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File Sharing Companies Scramble To Go Legit File Sharers Shrug And Move On
It looks like the recording industrys strategy of nastygramming file sharing providers has worked While weve already reported on Groksters plans to sell out to industrysupported Mashboxx the Times is reporting that many of the other big name file sharing providers are looking at similar deals This isnt that surprising Any company in the space is likely facing a nasty lawsuit from the entertainment industry even if they believe what theyre doing is legal...
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cooltech.iafrica.com | tech news Google goes blogging
Internet search powerhouse Google has launched an engine designed to scour web log entries for fresh news and views
Every day millions of bloggers use the web to express themselves sometimes to just a few friends sometimes to a worldwide audience Jason Goldman of the Google blog search team wrote on the companys website
We wanted to create a better way to allow people to find out whats being written in blogs as its being created he continued
Blogs short for web logs are online diaries by individuals who may or may not be professional journalists...
Google to buy AOL?
Google could try to bid for America Online to preempt a Microsoft takeover and protect the 380m 210m in revenue Google gets from its biggest partner according to an analyst
We believe it is entirely possible that Google could consider making a bid for as well Lauren Rich Fine an analyst at Merrill Lynch wrote in a Friday report on the implications of an icrosoft Network deal This would certainly protect Googles revenues from as well as enable Google to keep 100 percent of the search advertising revenues as well as gain a significant amount of content...
Market research on a budget
Does the following scenario sound familiar to you You have an idea for a product or service and youre reasonably certain the market for the product exists so now you want to check out the competition But youre in startup mode or have very limited financial resources So just how do you go about investigating your competitors and gathering information without spending a fortune
The good news is there are a number of free and lowcost options available to help you collect that information Here are six budgetfriendly choices
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