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Category: Linklog
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Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Costs Them $110 Million/Year
Because the button takes users directly to the top search result, Google doesn’t get to show search ads on one percent of all its searches. That costs the company around $110 million in annual revenue, according to Rapt’s Tom Chavez. So why does Google keep such a costly button around? Read more →
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Firefox 3 Beta 1 is a winner
From the page (Upon loading the new beta release for the first time, one thing that impressed me, aside from its blinding speed, was that Mozilla has not attempted to fiddle with the look and feel of the interface) according to the author this version is a winner browser, the time will say. Read more →
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Facebook Is Almost 2/3 Women (and other stats)
Interesting stats about Facebook. Read more →
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How to take a course at MIT free — at home
“You may not have the grades, the money or even the means to get to a physics class with one of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s best lecturers.” Read more →
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World Map: Who Has the Oil? [Pic]
World map of oil reserves and consumption. Scaled to the amount of oil reserves countries have. Read more →
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Google may get its open-access wishes after all; will bid in 700MHz auction
Google now says that it is preparing for a bid in the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction, but no one is yet sure just what the Big G has in mind. Our thoughts inside. Read more →
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Flickr Hits Two Billion Photo Uploads
Two billion photo uploads on Flickr. That’s a lot of f****n’ photos. You’ll be glad to know that Flickr staffers have spent the past weeks placing bets on the exact date and time for passing the milestone, which went down sometime on Sunday. Read more →
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Law Blog Trademark Trial Of the Day: Tiffany v. eBay
Who is responsible for the policing of counterfeit products on eBay?If you think that’s an interesting question and you’re here in Gotham, hightail it down to Judge Richard Sullivan’s courtroom in the Southern District where a bench trial gets underway today pitting Tiffany against the online auctioneer. Legal experts say a win for Tiffany [.] Read more →
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EU probes Google-DoubleClick deal
Regulators will look into whether the $3.1 billion acquisition raises anti-competitive concerns. Again EU ? Read more →