NewsTrove - > Google blasts President Bush
Google Inc on Friday criticized the Bush administrations
demand to examine millions of its users Internet search requests as a misguided
fishing expedition that threatens to ruin the companys credibility and
reveal its closely guarded secrets
The company delivered its indignant critique in a 25page
brief that marked its initial legal response to the Justice Departments
attempt to force the online search engine leader to comply with a 6monthold
subpoena
The Justice Department has until Feb 24 to respond
to the papers that Google filed Friday...
NewsTrove - More MySpace Thoughts
I spent some time setting up my profile tweaking the design and trying to grok the site a bit more and get a better idea of what it does and how it ticks I figured out thing out pretty quickly The main profile page is where the action is and though itamps pretty straightforward the ability to add your own is what makes all the pages so wackedout The crimes against good web design added by the members are pretty astounding I have to say but itamps not like itamps MySpaceamps fault in particular...
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Internet giants lambasted by lawmakers on Hill
Congressional committee holds hearing about Internet companies compliance with censorship
Taipei Times
Friday February 17
Google Yahoo Microsoft and Cisco Systems came under fire at a House of Representatives hearing on human rights on Wednesday for what a subcommittee chairman called a sickening collaboration with the Chinese government that was decapitating the voice of the dissidents there...
NewsTrove - The next big thing?
Upon first view of the home page I was happy to see a somewhat simple and clear layout The ampldquoclick to sign upamprdquo button was in plain sight and I was soon on my way to joining yet another blog site insert grumbling here
Since there arenamprsquot very many members yet I was able to sign up under a simple username without numbers so I suppose thatamprsquos a plus It didnamprsquot put up too much of a fuss over getting personal information confirming my email address or making sure Iamprsquom not some spam bot thatamprsquos automatically making accounts...
NewsTrove - Copyright & IP
HarperCollins announced yesterday that they were scanning their books into their own database and then planned to give Google and other search engines access to that database but on their terms Both Techdirt and Tim Lee question the purpose of this move Techdirt chalks it up to old mediaamps obsession with control while Tim thinks the initiative is pointless since it doesnampt necessarily reduce the total number of digital copies in circulation I donampt know if itamps a good move or a bad one but I certainly donampt think itamps pointless and actually think it makes lots of sense...