Yahoo throws its search engine doors open

Yahoo’s new release of BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is exciting news for companies interested in developing their own search engine based products. Basically what they’ve done is invited any developers to use Yahoo’s technical know how, in the shape of their Search index, as a foundation. But why give this technology away so freely?

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Who’s looking at you, kid – Viacom?

YouTube has this week been handed a federal court order to give Viacom all their database information on what clips users have accessed and when.

Viacom are in the throes of a $1 billion copyright infringement battle with Google, owners of YouTube. The ruling has raised eyebrows and hackles that user’s IPs and profile information can be so easily passed on to a company that has nothing to do with YouTube.

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