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'Online Lie Detector' For Search
The Japanese government intends to create what one newspaper described as an online
lie detector that would act in accordance with a search engine. The project has
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Yahoo
A Go for Windows Mobile
Users of mobile handsets running the Windows Mobile operating system can now download
Yahoo! Go for Mobile to remotely access Yahoo services.
Emoting
Over Search With Ask.com
Some call them smileys, others refer to them as emoticons, and a lot of people
put them in emails, SMS, and instant messages every day; Ask.com can help people
figure out what some of the odder ones mean.
UK
Gov't Violates Own Copyright On YouTube
Because of a copyright violation, the UK Cabinet Office, Britain's "head office,"
was forced to yank a public service video from YouTube.
Can
MySpace Save Boxing?
Mixed martial arts events like the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and the slick
and savvy World Wrestling Entertainment bouts, draw more attention from the younger
male fanbase than boxing does.
Squatters
Fly Kites In Hurricane Season
As the morning news shows led their programs regaling the audience about nothing
happening in Florida (you have to get Michelle Kosinski on camera somehow), disaster
domain scammers...
AOL
Kicks Off Football 2.0
Just in time for the flurry of 2006 kickoffs, AOL launched FanHouse, a football
blogging community, with 75 blogs dedicated to NFL and NCAA teams.
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Visitors to Google Book Search will have the opportunity to download and print classic titles from the service. Sometime today, Google Book Search should open its virtual doors to literary fans and allow them to download PDF copies of certain titles, and to print them.
Editor's Note: Google Book Search should open public
domain books it has scanned today for people to download and print as desired.
Do you plan on using or taking part in Google's book download program? Let us
know in WebProWorld.
 Current Google Book Search policy only permits out-of-copyright books to be read online.
AP noted how the variety of books available in this manner will only come from the public domain. Copyrighted books will not be enabled for download.
Those copyrighted works have stirred up anger against Google from publishers and authors. Both fear losing control of books and have filed a couple of lawsuits against Google for copyright infringement due to Google's book-scanning and archive initiative.
Google has long argued its scanning of texts from libraries and the usage of snippets of text from them in its Book Search comprise a fair use of those works.
Also, since millions of books are no longer in print, a search could expose a reader to a book he never knew existed and prompt interest in purchasing it. Google monetizes Book Search now with its ubiquitous contextual ads, and has tools in place to enable it to turn interest in a book into a sale for a publisher.
That potential did not matter much last November, when representatives from Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers battled over the search advertising company's scanning practices.
Google's scanning, and a new agreement it has reached with the University of California system to archive its books, has prompted some concerns about so much work being under the auspices of a single private company.
Brewster Kahle, co-founder of the Internet Archive, said by telephone that Google's work would be even better if it were part of an effort like the Open Content Alliance, of which he is also a part. Yahoo and Microsoft along with other companies are OCA members.
OCA's operations have been working with publishers to ensure it does not run into the same issues Google has encountered. Kahle thinks Google would do well to "play nice with others" when it comes to scanning and opening content, and keeping it open, for all to enjoy.
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Google
Chief Joins Apple's Board
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Jason Lee Miller
Apple today announced that Google CEO Eric Schmidt, was elected to Apple's board
of directors. Schmidt adds the new position to Google's board of directors and
Princeton University's board of trustees.
"Eric is obviously doing a terrific job as CEO of Google, and we look forward to his contributions as a member of Apple's board of directors," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO.
"Like Apple, Google is very focused on innovation and we think Eric's insights and experience will be very valuable in helping to guide Apple in the years ahead."
"Apple is one of the companies in the world that I most admire," said Eric Schmidt. "I'm really looking forward to working with Steve and Apple's board to help with all of the amazing things Apple is doing."
Apple said Schmidt's experience as an Internet strategist, entrepreneur and technologist gave him a "well-seasoned perspective" at Google, a young company where many have said Schmidt serves as "the adult."
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Is AJAX Another Flash?
One of the major introductions of the Web 2.0 phenomenon is the AJAX
programming - design "language". AJAX is used on a number of known sites like
Google's personalized homepage. It's what allows you to drag different modules
to your start page. Anyway, while many have been pretty impressed by some of the
features you can incorporate using AJAX, I've read some other opinions that seem
to think AJAX will go the way of Flash - a nice tool but not very effective when
it comes to ecommerce and search marketing. What about you? Do you share this
opinion? Take a look at what's being said below and see what you think.
|| Chris||
Discussing AJAX Technologies
I wouldn't be surprised to see DHTML 2.0 (oops, sorry AJAX) get the
same reputation Flash has in just a few years. People will, of course, blame
the users/designers.
Hint: All scripts for "effects," no user
science backing a reason for the effects.
However I remain hopeful. Many AJAX developers understand the only purpose for
ajax is the user experience. Not
just Ajax=XMLHttpRequest, user focus, user testing, and innovation of the
user experience. There are too many unfindable
web widgets for AJAX developers to become overly infatuated with the technology.
Otherwise, AJAX is just more koolaid.
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I was wondering if Google (and the others) value [certain] domains higher than
.coms when all else is equal [SEO-wise]?
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