Here’s the latest action:
Sam Zell, soon one of the largest U.S. newspaper publishers, says Google “steals” — The magnate, who recently agreed to acquire the Tribune Co., told a gathering at Stanford University Thursday: “If all the newspapers in America did not allow Google to steal their content for nothing, what would Google do, and how profitable would Google be?” This is remarkable, and could foreshadow a legal showdown, especially when Zell begins to realize how difficult it is to make money in the newspaper industry. Unfortunately for Zell, U.S courts may not be as friendly as the Belgium courts, which upheld that Google News violates copyright. In another case that unfolded in U.S. and French courts, the French wire service AFP fought Google to sign a licensing deal, the terms of which are still unknown. But “fair use” is well established in the U.S., and Zell is fighting a losing battle on this one.
Google ripping off Chinese company Sohu? — “Google stealing” has become a popular refrain. Apparently Google has copied some technology to allow typing of Chinese characters. Details still vague, but Google has acknowledged wrong-doing.
Google launches Goog-411 — The service lets you make free directory assistance calls, supported by advertising. It is much like 1-800-Free411, a competing service offered by Jingle. The difference is that Google doesn’t offer customer support if the speech recognition service breaks down and doesn’t recognize what you’re asking for. We prefer Jingle for now. More details here.
Technorati is apparently looking for new CEO — The Silicon Valley-based blog search engine hasn’t confirmed the latest reports, though.
Microsoft mobilizes against Open Document Format — It is asking people to send in letters to legislators to oppose California A.B. 1668, which requires state agencies to create all documents in an open extensible markup language-based, XML-based file format, and to prefer Open Document Format (ODF) for all state software procurement.
Microsoft has released instant messaging for the XBox – Details here.
Eghosa Omoigui to join Intel Capital’s consumer internet investments team — Omoigui, who has been Intel Capital’s chief of staff for the past two years, will now help Intel’s venture capital firm make direct investments into consumer Internet start-ups. Intel has traditionally been the largest investor in venture capital and, like Cisco, the chip giant has targeted consumer Internet more closely. (See Omoigui’s recent VentureBeat column).
The Sansa Connect arrives — Using software from Mountain View start-up Zing, SanDisk is releasing its new MP3 device, the Sansa Connect. The Zing software lets the device connect with Yahoo’s Internet music service, which allows unlimited music downloads beginning at $11.99 a month. It will hit stores this week. Zing also has a relationship with Sirius Radio. (See our earlier coverage). Zing raised $13 million in January from IDG, Redpoint and Camp Ventures. The $250 device lets you download music via WiFi, though it can take half a minute to do this. You can store your songs in the device, but you can’t own the music permanently by copying it or transferring it to other devices. It competes against the iPod, and Zune among others — and the WiFi and Yahoo music services may give it the leg up. (Speaking of taking your music with you, separately, Mediamaster, a San Mateo, Calif. start-up is the latest to let you upload music from hard drive to listen online. Review via Techcrunch).
Plastics to be used for fuels? — That’s what DARPA is investigating with a $2.3 million investment. Details here at the NYT.
>>Source Link
>>Blog: Feed
>>Publish Date: 4/12/2007 8:02:15 AM
>>Keywords: google
Related Posts
>>昨日新闻 - 不建议使用的google服务 #
>>Google日历现实版 #
Google日历这个工具大概很多人都用过，它可以很方便地用来规划个人日程和会议，大有取代Microsoft Outlook之势，有趣的是，今天我收到了一份有趣的小礼物：现实版的Google日历。 很多公司年终都会分发日历，这个年终的时候，我也收到很多人送的日历，有公司发的，有客户赠送的，可谓见怪不怪了。不过当我今天看到Google寄来的Google日历后，依然是眼中一亮，这个日历看起来好漂亮
>>Google热榜初体验 #
据Google黑板报的报道，今天，Google（谷歌）中国发布了一个新的功能：Google（谷歌）热榜。 如同前几天发布的“Google 网站导航”非常像百度的HAO123一样，Google热榜看起来非常象百度风云榜，据Google自己介绍，Google（谷歌）热榜大部分是基于 Google（谷歌）的搜索量统计，不过没有说到底是基于Google.COM的搜索还是基于G
>>中篇报道连载－－google中国：变质的中国google（六） #
妥协与拒绝对于2002年google.com被中国政府屏蔽这件事，google中国公司从来没有给出个合理的解释。因为网站在持续两周的屏蔽后莫明其妙地又好了，屏蔽过程的一切显得都那么神秘。虽然屏蔽解除了，但是google中国仍然有其他的麻烦。中国的网络长城（The Great Firewall 借用平客的翻译）发挥了功力，让所有中国境外的网络信息传输变得慢下来。如果在中国登陆go
>>Google的中文产品发布会邀请 #
本周三（1月24日），Google将在广州举行Google中文产品的发布活动，广大Google Fans可以有机会参加这次活动。目前还有一个邀请名额，暂时还没有合适人选。在深圳或者广州的朋友，如果你明天有时间可以参见，请发邮件联系“成也散人”（southgrass(at)gmail.com）获取最后一个邀请名额。----《Google的中文产品发布会邀请》这篇文章挺有意
>>Google地图的应用开发分析 #
Google最重要的产品不仅仅是网页搜索和Gmail，Google其实有一个重要的宝贝产品，就是Google Earth/Maps，即卫星地图（或常规地图）。这个产品如果开发的好的话，可以使得Google在地图领域中建立新的权威优势。 即使在市场并不占优的中国，Google在这方面也拥有无限的优势：国内根本没有商业卫星地图服务商，网络公司的交通地图服务都是购买专业地图公司的数据，这些地图服务
>>Google Earth 4.0正式版推出 #
昨天收到Google Earth的一封新闻邮件，说Google Earth 4.0官方正式版已经发布了。 新版本的Google Earth 4包含一些新的特色公司，主要有：3D建筑物模型，KML内容支持时间，新的导航界面，增强图层支持，支持多种语言（法语、意大利语、德语、西班牙语、日语），新的图标，打印功能的改善，以及大量性能上的改良。 不知道什么时候会出现Google Earth的中文版
>>Google的愚人节玩笑 #
今天，如果大家能上Google英文版的首页（访问方法，进入中文Google后，点击“Google.com in English”），应该可以看到Google带来的一则愚人节新闻：“New！ Get FREE breakthrough broadband with Google TiSP （BETA）.”（Google 免费马桶无线网） 进入马桶
>>最佳Google Earth社区地标 #
今天浏览Google Earth的时候，我发现去年十月份在Google Earth Community发布的一组深圳欢乐谷旅游景点地标（一共16个地标）被加入到了Best of Google Earth Community（最佳谷歌地球社区地标）的图层中。只要在Google Earth的Geographic Web图层中，选择“Best of Google Earth Commun
>>恶意软件的噩梦—Google在搜索结果标示恶意网站 #
在英文搜索中，Google早已经在搜索结果中标识恶意网站或可能有害的网站。前几天，这个功能被应用在Google中文搜索上，某些包含木马病毒的网站在Google搜索结果中会被提示“该网站可能会损害您的计算机。” Google对这种提示信息的官方说明是：“该警告信息会显示在Google认为可能会包含恶意软件的搜索结果中。恶意软件通常是在用户访问这些站点时，在用