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Four Google Officials Facing Charges in Italy For Errant Video

mikesd81 writes to tell us that four Google employees may be facing charges of defamation and failure to control personal data simply because they didn't remove a video of a boy with Down's Syndrome being harassed and eventually hit over the head with a box of tissue, from Google Video. The video was posted in September of 2006 and was removed by Google within a day of receiving the initial complaints, but apparently that isn't fast enough. "Google maintains charges against the employees are unwarranted, Pancini said. Europe's E-commerce Directive exempts service providers from prescreening content before it is publicly posted, he said. Also, the video was technically uploaded to a Google server in the U.S., not in Italy, Pancini said. 'It was a terrible video,' Pancini said, adding that Google is concerned about the case's impact on cens

Google-killer Baidu invests in video streaming

Chinese Google killer Baidu is investing $15m in UiTV, which will then manage the search leader's video channel, the companies announced on Sunday.

Italy Moves Forward With Plan To Prosecute Google Execs Over Online Video

Earlier this year, we were somewhat stunned that prosecutors in Italy would be charging four Google execs with criminal charges, because some kids had posted a video of themselves taunting a boy with Down Syndrome on Google's Italian video hosting site. The execs in question obviously had absolutely nothing to do with the video. The kids who filmed and uploaded the video have been charged separately, and it makes absolutely no sense to then charge executives at the company that provided the tool. Why is Italy not also charging the executives of the company who made the mobile phone that was used to film the video? Or the executives of the ISP that was used to upload the video? Or the administrators of the school where the video was filmed? Any of those would make just as much sense as suing Google execs.

Google Android: The dude? Or big dud?

Today's the day Android strutted its stuff to the world. Is Android the game-changer for the SmartPhone industry, a real contender to the iPhone or just another cell phone OS? It's definitely not just another cell phone OS, as evidenced by all the attention around today's launch. Google has technology that other phones use but Google Android will exploit. Google search, of course is the 800-pound gorilla in search. Add Google maps (including a compass feature Google demonstrated in the T-Mobile [HTC] G1 phone), Google Webkit and the Chrome Web browser (a Chrome Lite comes on Android), Google Talk, YouTube, Google Apps, and so forth. This has allowed Google to layer in a single sign-on for all Google apps, and Android syncs data with your Google account for contacts, calendar, chat and likely other applications in the future.

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Google Now Allows Sites to Serve Content to Them While Showing a Registration Box to Non-Google Users

There once was a time when Google search tried to be a neutral bystander, watching the web without getting too actively involved. There once was a time when Google instructed webmasters to serve their Googlebot the same thing served to a site’s human users. Now, Google is officially telling webmasters they can serve one thing to people coming from Google web search, and another thing to people coming from elsewhere. Think of it as Google now offering publishers to hand Google a special key to the publisher’s content. Google calls this “first click free� and they say they do this in order “to help users find and access content that may require registration or a subscription�, to “include highly relevant content in Google’s search index� and to “to provide a promotion and discovery opportunity for publishers with restric

Buzz Watch: Kevin Rose Demos Qik for the iPhone

Kevin Rose, founder of Digg and Revision3, demos Qik live streaming video app for the iPhone on his blog (video embedded above). These new streaming services, including uStream, are very cool. Not long ago you needed a ton of equipment and a satellite-upload truck to achieve what you can basically do now with a cell phone and a Qik account. For free! But to put this in perspective, the promise of streaming video from mobile phones is nothing new. I remember video-calling being the much-hyped new "killer-app" for 3G-phones back in Europe many years ago. It flopped. The difference now is that the market is ready for these services and it’s about one-to-many and not one-to-one. The devices are also better, video-sharing websites widely used and the combination of video streaming and running a text-chat seem to be a winning combo.

Google in Attack.

The web is crazy! A new war has just starts. A browser war, a clash of the titans, Google and Microsoft, the battle of the browsers. Finally, Google has unveiled their very own web browser they called it Chrome. It designed to take on Industry leading Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and also one time Google web allies Mozilla ( Goodbye Mozilla.). With chrome Google has just declared war not just on Microsoft but also to the Mozilla folks. Google is known to support open source community and Mozilla is one of those but the games has changed Google got no choice but to drop Mozilla.The competition has just started to get hotter. What exactly Google wants here? World domination? Google got greedy here. First they got Google Apps to take on Microsoft Office then they unveiled Chrome to take on Microsoft internet Explorer.

