I’m not sure why there is such outrage against PayPerPost, especially when most people saying it is evil are using AdSense.  Should bloggers disclose if they are being paid to write about a topic or post a link?  They probably should, but that is up to each blogger.
Let’s compare AdSense and PayPerPost: 
AdSense examines the text/topics […]

Korea Telecom (KT) will roll out a new mobile wireless broadband service by mid-2006 called WiBro.
WiBro is one of the next steps beyond 3G known as mobile WiMax and will provide subscribers up to 10 Mbytes of data transfer per second while driving at 75 miles per hour. Current trials have already […]

In a likely response to Google’s book scanning project, Yahoo has announced that it will work with partners to make electronic versions of books available online. The project will be run by the new Open Content Alliance (OCA) and books will be hosted by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit group created to offer access to historical collections that exist in digital format.

Most news organizations are reporting that Yahoo is taking a more cautious step than Google by announcing that it will only scan and digitize texts in the public domain, except where the copyright holder has expressly given permission. However, this leaves open the question of what “in the public domain” actually means.

BitTorrent, one of the better known programs for downloading free files, has raised $8.75 million in venture funding in an attempt to “go legit”.
While BitTorrent is widely popular among swappers of videos, cd-rips, and images of installation disks, it was not designed to specifically download illegal content as organizations like the RIAA and […]

Google, Yahoo and MSN continue to trade claims about which search engines covers more web pages. Last month, Yahoo claimed it had grown to more than 20 billion pages in its index. To trump that, Google announced on its seventh birthday that it now covers three times as many pages as any search other engine.

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Do users even care how many pages are in a search engine? Not at all! Users care about finding the information they need quickly.

The Korean Association of Game Operators (KAGO) has been created to create standards in the services offered by game operators. KAGO was formed by a group of Korean online game publishers, the Korean Ministry of Information and Communications and the Korea IT Information Promotion Agency.
This new effort formalizes much of the work of the […]

New research from OneStat.com shows that Google is still the largest internet search engine in terms of usage, but MSN Search begins gain share, even if slightly.
In the past eight months, Google’s market share has slipped slightly from 57.2% to 56.9% of total global usage. During that same time, MSN Search usage increased from […]

U.S. District Judge John Schabaz threw out a lawsuit brought by Associated Bank-Corp against Earthlink for identifying the bank’s site as a “potentially fraudulent” and advising users to “not continue to use this potentially risky site”.
We raised the possibility of sites and businesses being negatively affected by errors in the new anti-phishing toolbar from Microsoft. […]

A new report from Morgan Stanley looks at the growing opportunities for companies within China’s Internet and Mobile sectors.
Key finds from the report include:

China has over 360MM mobile phone users, 3.6 times more than its Internet users
The total number of China’s mobile users is equal to the total of the next three nations (US, […]

A new report from Symantec, who is not affiliated with any major browser, states that Mozilla based browsers, such as Firefox, may be more vulnerable than IE. Many within the tech industry have said this for years, but this is the first time it has been heard from a large name that is not […]

A new report from Screen Digest predicts that digital distribution (in the “Western World”) will reach $400 million by 2010. While this figure is relatively small compared to the billions of total software sales for the game industry, digital distribution has grown to a size where publishers must take this sales channel very […]

Ebay has agreed to buy Skype, the best known of the VOIP phenomenon, for up to $4.1 billion. It will pay $1.3 billion in cash and $1.3 billion in stock for the company and all associated technology. If certain financial targets are met, Ebay will make an additional payout of up $1.5 billion.

Skype is expecting to receive revenues of $60 million this year and greater than $200 million in 2006, but the company has not yet reached profitability. Some analyst are predicting that Ebay will use its PayPal online payment systems and Skype to allow members to complete transactions via web phone calls. Others predict that Ebay will use Sky as a new marketing and distribution mechanism.

Ebay shares immediately rose 45 cents, or 1.17%, to $39.07.

Since its announcement, Google’s digital library initiative has polarized both consumers and copyright holders.

On first view, Google’s plan to scan books and make them available through their search engines appears to violate copyrights on these books, and many large publishers have geared for a fight with the search giant. However, at closer inspection, Google only plans to allow searching within these texts and does not plan to make full text or even large sections available to users. This, likely, falls under the terms of fair use.

InternetWeek’s Christopher Heun takes an unbiased and thorough look at the legal hurdles behind the Google Print Library Project in a new article.

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As authors ourselves, The Technology Suits strongly supports the rights of copyright holders to be compensated for their creations. We also believe in taking an unbiased view on new technologies such as the Google Print Library Project. There are obviously pluses and minuses to new technologies and their ability to make content more readily available. It is important that creators of content stay up to date with these to protect their creations, expand their audience and receive proper compensation.

As we reported, Microsoft announced last week that the company was planning to add tools to its Internet Explorer toolbar to help combat phishing and scam sites.

Microsoft has made good on its statements by releasing a beta of The Microsoft Phishing Filter Add-in. The add-in will “warn” users with a bright yellow bar is it suspects a website is setup for phishing and will “block” users on a site that is confirmed on the online list of reported phishing sites. The add-in also has buttons that allow users to report any websites they suspect of being used for phishing or to inform Microsoft that any website with a “warn” flag is legitimate.

We applaud Microsoft’s initiative to make the internet safer for users, but we reiterate our concern that sites or companies may not be able to appeal the warning directly.

For the past several years, municipalities across the country have talked about and even begun implementing free WiFi offering. Many critics of these plans have claimed that cities have no business offering free high-speed wireless access as it competes with local telephone companies, cable providers of broadband, cellular companies and even local small business owners that use free wireless access to attract customers.

Proponents of free municipal provided WiFi say that it will bring internet access to lower-income households, improve tourism and benefit businesses. There are benefits, but many of these do not pass even the most basic cost-benefit analysis.

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Enter a simple but novel approach from Huntsville, Alabama. Many do not think of Alabama as a technology front mover, but Huntsville is home to 1) one of the country’s two U.S. Space Camps 2) Intergraph Corporation, 3) sizeable offices for Boeing, Northrop Grumman, LG Electronics and Lockheed Martin 4) Redstone Arsenal which houses several military and NASA installations, plus external associate firms 5) many other large technical installations and smaller R&D houses.

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Other municipalities would do well to copy this arrangement from Huntsville. It provides wireless data access to visitors and residents for basic needs at little cost to tax payers, may even become a revenue stream from commissions on extended plans sold by the service provider and leaves open the possibility of helping low-income households access the internet.