Google Offers to Host Services on App Engine

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144242/google_offers_to_host_services_on_app_engine.html
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9913631-7.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120761946399897009.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/technology?type=technologyNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B82x9Ksc5UNVzDjpITcIrRbi&src=blogBurst_technologyNews&bbPostId=B3lgsCwX0kU6A58pDWeF0Q5CzB4op24m2u54B1n8VjjcSqdu&bbParentWidgetId=B82x9Ksc5UNVzDjpITcIrRbi
http://mashable.com/2008/04/08/google-app-engine/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/07/google_bigtable_rumor/
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/08/Google-offers-to-host-services-for-free-on-App-Engine_1.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/07/google-jumps-head-first-into-web-services-with-google-app-engine/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_cloud_control.php
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8411
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/20080407_app_engine.html
http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2008/04/introducing-google-app-engine-our-new.html
http://code.google.com/campfire/
http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3621676.htm

UK Targeted Ad Firm Phorm’s All-Seeing Parasite Cookie

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/phorms-all-seeing-parasite-cookie/index.html
(related, censoring Wikipedia entry) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/08/phorm_censors_wikipedia/

Online Retail Sales Expected to Rise 17% : Study by market-research firm Forrester Research, Shop.org

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/industry/2008-04-08-online-sales-growth_N.htm
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a27c9f12-050a-11dd-a2f0-000077b07658.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120761702364896887.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/retail/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=2XI05NG5OQHC2QSNDLOSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=207100283

Google defends user data policy after EU report

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0731190420080408

UK online ad spend to overtake TV: Internet Advertising Bureau, PricewaterhouseCoopers, World Advertising Research Centre report

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL0762361420080407
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/08/advertising.digitalmedia

Baidu Adds Obama to Logo

http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/technology?type=technologyNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B82x9Ksc5UNVzDjpITcIrRbi&src=blogBurst_technologyNews&bbPostId=CzAVBHBD2GGglCz3qFQ4HESQHxCz3OPsUxE5G6iCz6KPm1kHNe8f&bbParentWidgetId=B82x9Ksc5UNVzDjpITcIrRbi
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/07/baidu-loves-barack-im-sure-hes-thrilled/

News Corp ad network (.Fox) buys stake in European video ad network Utarget

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN0727830120080408
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-fox-buying-majority-of-uk-video-ad-outfit-utarget/

Financial media company TheStreet.com, AOL Expand Partnership

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/04/08/ap4866045.html

UN uses Google to pinpoint refugee crises / Google Earth, UN map movement of refugees

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/world/2008-04-08-google-earth-refugees_N.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/08/unitednations.sudan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080408/tc_afp/unrefugeeinternetcompanygoogle

“Deep Integration” Between Google Apps and Salesforce to Be Announced Next Monday

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/07/rumor-salesforce-to-resell-google-apps/
http://weblog.infoworld.com/realitycheck/archives/2008/04/saas_favors_goo.html

March Hitwise Search Data / Google's US Search Market Dominance Hits All Time High

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/googles_us_search_market_dominance.php
http://www.hitwise.com/press-center/hitwiseHS2004/google-receives-67-march-2008.php

Google to Announce First Quarter 2008 Financial Results Thursday, April 17

http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/ir_20080407.html
(webcast) http://investor.google.com/webcast

WEB / OTHER

GPS Maker TomTom Shares Fall on Profit Warning

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Netherlands-TomTom-Outlook.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120764820314297621.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aecw_gi5jNRI

Today Indonesia Begins Blocking Video Sites Over Controversial Film

http://mashable.com/2008/04/08/indonesia-youtube-ban/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120766012628597817.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_hi_te/indonesia_quran_film

Adobe merges business units serving PCs, mobile

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSWNAS703620080407

IBM builds service oriented architecture (SOA) social network

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2213752/ibm-soa-social-network

VeriSign pitches one-time password tool

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2213715/verisign-pitches-authentication

After Year of Research, Dan Kaminsky to show how browser DNS interaction can take over certain routers

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/07/Web-page-can-take-over-your-router_1.html