publishers
Amazon's Kindle ignites legal upheaval
Comment However, Google was sued in 2005 by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers. The case reached a complex settlement at the end of last year involving a one-off $125m payment from Google to resolve... [27 Oct 2009]
Photos: Amazon's Kindle comes to the UK
Photo The Kindle offers UK users access to more than 200,000 English-language digital books from publishers including Bloomsbury, HarperCollins, and Penguin. Amazon is preparing to launch its Kindle e-book reader in more than... [08 Oct 2009]
Editorial Preface: Special Issue on Intrusion and Malware Detection
White Paper Welcome to the special issue of Intrusion and Malware detection. Detection of Intrusions and Malware remains a serious problem in the realm of computer and communications security. These include viruses, spam, phishing, spyware, botnets,... [02 Oct 2009]
Google's DoubleClick revamp wants ads to say it in pictures
News The search giant on Thursday took the wraps off a revamped DoubleClick Ad Exchange, a public exchange that allows publishers to offer excess ad inventory they can't sell to advertisers. Having conquered the web's... [18 Sep 2009]
Google: Fast Flip to let publishers in on the ad action?
News It's a Google Labs project that expands the presence of publishers on Google News, organising and displaying authorised screen grabs of news stories - not snippets - within the Google News site. Fast Flip is being tested... [15 Sep 2009]
Google steps up efforts to liberate user data
News One of the most heated topics of criticism concerning Google's Book Search settlement with authors and publishers has been concerns about privacy, such as how Google will treat records of which users are reading which... [15 Sep 2009]
Beyond DRM: What Online Publishers Need to Know
White Paper Online publishers, on the other hand, struggle to find the correct balance between document security and a satisfactory reader experience. Recently, a new approach to document security has given online content... [12 Sep 2009]
Google Books hit with fresh wave of criticism from Microsoft, Open Book Alliance
News Google is trying to get final approval of its settlement with book publishers and authors granting it the right to digitise certain out-of-print books. Google and the plaintiff publishers secretly... [09 Sep 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News In a move to assuage European publishers' concerns over book digitisation, Google on Monday said European books still listed as commercially available will not be included in its online registry of orphaned and... [08 Sep 2009]
Google Books beefs up privacy policy after criticism
News Google has released a more detailed privacy policy for its Google Books product, a move demanded in recent weeks by several critics of its settlement with publishers and authors. The company announced the new policy in a... [04 Sep 2009]
Amazon steps up Google Books criticism with court filing
News Amazon came out swinging on Tuesday against Google's proposed settlement with book authors and publishers. Authors groups and publishers vehemently disagreed, resulting in a class-action lawsuit and the... [03 Sep 2009]
Addressable Online Advertising: Generate New Service Provider Revenue While Protecting Privacy
White Paper The solution makes anonymous subscriber demographics available to online advertising agencies, advertising networks, and online publishers, enabling them to provide more relevant advertising. Cisco in conjunction with... [30 Aug 2009]
Making Mobile Application Testing Easier: Getting on the Inside Track in QA Management Tools
White Paper This white paper describes the landscape of mobile application QA, focusing on the management tools used by mobile software companies, publishers and aggregators. Its target audience includes QA staff responsible for... [27 Aug 2009]
Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo! join fight against Google Books
News The Internet Archive is enlisting some heavy hitters in its challenge of Google's proposed settlement with book publishers and authors. Under the proposed $125m settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association of... [21 Aug 2009]
BBC is taking tech seriously, so give it a break!
Comment Now, for those online publishers that weren't offered the video in this first round, it is too bad. But, as with the iPlayer, the BBC has promised to roll out the service to other publishers soon. Just... [31 Jul 2009]