Not too long ago, Google Image search took an embarrassing hit for not having Abu Ghraib images. But Google has now played a central role in uncovering even more images of military abuse. Boing Boing has the full story. Net net: an AP reporter stumbled across these images on…
Sony TV is Bigfooting Jason Kottke for his coverage of Jeapordy and perennial winner Kenn Jennings. Jason, we're with you on this one. Come on, Sony, wake up to the fact that Jason made Jeapordy bigger than it would have been, because of his coverage. You should be encouraging folks…
Jason, we’re with you on this one. Come on, Sony, wake up to the fact that Jason made Jeapordy bigger than it would have been, because of his coverage. You should be encouraging folks like Jason. I’m going to lob a few emails into folks at Sony I know, and I encourage any readers with contacts there to do the same.
Developing: According to MediaPost. Am trying to get confirmation and details. In any case, Overture always had a stronger case than Google, according to folks I've spoken with, as they protected trademarks more robustly and did not adopt the blanket "any keyword can be sold" policy that Google did back…
Why, oh why do I find trademark stuff interesting? I have no idea – well, actually, I do – commercial speech is fascinating, and it underpins the entire economic base of search. I've been following this stuff for a while now, as my long suffering readers know. The two big…
In the Geico case, Google filed for a motion to dismiss in late summer, which was denied in the early fall. The case went to early discovery, and then Google filed a summary judgment, which is something parties to a lawsuit often do when they believe there is no merit to the case.
I haven’t seen any coverage of this part of the case, but this marks another milestone: Last week (Nov. 19th to be exact) the judge denied Google’s request for summary judgment, according to the clerk at the Alexandria, Virginia court where the case resides. (I discovered this while researching the book). Hence, this one looks like it’s going to full throated trial (or…close mouthed settlement, though I don’t think so, as that would encourage a lot more suits). It also means the odds rise for the American Blind case going forward – that one awaits a judgment on Google’s initial motion to dismiss.
Read MoreGoogle News in China has had a speckled past; recall that Google agreed back in the summertime to block sources from the index which the Chinese government had specified. I and many others had issues with this. Now comes word that Google's English version of News is being blocked in…
Google News in China has had a speckled past; recall that Google agreed back in the summertime to block sources from the index which the Chinese government had specified. I and many others had issues with this. Now comes word that Google’s English version of News is being blocked in China.
Shanghai. (Interfax-China) – The English version of Google’s news service has been inaccessible in China for more than a week. Zhang Junwei, a Google Media official stationed in Beijing, acknowledged that the company’s English News channel was inaccessible when contacted by Interfax, but could not provide further comment.
I’ve emailed Xiao for more info, if anyone can get to the bottom of this, it’ll be him.
Read MoreThis one has Company A (Brannock, the maker of those foot measuring devices) suing a Company B (ABC Industries) because Company B has purchased Company A's trademarks as AdWords. This is distinct from Company A suing Google and/or Yahoo, as is the case with Gieco, American Blind, et al. Brannock…
This one has Company A (Brannock, the maker of those foot measuring devices) suing a Company B (ABC Industries) because Company B has purchased Company A’s trademarks as AdWords. This is distinct from Company A suing Google and/or Yahoo, as is the case with Gieco, American Blind, et al.
Brannock files keyword lawsuit
The article also reminds us of the Rescuecom case, in which Rescuecom took the Geico et al approach of suing Google. Rescuecom is a computer services franchiser. (Nod to Gary for putting the PDF up, and to Google for making it HTML).
Read More….Google Sues AdSense Publisher for Click Fraud. (Clickz) Google has filed its first click fraud lawsuit, charging a Texas-based Web site and its owners generated fraudulent clicks on ads in its AdSense program, causing Google to pay them for useless traffic to its advertisers. The lawsuit, filed last week in…
Google has filed its first click fraud lawsuit, charging a Texas-based Web site and its owners generated fraudulent clicks on ads in its AdSense program, causing Google to pay them for useless traffic to its advertisers.
The lawsuit, filed last week in a California Superior Court, alleges that, beginning in August 2003, Auction Experts International and its founders Sergio Morfin and Alexei Leonov clicked on AdSense ads on the Auction Experts site and paid up to 50 unidentified individuals to do the same.
Thanks to reader Brendan Wilson for pointing this out: The Palo Alto Medical Foundation is warning against the use of Google Desktop (and presumably, any similar search tool). The foundation even published a FAQ about GDS. From that document: How does this affect me? If this tool has been installed…
How does this affect me? If this tool has been installed on a PC that you are using, it is possible for your private health information viewed through PAMFOnline to be cached on the computer’s hard drive and retrieved later by someone else.
What can I do about it? If you uncheck the “Include Secure Pages (HTTPS)” option, the tool will no longer be able to retrieve secure PAMFOnline pages.
This is one example of what I am sure will be a long, slow awakening to the power and potential of having search history in our lives.
Russell Beattie, a mobile blogger with a large following at Russell Beattie's Notebook, has picked up a personal antagonist of sorts, who has taken to writing personal attacks over at a site called MSMobile. Now, this might be a random but interesting flame war if it were not for a…
So why am I writing this here? To clear up a few facts and ask for your help. MSMobiles is not a valid impartial news site, it’s a personal and biased weblog. If you know someone at Google News who can take him out of their news index, I would greatly appreciate it (I’ve emailed repeatedly).
The power of algorithmic news at work…
As Cory points out over on BoingBoing, it was only a matter of time. This does point to the beginning of the web as digital memory for our ongoing culture….
