Yahoo Search crawler Slurp 3.0

http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000531.html
http://www.webmasterworld.com/search_engine_spiders/3626881.htm

AOL Acquires contextual-search tool provider Sphere

http://corp.aol.com/press_releases/2008/04/aol-acquires-sphere
http://www.sphere.com/blog/2008/04/15/aol-buys-sphere/
http://gigaom.com/2008/04/14/aol-buys-sphere/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/aol-buys-sphere-content-engine/
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=ahGNLh8wC.Vs
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/15/AOL-buys-search-company_1.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-aol-buys-news-blog-contextual-search-firm-sphere/

Google Seeks a Leading Role in China

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120819705705713365.html
http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2008/04/14/googles-great-wall-of-social-networking.aspx

Google at 67 Market Share During March, YouTube Up 32% Year-over-Year - New Hitwise Data

http://www.hitwise.com/press-center/hitwiseHS2004/google-receives-67-march-2008.php
http://newteevee.com/2008/04/14/youtube-up-32-year-over-year/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/youtube_dominates_video.php

Google enlists video ID tools to combat child porn

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1419979320080414
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/building-software-tools-to-find-child.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7347476.stm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/15/google_ncmec/
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3644

Google's KML map markup language now an official standard / New Version of Google Earth Launched Today

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080414-googles-kml-map-markup-language-now-an-official-standard.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WXEELP5DEOPXGQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=207200609
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_gives_up_control_over_k.php
(related) http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/04/google_releasing_google_earth_43_to.html

Google Announces Authentication Proxy Service for Google Apps

http://googledataapis.blogspot.com/2008/04/announcing-authentication-proxy-service.html

WEB / OTHER

Amazon takes EC2 to the next level with persistent storage volumes / Amazon Tax

http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/thread.jspa?threadID=21082&tstart=0
http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2008/04/block-to-the-fu.html
http://blog.rightscale.com/2008/04/13/amazon-takes-ec2-to-the-next-level-with-persistent-storage-volumes/
(related) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/14/new_york_legislature_approves_amazon_tax/

Gawker Media Sells GridSkipper, Idolator, Wonkette

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/04/gawker-says-goo.html
http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9917959-36.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/blogBurst/technology?type=technologyNews&w1=B7ovpm21IaDoL40ZFnNfGe&w2=B82x9Ksc5UNVzDjpITcIrRbi&src=blogBurst_technologyNews&bbPostId=B3qQfhAl5RCCB1GW5bSdJmdgB6sPER1HSBjbCz1tt4WKD5548&bbParentWidgetId=B82x9Ksc5UNVzDjpITcIrRbi

Wikipedia takes business approach

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7347766.stm

The charmed life of Amazon's Jeff Bezos

http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/14/news/companies/quittner_bezos.fortune/index.htm

First Androids Return To Base - Entrants Submit To Google's mobile operating system developer challenge

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/14/android-developers-challenge-tech-wire-cx_ew_0415android.html
(related) http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080415-google-talks-up-android-open-ecosystems-lead-to-innovation.html

First look: AT&T’s Pogo mobile browser beta

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/pogo-browser-beta-first-look.ars

Experts encourage total encryption

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2214305/experts-encourage-total-encryption

MySpace launches in SKorea, saying it learned from others

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_hi_te/myspace_korea