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Rustybrick / Search Engine Roundtable:
Dynamic Implementation of Google Co-op for Search Engine Roundtable — This morning I described what is Google Co-op, but I also promised I would try to implement an example for this site. Well, we have implemented phase one of Google Co-op subscription links for this site.
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Bambi Francisco:
Google machines vs. humans — As Google's algorithms do what humans can't — scale — community-based searches seemed like something Google would not be interested in. — After all, communities are made of people who tend to be fickle, slow and inherently lazy. They can't handle or process what Google's machines can do.
Tony Long / Wired News:
Tech Workers of the World, Unite — I was raised in a union house. My father was a passionate supporter of the labor movement and I've never forgotten that the union helped feed and clothe me when I was a kid. — Most of my professional life has been spent as a member of a union …
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Alec Saunders .LOG
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google sticks with dual-class structure — As expected, Google shareholders rejected on Thursday a proposal made by a pension fund holder of stock to eliminate the company's dual-class stock ownership structure. — Google's annual shareholder meeting also featured executives fielding questions …
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Search Engine Watch Blog
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Measuring PFF Against the Darknet — Today the Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF), a DC-based "market-oriented think tank that studies the digital revolution and its implications for public policy," released a report entitled "The DMCA Dialectic: Towards Constructive Criticism."
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Infothought
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Mike / Techdirt:
Why The "Copy Protection Is Necessary" Argument Doesn't Make Sense — from the breaking-it-down dept — We've noted multiple times in the past how the Progress and Freedom Foundation (a DC-based think tank) seems to keep taking positions that make no sense when you actually look at them.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Notebook Screen Shots — A Google employee named Erica Joy has posted a number of screen shots of Google Notebook, which will launch next week at google.com/notebook. — Notebook looks like it is designed to be a flat out del.icio.us competitor, allowing you to gather content from around the web …
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Ed Felten / Freedom to Tinker:
Report Claims Very Serious Diebold Voting Machine Flaws — [This entry was written by Avi Rubin and Ed Felten.] — A report by Harri Hursti, released today at BlackBoxVoting, describes some very serious security flaws in Diebold voting machines. These are easily the most serious voting machine flaws …
Mark Peters / Lets Go Digital:
Sony Alpha unveiled — Sony Alpha : Thanks to Kai Thon from DigIT we can inform you about Sony's latest hot digital imaging product; the Sony Alpha digital SLR camera. Toru Katsumoto, Senior General Manager of AMC Division, Digital Imaging Business Group of Sony Corporation …
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Gizmodo
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Walter S. Mossberg / Wall Street Journal:
In Our Post-PC Era, Apple's Device Model Beats the PC Way — For many years, there have been two models of how to make computers and other digital devices. One is the component model, championed by Microsoft. The other is the end-to-end model, championed by Apple.
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Ballmer: Google wants special treatment in IE — update SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Google seems to want special treatment on Internet Explorer, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. — His remarks centered on the default search engine in the Web browser. Right now, when people update …
Guardian:
'We have a lot on our plate and we prioritise' — Fresh from settling an anti-trust suit with Microsoft, the chief executive of Real Networks, Rob Glaser, outlines the company's strategy for success in the digital downloading market — Interview by Kate Bulkley
Damon Darlin / New York Times:
Putting the Wire Back Into Networking — Back in the Stone Age of home networking, anyone who wanted to play on a computer not hooked directly into an Internet connection had to snake phone lines or Ethernet wires across floors and up staircases. — People talked about a promising idea …
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Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
nttdocomo.com:
DoCoMo to Unveil New Eight FOMA "9 Series" Phones — NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries today unveiled the new lineup of eight FOMA "9 Series" handsets. All 9 Series phones are preinstalled with i-appli™ software required to use DoCoMo's DCMX™ credit card.
Aline van Duyn / Financial Times:
Yahoo rebuffs Microsoft offer — Terry Semel, chairman and chief executive of Yahoo, said on Wednesday he had turned down an offer from Microsoft to buy a stake in Yahoo's search business and that discussions about Bill Gates' software group acquiring the company had not taken place.
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Lawsuit seeks to block Google settlement — Lawyers representing Internet search advertisers filed a lawsuit this week in an attempt to block a proposed $90 million settlement to a class-action click fraud suit against Google, a lawyer and the lead plaintiff said Thursday.
Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:
9% of Search Ads Lead to Dangerous Sites — Kevin Delaney uncovers a new study, being released today by McAfee, which claims 3% of organic results and 9% of paid search results lead to dangerous web content. … Wow! I can see the search engines defending the results for oganic results …
Evan Blass / Engadget:
D-Link relents, agrees to halt its "NTP vandalism" — Although we never got that press release we wanted from D-Link addressing accusations that it was engaging in so-called "NTP vandalism," the company has apparently seen the error of its ways and [been shamed into] come to a settlement …
