Archive for February, 2006
Ask Jeeves, acquired by InterActive Corp. last year killed off the butler mascot today.
More noteworthy is that the Teoma search brand, which once along with WiseNut was said to be able to take on Google, is now called Expert Rank.
Moreover, the site also gives walking instructions, and not merely driving instructions… just think that this […]
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Posted By: froosh | Feb 27th
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Interview with ROO’s CEO, Rob Petty, on TheStreet.com’s Street Watch.
(Note that Street Watch is powered by ETV Media… )
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Posted By: froosh | Feb 24th
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He sees benefits of Intel alliance but raises an excellent point about spinning off iPod business. Problem is that much of iPod’s success comes from Apple connection, so without that, would it be able to fend off the impending attack from Sandisk, Microsoft and company?
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Americans work more, seem to accomplish less: study
Most U.S. workers say they feel rushed on the job, but they are getting less accomplished than a decade ago, according to newly released research.
The biggest culprit is the technology that was supposed to make work quicker and easier, experts say.
“Technology has sped everything up and, by speeding […]
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Posted By: froosh | Feb 22nd
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Search companies - and online advertisers and publishers in general - record a lot of information in a general way. However, as they strive to extend their edge vis-a-vis one another, many want to record specific searching patterns, to offer personalized search. Of course, a lot of people would be uncomfortable with that…
That is actually […]
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Posted By: froosh | Feb 22nd
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This could have some interesting after-effects.
I could be wrong, but Google sends a lot of traffic to websites whose images it indexes.
Here is a test, line up a bunch of Perfect 10’s competitors and ask them if they would mind having their images indexed by Google… the conversation would end there, methinks.
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Posted By: froosh | Feb 22nd
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In an interview to be published on Thursday in the German weekly WirtschaftsWoche, Deutsche Telekom states that Internet content providers such as Google should pay for using their new super-fast Internet access…
I am not against this rationale entirely, but DT should be careful about what it is wishing for… after all, over the past few years […]
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You have to give Google credit.
Google was a late entry (as they were in search, email, news, and everything else - there goes the first mover advantage, I guess) in instant messenging, but Google Talk has the opportunity to grow pretty fast. Obvioulsy not fast enough to dislodge AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger or Yahoo IM, […]
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Posted By: froosh | Feb 22nd
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I am all for corporations trying to defend their trademarks, but what if the man they are suing is [also] named Dell?
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Sony might experience some delays with the launch of the PS3.
The video game industry - despite all of its swagger - has experienced a few setbacks recently, and this one is no exception.
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Posted By: froosh | Feb 20th
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