Wall Street Journal Digital Network Teams With Microsoft for Contextual and Paid Search Advertising  —  Microsoft becomes exclusive third-party ad provider for network of sites.  —  The Wall Street Journal Digital Network today announced an agreement in which Microsoft Corp. becomes …

Source:   Microsoft
Link:   http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/jan08…

CueCat is back!  —  Google: “2D barcodes are an especially exciting part of this because they allow readers to “click” on interesting print ads with their cellphones and seamlessly connect to relevant online content.”  —  Years ago, I went out on a limb and dismissed a similar scheme thus …

Source:   Joel on Software
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And you thought Google Street View was creepy before  —  In this video, Google Street View gets even more invasive.  Call it improving geolocated search.  Boo!

Source:   Valleywag
Author:   Nicholas Carlson
Link:   http://valleywag.com/350127/and-you-thought-google…

Yahoo lowers its outlook for 2008; Sees ‘headwinds’; Restructuring in Feb.  —  Yahoo’s fourth quarter results Tuesday were better than expected, but the company’s outlook for 2008 disappointed.  Meanwhile, Yahoo didn’t deliver layoffs as many prognosticators were expecting …

Source:   Between the Lines
Author:   Larry Dignan
Link:   http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7761

Facebook, MySpace join NY AG in pushing e-safety bill  —  New York’s attorney general and state legislative leaders presented a bill on Tuesday aimed at protecting people from sexual predators on the Internet, and Facebook, MySpace, and Yahoo backed the effort.

Source:   InfoWorld
Link:   http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/29/NY-AG…

The Movie Industry’s 300% Error  —  A week ago today, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) issued what had to be a hugely embarrassing news release acknowledging that an aggressively promoted and widely cited research report commissioned by the MPAA in 2005 significantly overstated …

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Slashdot Founder Questions Crowd’s Wisdom  —  One of the oldest rivals to the community news site Digg is pointing to recent unrest at the site as evidence that the social news model is flawed.  —  Last week, frequent users of Digg protested changes in its algorithms that were designed …

Source:   Bits
Author:   Brad Stone
Link: […]

Sprint Nextel in New WiMax Bid  —  In the last few weeks, newly installed Sprint Nextel Corp. Chief Executive Dan Hesse has moved quickly to impress investors with layoffs and an upper-management shakeup at the wireless carrier.  Now there are signs he is teeing up a bold restructuring …

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120162984956525859…

Sprint Revives Clearwire Talks  —  Sprint Nextel has revived serious discussions with startup Clearwire to form a joint venture that would bring in funding from the likes of Intel, Google and Best Buy to build a high-speed wireless network using WiMax technology.

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120162984956525859…

Legal Defense of Free and Open Source Software  —  The purpose of this Web page is to inform the community of Barracuda Networks’ plans to defend itself and the free and open source software (FOSS) community from a patent threat by Trend Micro.  In addition, we wanted to share …

Source:   barracudanetworks.com
Link:   http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/legal/