Industry News

SCO vs Linux Users: Google may be next
A Reuters report is suggesting that SCO's next target for an IP-infringement action may be Google. [Linuxworld]

Yahoo vs. Google
As the two giants of search square up to each other, market tipsters Motley Fool weigh up their form.

Yahoo dumps Google as search war intensifies
Yahoo has developed its own algorithmic search technology so that it can drop search partner Google [ZDNet]

UK e-tailers 'lose £300m' in Xmas sales
Top UK e-tailers are estimated to have lost more than £300 million over the busy Christmas shopping period because of flaky website performance. [TheRegister]

All change at Espotting
Espotting loses Kelkoo to pay-per-click upstart Google but gains publishing giant Emap.

Spam laws fail to hit the mark
E-mail users on both sides of the Atlantic hoping for a legislative reprieve from spam are feeling let down. [CNN]

Web ad trademark law to be challenged
A US federal appeals court has reopened a lawsuit challenging the unauthorized use of trademarks in web ads. [From: Com.com]

Search engine predictions for 2004
Serge Thibodeau looks into his crystal ball for the year ahead. From ISEDB.COM

Does paid inclusion pay its way?
Sean Michael Kerner takes a critical look at paid inclusion. [From Internetnews.com]

Case threatens search engines' use of trademarks
Dealing a potential setback to the Web search advertising market, a federal appeals court has reopened a lawsuit challenging the unauthorised use of trademarks in ads linked to search-engine keywords. [ZDNet]