Network Solutions really didn’t need any more public relations disasters after the controversy of automatically registering searched-for domains and "protecting" them for a $35 fee. Though this new controversy may not be quite the hyperbole it’s made out to be in some places, it does come with some potentially serious issues.
Another Yahoo Exec Slips Out
Imagine that you’re watching one or two boulders rolling down a hill; in this scenario, you’d actually pay attention to the individual rocks. But if enough stones started to tumble, you’d become interested in the landslide as a whole, and that’s more or less where the departure of Elizabeth Harz from Yahoo comes in.
Score Another For Citizen Journalism
Webmasters scored another victory in the court system recently when a Vermont judge tossed out a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman upset by comments made about her by a third party commentator.Superior Court Judge David Howard upheld provisions set forth under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, enacted by the US Congress in 1996, which protects providers of interactive computer services from liability for content posted by third parties.
Police Investigate Another YouTube Clip
When approaching a speed trap, one should always try to look responsible. Put both hands on the wheel, keep your eyes on the road, and try not to make a horrendous squeal and a lot of red light if applying the brakes becomes necessary. Unless you want to get in trouble. But even then, you can do it from the comfort of your home office.
Another ‘Fear Twitter’ Post
Twitter Is Dangerous.Yeah right… Bloggers with their gloom and doom are more dangerous. The gist of this ‘fear twitter’ story is that people are, gasp, talking to more than one person!
PageRank Update Another Message To Link Sellers?
Either the Google PageRank in your toolbar is officially meaningless, or Google just sent another message to link sellers. Once again, Google isn’t talking and we’re left to speculate.
Google Guys Get Another Jet
There’s probably no truth to the following theories: Google’s starting its own airline; Google has a clandestine arrangement with NASA to set up data centers on the moon; the founders plan to hire their own Tattoo to shout "The plane! The plane!" for their own bored billionaire amusement.
Another Technorati Top 100 Benefit
There’s another benefit to being in the Technorati Top 100. In addition to being the most linked-to blogs as tracked by Technorati, the Top 100 blogs have made the Digg homepage 8000 times. Clickalite.com looked at Digg’s history to examine whether Technorati’s most popular tracked blogs were popular there, too. And were they ever.
Mobile Search Another Key To Google Phone
An in-development project at Google for discovering mobile content through search and enabling payment for it gives us another reason to believe Google will debut a phone and a wireless network.
Google Takes Another Shot At Transliteration
Translating something from Spanish to English is a neat trick, but both languages use the same alphabet. Google’s looking at something tougher – transliteration – to bridge the gaps between America and several different markets.