Old news for July 2006
Part two

New Directory

2006.07.31
We have a new directory system. you can add your link for free or even buy a sponsored permanent link.
directory.webmasterspy.com

Microsoft launches next Office beta

2006.07.31If you want to try out the next beta version of Microsoft Office, you're going to have to pay for it. According to News.com, Microsoft will this week announce Microsoft Office System 2007 Beta 2, a new version which will come online Wednesday at 6 pm PDT, with a $1.50 price tag, which the company says is because of huge demand for the previous beta -- with three million downloads, it had 500 per cent more demand than it had expected.

Congress to Ban Social Network Sites from Schools, Libraries

2006.07.28Web sites like Amazon.com and MySpace.com may soon be inaccessible for many people using public terminals at American schools and libraries, thanks to the U.S. House of Representatives. By a 410-15 vote on Thursday, politicians approved a bill that would effectively require that "chat rooms" and "social networking sites" be rendered inaccessible to minors, an age group that includes some of the Internet's most ardent users. Adults can ask for permission to access the sites.

IE7 Final To Be Distributed By Windows Update

2006.07.27Microsoft: "...we will distribute IE7 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates (AU) shortly after the final version is released for Windows XP, planned for the fourth quarter of this year." From IE blog

Google's Invalid Click Detection Efforts Paper

2006.07.26As a part of this evaluation, I have visited Google’s campus three times, examined various internal documents, interviewed several Google’s employees, have seen different demos of their invalid click inspection system, and examined internal reports and charts showing various aspects of performance of Google’s invalid click detection system. Based on all these studied materials and the information narrated to me by Google’s employees, I conclude that Google’s efforts to combat click fraud are reasonable. In the rest of this report, I elaborate on this point... http://googleblog.blogspot.com/pdf/Tuzhilin_Report.pdf

Google Analytics is having problems

2006.07.25 I've noticed that in the last few days there are some problems in the Google Analytics system. Numbers are disappearing and then reappearing the day after. So far, I haven't lost any stats, it looks like it saved but just going in and out of view

MySpace is not available

2006.07.24In what seems to be an unrelated incident to the current Yahoo! outage, the popular site MySpace.com is experiencing "power outages" and is not available. A posting on the only visible page on MySpace states: "MySpace.Com - Undergoing Maintenance   hey everyone! there's been a power outage in our data center. we're in the process of fixing it right now, so sit tight. -Tom" Included on the page is a Pacman game, to keep the millions of MySpace users entertained.

Yahoo! Looks to Dominate Mobile with New Motorola Deal

2006.07.24Yahoo! and Motorola have just announced a new deal that will see Yahoo! Go pre-installed on millions of Motorola handsets from early 2007. The new deal means that Yahoo! has now secured what could be market dominating deals with the world's top two mobile phone manufacturers.

New Forum

2006.07.23
We have a new forum system that looks great.
Check it out: forum/index.php

New Adsense Feature - Site Crawler Diagnostics

2006.07.22Site Crawler Diagnostics Our crawler was unable to access the URLs listed below. We encourage you to resolve these issues in order to allow us to crawl more of your pages and provide relevant ads. For help resolving issues with any blocked URLs, please visit our Help Center This crawl report is updated weekly, and we are unable to accommodate requests for more frequent crawling. Please also keep in mind that this report is not exhaustive.

Microsoft Opening Up Windows A Lot Wider

2006.07.18Microsoft laid out a dozen competitive principles Wednesday governing Windows Vista and all future versions of its desktop operating-system software, the ubiquitous product that has been the subject of fierce antitrust battles for more than a decade. Read more here.

New script: Track Adsense clicks in Google Analytics

2006.07.19
With this script you can track your Adsense clicks in Google Analytics. You can tell where you got the click from, what was the site that refer the user who clicks and other cool stuff.
scripts/google_adsense_track.html

YouTube Sued Over Copyright Infringement

2006.07.19A journalist and well-known helicopter pilot in Los Angeles has filed suit against video-sharing site YouTube, claiming that it encouraged users to violate copyright law. Robert Tur says video he shot of the beating of trucker Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los Angeles riots was posted at YouTube without his permission and viewed more than 1,000 times. Tur says in his lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court, that YouTube is profiting from his work while hurting his ability to license his video. "Mr. Tur's lawsuit is without merit," YouTube said in a statement. "YouTube is a service provider that complies with all the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and therefore is entitled to the full protections of the safe harbor provisions of the Act."

Microsoft Makes Virtual PC Free 

2006.07.18Microsoft said this week that it will make its Virtual PC software free -- not just the older Virtual PC 2004 version, but its upcoming software for Vista, too. Users can download the Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1 software from the Microsoft web site. The software allows users to run multiple instances of operating systems on a single computer, allowing users to test a new development environment or simply try out a new configuration without changing the underlying OS.

YouTube Serves more than 100 Million Videos Daily

2006.07.17YouTube, the leader in Internet video search, said on Sunday viewers have are now watching more than 100 million videos per day on its site, marking the surge in demand for its "snack-sized" video fare. Since springing from out of nowhere late last year, YouTube has come to hold the leading position in online video with 29 percent of the U.S. multimedia entertainment market, according to the latest weekly data from Web measurement site Hitwise.

Judge Dismisses Antitrust Complaint vs Google

2006.07.15A federal court judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Google Inc. by disgruntled advertising customer Kinderstart that had accused the Web search leader of monopolistic business practices. Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose said in a ruling he would grant Google's motion to dismiss Kinderstart's complaint, but gave Kinderstart leave to amend and resubmit its case. "The court concludes that Kinderstart has failed to allege any conduct on the part of Google that significantly threatens or harms competition," Fogel wrote in a 23-page decision. Read more here.

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