywhere else, well . . . there’s a neat new website for you to look at. MapJack, which can be compared with Google’s Street View, only works in that one Californian city.
