MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
With Million In Their Pockets, Ness Has Quietly Built A Subjective Search Engine — For the past 18 months, Ness Computing has been very quietly working on some new technology that they believe will be the next big thing in search. It’s a new, highly personalized search engine that they hope to launch in the coming weeks.
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Google Buys G.Co To Create An Official URL Shortcut For Google Products — Google joins Internet biggies Twitter (T.Co) , Overstock (O.co) and Amazon (A.Co, Z.Co and K.Co) today in taking over the G.Co domain name, buying the TLD in order to build the official URL shortcut for Google products like GMail, Documents and Photos.
Courtney Boyd Myers / The Next Web:
Michael Arrington reportedly to launch “CrunchFund” to invest in startups — Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell, a wise and now deceased journalist once said. So when a few very trusted sources in New York City’s media and investment scenes confirmed today that they’d heard rumors of …
Terrence O’Brien / Engadget:
Microsoft snatches up a pair of Sony related domains, internet runs amok with rumors — Companies snatching up domain names to protect their brand is nothing new, nor is it particularly interesting (unless that company happens to be Bank of America, and the domain in question is BrianMoynihanSucks.com).
J.B. / Fusible.com:
New Microsoft social search service called Tulalip revealed on socl.com — Yesterday I discovered Microsoft was the new owner of the domain socl.com by chance, when I was trying to learn more about the mystery buyer of social.com. — A teaser landing page has been revealed online today …
Evan Hansen / Threat Level:
Manning-Lamo Chat Logs Revealed — A little more than a year ago, Wired.com published excerpts from instant messenger chats between accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning and Adrian Lamo, the ex-hacker in whom he confided and who reported him to the authorities.
Tom Anderson / TechCrunch:
How To Build An Audience On The Internet: The Kevin Rose School Vs. The Fred Wilson School — Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Tom Anderson, the former President, founder and first friend on MySpace. You can now find Tom on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+
Kevin Murphy / The Register:
Google dumps all 11+ million .co.cc sites from its results — Bigger than .org or .uk – but mostly spam and phish — Google has removed over 11 million .co.cc websites from its search engine results pages on the basis that most of them are far too “spammy”.
Peter Walker / Guardian:
US anti-piracy body targets foreign website owners for extradition — Britons could face charges for breaking US copyrights even if they have no link to America and servers are based elsewhere — British website owners could face extradition to the US on piracy charges even if their operation …
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
On Attribution and Credit — Ina Fried’s story yesterday for AllThingsD about iPad-native apps crossing the 100,000 mark now credits MacStories by name, and includes this note: … The reference in the article now reads: … That’s better, and crosses the line into what I consider acceptable attribution.