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DOJ confirms Google Books investigation

DOJ confirms Google Books investigationCan't Beat 'Em?Report them to the Department of Justice!Why should Google have exclusive rights?Exclusive rights to publish the books online, and to profit from them?If they're ophaned, then everyone who wants to do the same should be allowed to do the same thing as Google.Why not...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Books investigation, Google Book, U.S. Department of Justice

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

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News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Can Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon help scuttle Google's book settlement?

Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon are reportedly joining the Internet Archive and other non-profit groups to dismantle Google's book settlement with publishers and authors. According to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and others, the group of tech giants and library groups will be co-led by Gary...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Settlement, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Litigation, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-21

News to know: Google Books, Yahoo's Search Pad; CrunchPad; 99-cent netbook; Psystar; SAP war chest

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Richard Koman: DOJ confirms Google Books investigation Sam Diaz: Can Yahoo steal the search throne from Google with Search...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo Search, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Video, Psystar, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Corporate Communications, Projectors, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Marketing, Hardware, Components

Blog posts 2009-07-07

DOJ confirms Google Books investigation

Is the Justice Department actually investigating the Google Books deal? Yes, the department confirmed to the federal judge reviewing the class action settlement. It is looking into whether the deal violate the Sherman Antitrust Act, The New York Times reports. In a letter to the judge,...

Tags: Google Inc., Settlement, U.S. Department Of Justice, Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Data and software both want to be shared

Data and software both want to be sharedOnly if it is I who decides what to shareas I would imagine there is data that you posess that you has no desire to let me or the world see, as it would finacially devestate you, or something similar.I would not like...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Music Piracy, software, OpenSource, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

Antitrust investigation into Google book deal?

The Justice Department is "in contact" with Google and its critics over a proposed settlement that essentially gives Google monopoly control over thousands of books that may belong in the public domain. The Wall Street Journal reported today that antitrust investigators at Justice have been talking with...

Tags: Google Inc., Antitrust, Corporate Law, Litigation, Security, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-28

New Association Promotes Virtual Worlds and Business

New Association Promotes Virtual Worlds and BusinessVirtual Snake OilEDITA KAYE, THE "SKINNY PILL FOR KIDS," AND THE ASSOCIATION OF VIRTUAL WORLDSThere is a certain species of entrepreneur that capitalizes on the human desire for overnight solutions to intractable problems. Throughout human history, they have lurked in the shadows of the...

Tags: Entrepreneurship, SKINNY PILL

Discussion threads 2008-04-13

Yahoo: We need effective cybercrime laws

Yahoo: We need effective cybercrime lawsAgreeI think the freedom of the internet is what makes it great, it's something that can't be duplicated with tv or radio. I can deal with spam. I can deal with viruses, phishing, etc mostly by educating myself, but what I can't deal with...

Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, Internet, effective cybercrime law, cybercrime law, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-31

American Airlines subpoenas Google, YouTube

American Airlines subpoenas Google, YouTubeISPs stuck in the middle? Not hardly...I don't see how ISPs are stuck in the middle, every contract/agreement I have ever seen from an ISP plainly states that posting copyrighted material is against the ISPs policy. All they need do is hand over the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Corporate communications, Due Process, Google Video, Internet Service Provider, video, Google Inc., American Airlines, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-09

BayStar begins selling SCO stock

BayStar begins selling SCO stockha ha ha ha ha ha hawhere can i buy me sum SCOHere's an idea...How about if all you open source fans get together, start a non-profit company up, and buy out all of SCO Group's outstanding shares? Then you we can all shut down...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, V8.0, stock, SCO Group Inc., BayStar

Discussion threads 2004-09-28