Google Adds Longer Text Snippets & Image Previews to Search
thenextweb.com — If you open the left sidebar after a google search and select “more text”, the results will show a larger text snippet than previously allowed. If you then click on “images from the page”, you’ll also notice a thumbnail for each search result. Something many users would have previously used Firefox extensions for. (Submitted by BuzzEdition) More…
Barnes & Noble Sued Over Nook Design
mashable.com — Spring Design’s VP of Sales and Marketing was quoted as saying “We showed the Alex e-book design to Barnes & Noble in good faith with the intention of working together to provide a superior dual screen e-book to the market.” In development since 2006, the Alex runs the Android (Android) operating system and utilizes two screens to provide an .... (Submitted by BuzzEdition) More…
Twitter Reveals More Lists Power With A Widget
techcrunch.com — Since it was turned on for all users late last week, everyone is talking about Twitter's new Lists feature. The List Widget is exactly what you’d expect: A widget that you can place on your blog that displays a list of your choosing. One nice thing is that this can be a list you made or one any user has made (that is public). If you simply type in (Submitted by hsinray) More…
Free Email To Cost Los Angeles $1.5 Million Extra Next Year
blogs.laweekly.com — That city deal to take on Google's free email services as a cost-cutting measure will actually cost the taxpayers $1.5 million more next year than if City Hall would have stayed with its old email system. (Submitted by jaybol) More…
5 million Star Trek pirates vs. 1 FCC broadband plan
arstechnica.com — Paramount Pictures says the widespread availability of a bootleg version of Star Trek means it needs to get tough on Internet users and websites, maybe even Google, Yahoo, and Bing. But what does this have to do with the FCC's national broadband plan? Everything, says Paramount. (Submitted by amprather) More…
Wireless Devices Overwhelm Nature's Signals
livescience.com — A crowd of consumer gadgets such as cell phones and wireless devices may overwhelm the small band of scientists straining to detect faint radio emissions from offbeat sources ranging from hurricanes here to galaxies in the distant cosmos. (Submitted by adrian67) More…
The future of Google?
telegraph.co.uk — If you enter the words “what will the web look like in 5 years” into Google, the top two links returned by the search engine take you to a speech about the future of the Internet given by Google CEO Eric Schmidt last week at an technology analysts conference in Orlando, Florida. (Submitted by chris1234) More…
Farmville Cheats Cash from Users
blogs.computerworld.com — Facebook and MySpace are accused of encouraging game developers to cheat users out of money. Games like Farmville stand accused of employing "unethical" monetization strategies. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers reveal the scams. (Submitted by TheDudeDean) More…
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