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Iran Parliament to Debate Death Penalty for Bloggers
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 4, 2008 3:52 PM / 60 Comments
The Iranian parliament is set to debate a draft bill that would add a number of crimes to the list of those that can result in execution, among them "establishing Continue reading »


Google's Street View Challenged in the UK
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 4, 2008 9:33 AM / 6 Comments
Google's Street View launched in the US last May, but expanding the service to Europe is proving to be a bit more difficult for Google. The Google Maps blog today Continue reading »


Hitwise: Yahoo Would be Just Fine Without Search
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 3, 2008 3:00 PM / 4 Comments
Hitwise Intelligence took an interesting look at the breakdown of Yahoo's properties today. They come to the conclusion that, even if Yahoo sells off its search division, Yahoo's other properties Continue reading »


Viacom Gets YouTube User Data
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 3, 2008 9:53 AM / 9 Comments
In the ongoing copyright litigation between Google and Viacom, a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered Google (PDF) to hand Continue reading »


It's Official: Firefox Downloads Set Guinness World Record
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 2, 2008 6:19 PM / 7 Comments
We already knew that Mozilla had a record breaking day on June 17th when Firefox 3 was downloaded close to 8 million times, despite the download site not working for Continue reading »


Microsoft Equipt: Office and OneCare in a Subscription Package
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 2, 2008 11:47 AM / 2 Comments
Microsoft today announced that it will release an all-in-one software subscription package that includes Live OneCare and Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007. Microsoft Equipt, formerly known as 'Albany,' will Continue reading »


Exclusive Look: Digg Recommendation Engine Private Beta
Written by Muhammad Saleem / July 1, 2008 1:54 PM / 7 Comments
After months of promises (and third party tools), Digg finally announced this week that their recommendation engine is to be released. Today, Digg has delivered the goods to private beta Continue reading »


Confirmed: Microsoft Acquires Powerset
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 1, 2008 1:50 PM / 2 Comments
We wrote about Microsoft possibly acquiring semantic search engine Powerset just a few days ago when it was still a rumor. Today, both Microsoft and Powerset have confirmed that they Continue reading »


Mozilla Releases Weave 0.2: Filling in for Browser Sync
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 1, 2008 11:45 AM / 6 Comments
Not too long ago, Google announced that it was going to stop the development of its Browser Sync project. Browser Sync automatically synchronized bookmarks between different computers. Mozilla just announced Continue reading »


Adobe Makes Flash Searchable - The Holy Grail of Website Usability?
Written by Richard MacManus / July 1, 2008 1:36 AM / 20 Comments
For years the big problem with Flash-based websites is that they could not be properly indexed by search engines. Flash websites have been favored by marketers and advertisers for a Continue reading »


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