Archive for October 19th, 2008

Yahoo pact stirs up Google advert dispute (Financial Times)

In trying to seal a controversial advertising pact with Yahoo , Google has stirred up a lingering dispute with some advertisers that has raised fundamental questions about the fairness of its search advertising system.

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

New iGoogle gets a mixed reception (Guardian Unlimited)

Last week, Google rolled out a new version of its iGoogle home page with a dramatic change : it now has a traditional menu with items listed down the left hand side. (Initially, this only affects US users.) Along with the change come 16 new widgets (which Google calls gadgets), that support the new "canvas view". It's a bit of a shambles, even by Google standards. For example, I just ...

Sunday, October 19th, 2008