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  • AOL Video Now Offers Movies for Download

    Last week, AOL began selling movies for download on its video portal, AOL Video. The full-length films from 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment…

  • Zune to Add to Apple’s Growing Headache

    Apple’s dominating iPod devices have quickly grown into the face of portable music, but with recent news about Microsoft’s impending line of Zune gadgets and with the recent unveiling of SanDisk’s 8GB Sansa e280 music player, it…

  • Google and eBay Partner Up in Overseas Ads

    The latest splash at the online giants’ pool party comes courtesy of Google and eBay. The two companies announced a multi-year deal on Monday that indicates a joint revenue-sharing enterprise in contextual and click-to-call ads…

  • Part 1 – Domain Name Landscape

    There is a lot of land in the world. Virtually all of it is owned, be it by an individual, a corporation, or a government; a fair amount is developed, and the value of the land ranges dramatically based on its location. Some owners of…

  • Part 2 – Domain Name Landscape

    Whenever an operation reaches a certain size, it is impossible to avoid some friction. Think of McDonalds and Wal-Mart in the offline world or Datran in the online world. The percentage of complaints each receives is low in…

  • Music Downloads: Do Frogs Eat Apples?

    Thank goodness Hurricane Ernesto was a dud; Floridians deserve a break from hurricanes and the rest of us are certainly not starved for hurricane coverage. As this storm’s demise became obvious the cable news teams…

  • Lexus Drives Promos Court Side for US Open

    Lexus is using its advantage as the Official Vehicle of the 2006 US Open and Presenting Sponsor of the US Open Men’s Singles Championship to serve up promos right down the baseline of the tennis event.

  • Yoplait Extends ‘Save Lids to Save Lives’

    General Mills is gearing up for Yoplait’s iconic Save Lids to Save Lives program with stepped-up support from top retailers and, for the first time, sorority girls and golfers.

  • Consumers Unsatisfied with Portals

    According to the most recent study conducted by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, customers in the U.S. are becoming less satisfied with major portals and search engines, Google included.

  • Google Loses Search Share

    According to comScore Networks’ monthly qSearch analysis of search engine activity released on Sunday, Google actually saw its share of online searches decrease in the month of July 2006, while Yahoo!, Time Warner, and Ask each…