Archive for March 16th, 2009

Google clones search ad machine on photo sharer (The Register)

Picasa joins money grab Google is now showing text ads when users search for public pics on its Picasa photo-sharing site .…

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Google open sources poor man’s Web2.0rhea (The Register)

$12m Jaiku put out to pasture Google has open sourced Jaiku under the Apache 2.0 license, just sixteen months after paying $12 million for the would-be Twitter rival.…

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Google inspires behavioral ad-zapping Firefox add-on (The Register)

Cookie-filled TACO Last week, when Google rolled out its new interest-based advertising behavioral ad targeting operation, it enveloped the world's web surfers in the sort of cookie conundrum we've come to expect from these privacy-hedging ad schemes.…

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Google Earth reveals fish trap made from rocks 1,000 years ago off British coast (Daily Mail)

A giant, 1,000-year-old fish trap - which can be seen using Google Earth - has been discovered off the British coast.

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Google lawyers seek to halt Italy trial (Times Online)

Lawyers for Google are expected to challenge Italy's right to try Google executives at a hearing on Tuesday, in a trial seen as a test case over attempts to "police" web content.

Monday, March 16th, 2009