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A key senator is urging the Justice Department to keep up its investigation into the antitrust implications of the internet advertising partnership that Google Inc.

A new player in the online video game is emerging in Sling.com. Well the service is new, not really the player. Owners Sling Media have been around for a while, focusing primarily on hardware, but that is all about to change, starting with Sling.com, which has just begun beta testing to select users. read more

NewsFactor - Google on Wednesday revamped its Blog Search tool with a news-like presentation. The tool looks more like Techmeme, Blogrunner and Tailrank, aggregating blog posts.

Reuters - Yahoo Inc's deal to put some Google Inc ads on its searches may hurt the industry, and warrants monitoring by the U.S. Justice Department even if the agency eventually approves the deal, according to the top lawmaker on the Senate's antitrust panel.

Tanáiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade & Employment, Mary Coughlan TD announced today that Facebook is making Dublin the location of its international headquarters.From there, they will run all of their international operations and provide support to Facebook users in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.read more

As part of its 10th anniversary Google has put up its 2001 search engine. Seven years is a lifetime; a search for "ipod" yields something called the "Image Proof of Deposit Document", while Myspace is an ...

Almost half of national advertisers are currently turning to local online advertising, and more than 40 percent are pouring at least a quarter of their online marketing into local targeting, according to a new study by Sterling market Intelligence, commissioned by Marchex.The study found that the utilization of local online advertising is hindered by confusion about the best tactics and traffic sources to use, and how to effectively measure the results and return on investment.read more

Nokia announced today that it is set to introduce its new music offering Comes with Music in the UK on October 16.Nokia said Carphone Warehouse will be the exclusive retailer in Britain for the first Comes with Music model, which will sell for $230 and includes a Nokia 5310 XpressMusic handset.read more

by Mack Collier So is all this blogging and social media stuff really just a fad? Is it going away? Or will most companies need to invest in the coming years in using these tools to better connect with their customers? Thanks to many recent surveys and studies, the future of social media for businesses is becoming much clearer...At SBMU last week during my Blogging for Business session, I referenced a recent survey by eMarketer that stated that blog readership AND blog creation by the US internet population would increase by 33% by 2012.Read that again: Blogging and blog readership are predicted to grow by 33% by 2012. According to eMarketer, over HALF of the US internet population are already reading blogs on a regular basis. More? eMarketer also discovered that 55% of Millenials (aged 13-24) and 42% of Gen X-ers (aged 25-41) are reading blogs on a WEEKLY basis. Ben points to a recent study by Cone Business that found that 93% of respondents be

If there is any merit to an anonymous tip received by Silicon Alley Insider, about 3,500 Yahoo! employees may be losing their jobs when the company begins it's next set of layoffs. read more