Cuil Runnings: Day Two of the Biggest Search Engine Ever! - Posted July 29, 2008
Yesterday we told you about a new search engine that had just launched, which was being heralded as the best thing since Google. Better actually. And created by a former Google employee no less. Well, apparently Cuil (pronounced "cool") had a less than auspicious start. However, first... [FishBowlNY]

Too Cuil for Google's School - Posted July 28, 2008
There was an article in the recent much-talked about New Yorker that mentioned it was not unusual in the science community for a person to leave his or her academic post in order to go off and "think" for few years before returning with some sort of avant garde theory that... [FishBowlNY]

Too Cuil for Google's School - Posted July 28, 2008
There was an article in the recent much-talked about New Yorker that mentioned it was not unusual in the science community for a person to leave his or her academic post in order to go off and "think" for few years before returning with some sort of avant garde theory that... [FishBowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted July 16, 2008
50 Cent: Not the rapper, the price tag. In the face of cuts and other awful things, Steve Lopez reminds readers what they're getting for 50 cents: "Although that money doesn't buy you the same-size staff that was in place when I arrived seven years ago, those two quarters still buy... [FishBowlLA]

Yahoo, Microsoft and Google Take it to the Judge - Posted July 16, 2008
If only we could all take our bad relationship complaints directly to a congressional hearing. At an anti-trust hearing yesterday an exec for Microsoft — whose recent proposal to Yahoo was thrown back in their face — "painted an alarmist portrait" of Yahoo's outsourcing deal with Google saying if the... [FishBowlNY]

Lee Abrams Has Us Pretty Well Pissed Off - Posted June 2, 2008
We're used to making jokes about the outside people who come into newsrooms and mess them all up with their complete lack of understanding about what makes a newspaper a newspaper. But we're having a hard time laughing at the latest lunatic musings from Tribune Co. Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams: Then... [FishBowlLA]

Jack Smith Retrospective - Posted April 2, 2008
Veronique de Turenne reminds us that the Huntington is hosting a Jack Smith retrospective, Smith on Wry, featuring the papers of L.A.'s beloved columnist. Idle questions: In the future, will retrospectives be reduced to Google search terms and YouTube categories? ... [FishBowlLA]

GMail Custom Time Fools Dozens - Posted April 1, 2008
Oh those wacky guys at Google-- Gmail custom time stamps. How does it work? Gmail utilizes an e-flux capacitor to resolve issues of causality But they did get a Wikipedia war out of the whole thing.... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 4, 2007
Hot Network Mess: Reporter Greg Braxton describes how far BET has to go to undo its image as a bad-taste maker in the black community. What's It Worth? Columnist Patrick Goldstein has a great piece today about the randomness of the price of anything these days (which you can read, for... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted October 25, 2007
Fighting Fire With Fire: Police shoot and kill an arson suspect near Cal State San Bernardino. Another suspect was arrested. From The Blogs: We're going to sound like a broken record, but the LAT breaking news blog is fascinating to read -- with everything from FBI updates on arson investigations to little... [FishBowlLA]

Mark Jen Getting Hitched, Rather Than Separated, Which is Nice, Considering His History - Posted October 9, 2007
Mark Jen, the most famous ex-Googlite, ex-Plaxo as of a few months ago, is getting married to Rose Kwok. Mark is part of the Lunch 2.0 conspiracy. (The next LA one is at Yellowbot.com in Burbank on October 12th.) They're blogging in tandem at RoseandSnail. Jen, while not the first blogger to... [FishBowlLA]

Attributor Asks Google--Where's Claim Your Content? - Posted October 2, 2007
Attributor, the Silicon Valley content-identification service, reminds us that Google promised Claim Your Content back in April, and then September, and still nothing. And while everyone waits, some point out that Google continues to profit from sites with unauthorized copies of original content. AP and Reuters signed up for the content fingerprinting service.... [FishBowlLA]

Google Launches Newsmaker Comments - Posted August 9, 2007
Google, when not aiding and abetting stalkers, will provide a forum for those whom the mainstream media has treated unfairly or fairly or noticed at all. Nate Anderson reports: people or organizations that are mentioned in news stories can submit comments to the Google News team, which will then display those comments—unedited—alongside... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset: Tell Us All About It - Posted June 29, 2007
Paris Hilton's interview on Larry King Live brought in 3.2 million viewers; 1.4 million in the adults 25-54 demo, three times King's regular average. And some disapprove. Television Without Pity goes head-first into Rescue Me. Jack McGee butted heads with Denis Leary and tells all. Britney Spears told her mom to get clean... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted June 14, 2007
Meee-ow EBay and Google are fighting like sorority sisters. Girls Gone Goree: Jennifer Aniston will produce and star in the Goree Girls, a film based on a Texas Monthly article about an all-girl country band made up of female prisoners. Why not? Her life is kinda like a sad country song anyway.... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted March 15, 2007
Dinner and a Show: Here's an alternative to all those summer evenings you won't be spending at the movies. Viacom's Suit Against YouTube: Most illuminating part of the story? Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, speaking to investors last week, said he wasn't concerned about the tough talk. And he made light of... [FishBowlLA]

More Evidence That Google Has Lost Its Cool - Posted February 9, 2007
Two brothers have quit a company that they founded and sold to Google "amid reports of growing tension" between them and the online behemoth, Online Media Daily reports. Chad and Ryan Steelberg last year sold dMarc, an automated radio ad placement company, to Google for $102 million and the promise of future... [FishBowlLA]