Only two countries in the world have ISPs actively blocking or interfering with BitTorrent transmissions: Singapore and the United States. Only one kind of ISP in both countries, though, is doing the blocking: cable. An independent test conducted by Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Software Systems showed that Comcast and Cox are both currently interfering with BitTorrent despite recent public and regulatory outrage.
Delta’s Blog Caught in the We We Calculator
Brian Eisenberg of Grok.com took a well placed swipe at the Delta blog. Brian ran the text of the post about how Delta gathers customer input through the customer focus ("We-we") calculator and found these results:
Google Caught In Name Game – Again
In Germany, Google’s already lost its hold on the term “Gmail”; now Beijing Guge Science and Technology has challenged the company’s right to use the Chinese version of “Google” itself.
YouTube Caught In Malkin, EFF, UMG Crossfire
YouTube is becoming the unwitting arbiter of copyright disputes, and in the process finds itself between a rock industry and a hard face…wow, that was really bad wasn’t?…Conservative blogger and columnist Michelle Malkin is crying foul after a music industry DMCA notice quieted her criticism of Hip Hop artist Akon.
Google IME Caught Plagiarizing
Google has been caught copying some of its competitor’s data for the recent release of their Chinese Input Method Editor (a desktop tool to convert Pinyin characters into Chinese characters).
RIAA Caught Between Rock and a Hard Place
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been involved in a notorious legal dispute with Patti Santangelo for the past two years. In a decision handed down from the presiding judge in the case today, the RIAA was dealt a severe blow that could have far-reaching implications.
Friendster Caught Between a Rock and a Facebook
The game is over, and Friendster lost.
The Greased Pig of Search is About to Get Caught
The greased pig of the search world is about to get caught. Apparently the pig is a prized ham after all.
What Caught My Eye in RSS
As I slowly make my way through the 10,000+ unread RSS feeds that have accumulated in my Bloglines account over the past month a number os posts have caught my attention which I thought I’d highlight here. Some of them have been mentioned by my guest bloggers but there’s no harm in doubling up…
Another Site Caught Gaming Google
Yet another highly regarded site with high PageRank has been caught gaming Google. This time, its Syndic8.com, and once again, Andy Baio is on the case.