Archive for November 3rd, 2008

Yahoo, Google under pressure to decide on deal (ZDNet UK)

Now they know what it will take for their advertising deal to get approval from antitrust regulators, Yahoo and Google just have to decide: is it worth it?

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

John Naughton: Google pays small change to open every book in the world (Guardian Unlimited)

Is there such a thing as a 'win-win' situation? Journalistic cynicism says no. What the phrase usually means is that some people get more than they deserve and others get less - but not so little that they scream blue murder. The big puzzle about the 'ground-breaking settlement' announced last week between Google and its legal opponents, the Authors Guild and the Association of American ...

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

U.S. telecoms sector braces for Democratic change (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

A Democratic sweep in Tuesday's U.S. elections may clear the way for changes to Internet policy sought by Google Inc and AT&T against content companies like Google and Microsoft Corp.

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

York council gets sniffy with Street View (The Register)

Could have asked for permission to film York council is a bit miffed that Google's Street View spycars have hit the historic city's highways and byways without asking for permission to film, local paper The Press reports .…

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Google Android gets first security fix (Macworld UK)

Owners of the Google Android-based T-Mobile have begun receiving a software update that fixes a Google Android flaw that security researchers found last week.

Monday, November 3rd, 2008