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Archive for July 2007

July 30th, 2007

Google to Copyright Proof YouTube

Google plans on introducing a system which will automatically filter out copy written materials from being posted on YouTube.
According to the plan, Google intends on maintaining a library of digital video fingerprints that would be used by a computer system to screen clips being uploaded to YouTube. This is according to Philip Beck, one of […]

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July 30th, 2007

New MSN Features Identifies Faces and More

A while back, Google introduced its face detection capabilities, and now MSN decided to show a bit of its capabilities which include face, portrait and black&white recognition.
According to the official post, MSN introduced three new features that help people find faces, portraits and black and white images. We tested the different filters on a […]

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July 27th, 2007

Digg Says Bye to Google, Picks Microsoft Instead

Earlier this week Digg decided to give Google the boot and instead hire a company who they labeled as “young and willing to take risks” (you mean our Microsoft?)…
I am not sure what it is but I am feeling a good vibe from Microsoft these days. They improve, innovate, invent, they are everything that Google […]

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July 27th, 2007

Yahoo “One Ups” Google in Response Privacy Concerns

In response to recent privacy concerns Yahoo decided to alter their data retention policy and make all logged data older than 13 months anonymous. This is unlike Google who limited their cookie’s lifespan to 18 months but maintains all logged references.
This new mentioned policy is to be implemented “by the end of the year” and […]

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July 24th, 2007

Microsoft to Launch a new Analytics Tool

Ever since Google released Google Analytics as a free tool it became the tool of choice for many site operators, and offered Google to add more data mining opportunities. MSN saw the opportunity and has been developing its own Analytics took offered as a direct competition to Google.
The project, titled Gatineau (for now), will […]

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July 24th, 2007

ASK & MSN Join Forces in Embracing Privacy

As ASK is getting ready for the launch of ASKEraser, its anonymous search tool due out soon, it joined forces with MSN in an effort to create an “industry standard” to better protect consumer privacy. The two, who are more of the “market followers” in the industry joined yesterday and proposed a project which would […]

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July 24th, 2007

ASK to Launch an Anonymous Search Tool

While Google keeps on getting more and more hear for insisting on keeping surfer’s information infinitely (in Internet terms at least), ASK seems to have gotten the picture and announced today a new search tool which will forget about you altogether, Sort of like “10 Second Tom” from 50 First Dates…
The new tool, called […]

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July 23rd, 2007

Google Exposes Secret Chinese Submarines

Google Earth has already exposed some things meant to be hidden, but this one may bring more difficulties for Google in its efforts to penetrate the Chinese market. According to researcher Hans Kristensen, Google’s recent satellite pictures show what he he believes is the first photo of the Jin-class submarine, a new class of Chinese […]

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July 18th, 2007

Google Launches Custom Search Business Edition

Google’s search technology is now available for small business at the low price of $100/year. This new attempt to use their available resources in order to diversify their income even further will be available to sites with up to 5000 pages where larger sites with as much as 50,000 will have to fork $500/year.
According to […]

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July 18th, 2007

What is it with NFL Players These Days?

I have the TV on while posting to my different blogs every morning and the news just reported that NFL player and Falcons quarterback, Michael Vick, was indicted along with three other men for alleged running a dog fighting ring. According to the report, these dog will fight till death in most cases and losers […]

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