Borders.com Goes Live with Google Preview

Borders has enabled Google Preview on their site. Google Preview, unveiled in September, is a widget-like tool that allows retailers or anyone handy with Web site code to embed a preview of 20% of any book in Google’s database onto their site. Borders joins Books-A-Million and the U.K. retailer Blackwell Bookshop in using the service. The deal between Google and its retail partners stipulates that retailers will enable Google Preview for any book being sold that is also available in Google’s database, in exchange for an enhanced version of the Preview software. The big advantage for retailers of Google Preview is that it allows consumers to brows books scanned by Google without leaving the retailer’s Web site. Click the “Google Preview� button beneath the jacket art on Borders.

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Chinese Killer Blames Video Game Addiction

For years, video game haters like Jack Thompson have tried to use bogus claims about video games to absolve criminals of responsibility for their crimes. It's really rather sickening, that rather than getting criminals to stand up and accept responsibility, they try to blame some video game. However, with China now embracing the concept of internet addiction, it appears that an accused killer is now trying to similarly pin the blame for poisoning his parents on his online video game addiction. These stories really have nothing to do with video games, and everything to do with criminals trying to skirt responsibility for their actions by throwing the blame on video games that had nothing to do with the actual crimes.

Could You Google Bomb Google Flu?

Google got a lot of attention recently for the launch of Google Flu Trends, which looks at aggregate data on searches related to the flu, to see if it can act as something of an early warning system for where there are flu problems. It's an interesting use of the data, and it will be worth watching what else can be done with this sort of data over time. However, Ed Felten raises an interesting question: can Google Flu Trends be manipulated? The idea is that, right now, it may be accurate, but the very fact that people know Google is tracking this information, could create incentives to game that info -- in the same way people have tried gaming Google in other ways for years, using tricks such as Google bombing. While you might not think there would be that many reasons to manipulate Google Flu Trends, there could be reasons to do so.

Google releases Google Earth for Apple iPhone and iPod touch (with video tour)

"Even before we introduced Google Earth back in 2005, the team had long dreamed of being able to carry the Earth around in your pocket. Well, today that dream becomes a reality as we introduce Google Earth for iPhone and iPod touch. With just a swipe of your finger you can fly from Peoria to Paris to Papua New Guinea, or anywhere in between. It may be small, but it brings all the power of Google Earth to the palm of your hand, including all of the same global imagery and 3D terrain. You can even browse any of our 8 million Panoramio photos or read Wikipedia articles," Peter Birch, Google Earth Product Manager, reports for The Official Google Blog.

Yahoo- Google inc. : A threat to Microsoft?

Yahoo, a major prize for Goliaths such as Google and Microsoft that wants to build a web empire with a major audience, sizable revenues, and good brand. By making a deal to Yahoo, Google gets a vastly bigger audience to go with its formidable resources. Google won’t be able to bid for Yahoo because of antitrust concerns. Yahoo has already surrendered some of its advertising space to search leader Google. The deal will allows running Google ads on yahoo search result pages. Google ad partnership with Yahoo could boost revenue and extend its online reach, making it the sole master of online advertising. Does Google deserve Yahoo? Google ad partnership with Yahoo would keep Yahoo out of Microsoft sight. Yahoo so desperate to stay away from Microsoft.

Gmail and Google Talk Users Access Online Collaboration through Yuuguu

Yuuguu announced the integration of the Google Talk Instant Messaging (IM) network into its real-time collaboration and web conferencing service. Yuuguu users can now share screens, hold web conferences, and work collaboratively with anyone on the Google Talk IM network all via the Yuuguu application. The Google Talk IM network is accessible via the downloadable Google Talk client, and the purely browser based GMail, iGoogle, and Google Apps services. Yuuguu has an integrated buddy list and chat system. Yuuguu users can link to their existing Google account and any contacts they have on the Google Talk IM network will automatically appear in their Yuuguu buddy list. Yuuguu users can chat with friends or colleagues on the Google Talk IM network.

China : Baidu.com is Rumored to Acquire a Google Partner.

Baidu.com Inc. the largest Chinese-language Internet search service provider, is rumored to take over Ganji.com, a local living information network platform developed and operated by Beijing Feixiangren Information Technology Ltd., which is a strategic partner of Google Inc. in China. Executives for Baidu.coms public relations gave an ambiguous answer in an interview. They both did not deny and did not acknowledge it, only saying they did not make sure that. A public relations executive at Ganji.com said that it was a rumor, and the company did not comment. "Google has not yet been informed of any news about Ganji.com," responded a public relations executive at Google. "For now, the cooperation between Google and Ganji.com is still ongoing." Established in 2005, Ganji.

