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Five universities and I.B.M Research have received a $4.9 million dollar grant from the government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for a long-term venture in cognitive computing.  Cognitive computing is an engineering field that is just on the outer edge of artificial intelligence.  P...

On Wednesday, it was announced in Washington that a new group, The Future of Privacy Forum, had been formed.  The group, initially funded by AT&T, was founded by Jules Polonetsky and Christopher Wolf.  Polonetsky is the former chief privacy officer of AOL and prior to that DoubleClick, and Wolf i...

Yahoo announced on Monday that its chief executive Jerry Yang would step down from that role when the company decides on a replacement.  Mr. Yang is a co-founder of online mogul Yahoo and had assumed control of the company from Terry Semel approximately a year and a half ago. In a statement, Yaho...

Online video began as a seemingly fuzzy bright idea with relatively little structure and direction.  It seems to have found its path during the presidential election, with online video streams transforming from random assorted video clips to a one-stop destination for all things political.  Onlin...

Many have predicted the future expansion of search.  Search encompasses business listings, entertainment needs, advertising, and the latest trend is medical needs.  To show how prevalent search has become in our everyday lives, Google has tracked search queries pertaining to the field of medicine...

Google' YouTube is a very popular site for user-generated content.  Using revenue generated by placing Google ads along-side searchable videos, the site goes further to suggest related videos and content that may be of interest to the user based on the search query. Video is the future of search ...

 In recent months, Google has been working diligently to digitize the print world. Google has scanned millions of works and successfully digitized them for its new Book Search program, allowing for the contents of the books to be searchable and available on the internet. Like many of Google’s rec...

The long awaited verdict is in with regards to the long awaited proposed advertising deal between Google and Yahoo.  On Wednesday, Google officially announced its decision to bow out of the publicly scrutinized advertising arrangement.  The proposed arrangement of search engines #1 and #2 working...

Google's YouTube has already begun to utilize its popular online public video sharing site to display advertising targeted to the type of video chosen by the viewer, and now social network MySpace is set to follow suit in this online video advertising endeavor.  There is much controversy as to th...

The attention spans of online video viewers are improving.  Previously viewers were searching for and watching short clips online, and online content was generated based on those findings and habits.  As time goes on and users become more technology savvy, they have begun to utilize the convenien...