Google hopes that it can find a creative legal solution that lets it create the library of tomorrow by scanning millions of books. Late Friday, it submitted a new proposal for paying authors, but is it enough to keep the feds from seeing a monopoly in the offing?
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Google Submits New Proposal for Library of Future
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The rapid development of interesting web services can be attributed to the ability of each successive builder to create a layer upon what others have built. The existence of APIs and callable web services means that each builder can add value on top. When you combine this with crowd-sourcing, you effectively pour lighter fluid (in a good way) on this layering process. The only remaining element r
and Facebook Connect To Virtual Rooms
Posted by Vladimer 814 days ago
Media on the Web is going from a solo affair to a shared experience. We are seeing this in everything from CNN live news videos enabled with Facebook chat to Meebo Rooms. and Tiny Chat. Today, a new startup from Los Angeles called Qlipso. is launching its own virtual rooms where friends can share videos and play Flash games with each other. The service is in private beta and requires a Windows-on
Consumerist RSS Feed Errors
Posted by Vladimer 814 days ago
Thanks to everyone who noted problems with the RSS feed and permalinks, which for a mysterious reason impervious to our scrying are redirecting to Gawker.com. We are working to address the issue and will fix it as soon as we can give the hamsters a nice long soak in the hot tub. If you are reading this via the RSS feed, we guess that means we fixed it.
Apple utilizes computer screening for App Store submissions
Posted by Vladimer 814 days ago
Apple has allegedly expanded its iPhone app review process to include computerized filtering of submissions, according to Daring Fireball blogger John Gruber. The new "static analysis tools" are designed to catch developers trying to use Apple's private APIs, which the iPhone SDK terms explicitly prohibits..
RSS RSS Double Double Wonkiness Wonkiness
Posted by Vladimer 814 days ago
If you read Consumerist via RSS feeds, you may have noticed double posts and general wackitude lately. We've received several emails from you, and our tech team is on it, lickity split. Sorry for the inconvenience! Should be fixed relatively shortly. — BEN POPKEN.
Adobe Air 2 goes beta
Posted by Vladimer 814 days ago
Filed under: Windows. , Macintosh. , Linux. , Adobe. , Beta. We've had a love-hate relationship with Adobe Air since it arrived on our desktops. Ram-hungry apps had us seeing red. Still, a few killer apps helped drive adoption - apps like TweetDeck, Times Reader 2.0, and DeskTube. As Air continued to develop, it got leaner and meaner and now version 2 has arrived in beta. Adobe Air 2 is now here,
Windows 7 taskbar previews to be disabled by default in Firefox 3.6
Posted by Vladimer 814 days ago
Filed under: Mozilla. , Beta. , Browsers. Those of you running Firefox on Windows 7 who were excited when taskbar previews landed, get ready for a little disappointment. It looks as though getting Aero features ready in time for the release of Firefox 3.6 is no longer part of the game plan. It was already known that jump list support won't be arriving until later on. After a lengthy discussion on
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