Qik Launches Live Mobile Video Streaming on BlackBerry(R)

Live streaming video available for handsets including BlackBerry Bold REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Qik, Inc., the leading live mobile video streaming platform, today announced alpha support for Blackberry devices from Research In Motion (RIM), including Blackberry Pearl and BlackBerry Bold. With Qik's free service, users can stream video live to the Internet in just two clicks from their mobile phone. Those watching the videos on the Web can take part in live interactive chat with the person broadcasting. "We are excited to bring our lifestyle technology to the millions of Blackberry users worldwide," said Ramu Sunkara, co-founder and CEO of Qik. "In our quest to bring mobile live video sharing to the masses, we now support the broadest range of platforms including Symbian, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, and Java-enabled mas

Verdict Research: Video game spend surpasses music & video

There has been a huge shift in consumer attitude towards the entertainment market says Verdict Research in its latest reports - UK Music & Video 2008and UK Video Games & Consoles Retailing 2008. In the 12 months to the end of 2008 Verdict predicts that the buoyant video games market will have grown by a massive GBP1.37bn - at a time when the combined music & video sectors have stagnated, with growth of just GBP0.03bn between them. This will see the video game retail market overtake music & video, to become the largest entertainment sector in the UK.

AT&T Launches Video Search Website - Telco eyeballs delicious video content ad revenue

From the "we're terrified of becoming a dumb pipe" and "that content ad revenue sure looks tasty" departments comes news that AT&T has launched a new beta video search portal dubbed Videocrawler. According to the AT&T press release, the portal was developed in concert with Divvio, and is designed to index hundreds of millions of video clips from thousands of sites. According to AT&T, the new beta portal will be banner ad supported, while indexing content from existing Internet video websites like Hulu, blip.tv, MySpace Video, Google Video, and YouTube. The portal also allows searching for audio content (podcasts, ringtones, radio).

Google Apps Education Edition

Google Apps Education Edition offers email, calendar, and collaboration tools directly from a computer browser. The online resources include Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Video, Google Docs, Google Sites, Start Page, and 24/7 support.

Google's Antitrust Problems Not Just In The US

As Google not-so-eagerly awaits the US Justice Department's word on whether or not it's violating antitrust laws, it appears that the fear of Google-as-a-monopoly is not just a domestic US issue. There are a bunch of headlines about how Russia's antitrust agency has rejected Google's purchase of an ad agency in that country. Technically, the claim is that Google didn't file the proper paperwork, but the agency made it clear that it's worried about Google becoming monopolistic. Of course, as with the Google-Yahoo deal, it's unclear what the "monopoly" is that's being dealt with here or how people are harmed. It seems like this might just be a general "must fear Google" position, than anything based on an actual problem.

Get a Website with Google Sites

Google Sites is the website builder that's going to replace Google Page Creator. For bettor or worse Google has made up their mind, so here's your change to learn all about Google Sites and start your own Google Sites website. Google Sites is pretty easy to use, once you start using it and get used to it, I'm sure you'll soon find it almost as easy as Google Page Creator was.

Podcast: Google's Matt Glotzbach On Addition Of Video For Business To Google Apps

The way Google Enterprise director of product management Matt Glotzbach describes it in the attached podcast interview, behind the firewall publishing of video for a variety of purposes (e.g., training) has strictly been the domain of corporations with deep pockets. But given today's addition of secure video publishing and sharing as a feature to the $50 per user per year version of Google Apps (the premier version), businesses need not be Fortune 500 companies to get what essentially is a private version of YouTube for a fraction of what most enterprises would pay for such a solution.

Google: Heres a new feature to help you serve us better

Part of Google’s genius is its Tom Sawyer ability to get users to do some of its work. The beauty of the strategy is the way Google does this — by providing free tools and features that are of actual value to users even as they supply more content or more behavioral data for Google to monetize. So when you post on Blogger or upload video to YouTube or write an article for Knol or build a Google map mashup, you’re having your own fun while serving the search sovereign as well. This works well as long as users, even those who know they’re being used, feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal — that any benefits to Google are a byproduct of a feature or service, not the primary purpose. But the quid pro quo balance of Google’s latest addition to its core search function strikes me as a little out of whack, on first l

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