Category: Internet
Google not scared by Viacom $1bn lawsuit
Google has submitted its response to the $1bn lawsuit Viacom filed against it earlier in the year for "massive intentional copyright infringement" because Viacom owned material appeared prominently on YouTube. The search company largely denied the claims made by Viacom…
From Space to Your Face: How Google Earth works
Mark Aubin, a software engineer at Google Earth, has written an interesting article on how it was inspired by a photo flipbook, how the whole system has captured people’s imagination, and explaining where the imagery comes from, why some parts of the globe are blurry whilst others are clear, and how often it’s updated.
Orange Pay-Off: 15 seconds to be a sexy, weird, dancer
Orange has launched its Pay-Off contest and is inviting its customers to submit 10-15 second video clips of themselves either trying to prove that they’re the sexiest person alive (Face-off), are the best/craziest dancer (Dance-off), or are just plain weird but couldn’t muster a longer clip on YouTube (Weird-off).
The best videos are entered into a series of play-off rounds, where users vote for their favourite and the winner then has to face a new challenge – though what that is isn’t clear yet.
Be careful what you share online, lesson 436
Will Head writes… You know that REALLY funny picture you posted on your MySpace page – you know, the one where you're drunk, wearing very little and doing things you shouldn't with a traffic cone? You do know that might…
Don't drink and surf
Will Head writes… We've all done it – sat down in front of a PC, glass of wine in hand, merrily surfing away. Maybe visited a forum here, a discussion there – perhaps the odd bit of instant messaging in…
Sony to launch video sharing network in Japan
Sony has announced that it will launch a video sharing web site in Japan tomorrow. eyeVio may launch internationally after Sony has seen what kind of reception it gets in Japan. Then, it might attempt to take on the might…
Google Adwords being exploited by criminals
Google's keyword advertising program is being exploited by cyber criminals, according to security firm Exploit Prevention Labs. The crooks are purchasing adverts that relate to legitimate businesses and then redirecting unsuspecting users to sites that attempt to install malware on…