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Texas AG launches Google antitrust probe

fmmonteverde — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:09:00 +0000

The Texas Attorney General has begun a probe into Google page rank – the first by a US agency into the technology at the core of Google’s search business.

The anti-trust inquiry – one of a mounting number of probes into the tech giant – will examine the fairness of Google’s search results,

IPv6 transition requires support from vendors

fmmonteverde — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:10:54 +0000

Operators can do only so much when deploying IPv6 to ensure a smooth transition from IPv4. While most operators seem to be on track with updating their infrastructure for IPv6 readiness, their overall success with the transition will also depend on cooperation from vendors, content providers and other network providers.

FASTTAKES: NTT DoCoMo, Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, GfK, Pew

fmmonteverde — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:22:00 +0000

NTT DoCoMo plans to create its own applications platform to encourage the development of an apps market, FT.com reports.

THE WRAP: Google wins one, Telstra insider trading probe

fmmonteverde — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:09:00 +0000

This week Google won one legal battle but faces a whole lot more, while users complained of a glitch in the iPhone 4.

Google wins Viacom case, faces voice suit

fmmonteverde — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:08:00 +0000

Google has won an important legal victory, with a US court rejecting a $1 billion copyright suit from Viacom, but faces a fresh one over its Google Voice technology.

US TV giant Viacom had filed suit in a New York court three years ago over the posting of its material on Google-owned YouTube.

But the judge said Google was shielded fr

One in four online minutes spent social networking

fmmonteverde — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:03:00 +0000

Social networking accounts for one in every four and a half minutes of the world’s internet browsing time – some 110 billion minutes per month – according to statistics from Neilsen.

The analytics firm said three quarters of gl

Google and telcos

fmmonteverde — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:00:00 +0000

Google is perhaps the company that inspires the greatest amount of paranoia and fear among telecom industry players. This fear is well-placed.

China defends net censorship

fmmonteverde — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:09:00 +0000

The Chinese government has defended its extensive internet censorship, claiming it is necessary for state security.

In a familiar defense of the world’s heaviest web monitoring and filtering system, a white paper today said the government aimed to “guarant

YouTube claims 2+ billion hits daily

fmmonteverde — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:08:00 +0000

YouTube said it now gets more than 2 billion hits each day, having passed the 1 billion mark only seven months previous.

YouTube hits sports channels for six with IPL

fmmonteverde — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:45:28 +0000

A couple of straws in the wind for the online media business.

First, TV.