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Monday, April 28, 2008 Daily News Tracker
Welcome to the Monday, April 28, 2008 Daily News Tracker, with news of Google's precision image search, Microsoft's expired deadline for Yahoo, RackSpace initial public offering, and more.


Lane R Ellis      
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new post indicator2:11 pm on April 28, 2008 (utc 0)

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A Google Prototype for a Precision Image Search

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/technology/28google.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/27/google-experiments-with-next-generation-image-search/
http://www.www2008.org/papers/fp506.html
http://www.www2008.org/papers/pdf/p307-jingA.pdf (.PDF file)
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/04/28/google-pictures-better-product-image-search
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/27/google-makes-progress-on-image-search/
http://news.directtrafficmedia.co.uk/Google_precision_image_search_software_in_the_works_18569836.html

Microsoft Deadline For Yahoo Expires - Microsoft Confronts Tough Choice on Yahoo

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120928269478947675.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aDIJBiQ46itY
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/2008-04-28-yahoo-microsoft_N.htm
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/04/28/ap4940358.html
http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/04/28/microsoft-winks-etrade-blinks-medarex-sinks.aspx
http://mashable.com/2008/04/28/yahoo-microsoft-stalemate/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/4/if_microsoft_goes_hostile_here_are_the_key_points
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/28/will-the-microsoft-hammer-fall-this-week/
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/04/28/yahoo-deadline-passes-internet-awaits-microsoft-move
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9077187

Chinese Video Web Site Tudou.com Sparks $57 Million Investor Interest

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120938376108549363.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042800388.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-chinese-video-site-tudou-receives-another-big-round-of-57-million/

Microsoft Paper: Data Mining, Log Analysis

http://www2008.org/papers/fp956.html

Google optimistic regulators won't bar Yahoo: source

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2543490820080425

China's third-biggest Web posrtal Sohu Profit Rises Fivefold, Beats Analyst Estimates

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=asRRbNJKaWiU
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5735451.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN2842389620080428
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-28-2008/0004800922&EDATE=

AOL sees record traffic in March

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2215314/aol-touts-record-traffic
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120908335534743525.html
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080425/aol-traffic/

Google's Design Language

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/04/google_uses_its.html
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-makes-design-googley.html
http://www.google.com/corporate/ux.html

Google Files Advertisement Rendering Patent

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=20080097833.PGNR.&OS=dn/20080097833&RS=DN/20080097833

Google Product Search Updated

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/04/update-at-google-product-search.html

Yahoo Local Search Circles

http://ylocalblog.com/blog/2008/04/23/searching-on-a-map-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier-on-yahoo-local/
http://www.webmasterworld.com/local_search/3635253.htm

Black Duck Buying Koders for Code Search Engine

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080428/tc_pcworld/145187
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2353
http://www.xconomy.com/2008/04/28/black-duck-swallows-up-koders-code-search-engine/
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080428005225
http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2008/04/black_duck_acqu.html

WEB / OTHER

CollegeHumor site finds ad niche in sponsorships

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2740051520080428

Social network users overlook privacy pitfalls / Mirroring Reality Television

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2008-04-28-social-network-privacy_N.htm
(related) http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_networks_and_tv.php

Online surfers look to the past in new photograph craze

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3822587.ece

Rackspace Files IPO, Will Set Price Via Auction

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/26/update-rackspace-files-ipo-will-set-price-via-auction/
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1107694/000119312508091225/ds1.htm

 


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