Industry News

Habeas win $100k judgement against spammer
Habeas, the company that fights spam with Japanese-style poetry, won its second victory over spammers this week with a $104,103 judgement against junk mailer William "Billy" Carson. [The Register]

Google signs deal with BellSouth
Google Inc. and BellSouth today announced a multi-year agreement whereby Google's award-winning search results and targeted advertisements are available through BellSouth's home page for Internet customers [Business Wire - Google Press Release]

Google's Gmail hits trademark problem
Google's path to world domination took a turn for the worse yesterday with news that a small British company has already got the trademark for Gmail and has been using it in 80 countries. [The Register]

SEC probe halts Mamma's march
The tiny search-engine company said Tuesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has begun an informal inquiry relating to recent trading in the company's stock. [The Street.com]

MSN plots search moves
After its executives roundly admitted it has fallen behind search engines like Google, Microsoft has begun to reveal coming search changes to make up lost ground. [DM News]

Yahoo! 1st Qtr profit doubles to $101.2m
Yahoo! Inc., owner of the world's most- used group of Internet sites, said its first-quarter profit more than doubled to $101.2 million, its highest ever, as it sold more advertising linked to the results of Web searches. [Bloomberg]

Yahoo! hints at social networking service
Yahoo! on Wednesday dropped hints of growing interest in social networking services for search, coming after announcements of efforts from rivals Google and Microsoft. [CNet]

Libya disappears from the Internet
Libya has disappeared from the Internet and no one seems to be able to explain why. [The Register]

Google Says It Doesn't Plan to Change Search Results
Google Inc., the leading Internet search engine, said Monday that it had no plans to alter its search results despite complaints that the first listing on a search for the word "Jew" directs people to an anti-Semitic Web site. [New York Times]

Yahoo! plans aggressive push into China
US Internet giant Yahoo! Inc said it plans an aggressive push into China, where it has so far had limited success in the face of stiff competition from local portals such as Sina.com and Sohu.com. [ChannelNewsAsia]