Viacom backs off YouTube demand for all users’ viewing histories

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jul 15 2008 Published in: Social News Tags: , , ,

Two weeks ago, A federal judge has ordered Google to hand over to Viacom its records of which users watched which videos on YouTube. But it seems Viacom has backed down its demand for all users’ viewing history of every user who has ever watched a video on YouTube and instead Google, will now hand over the database but without data that could identify users.

Google logo design by under 12

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jul 9 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , ,

google-logo-competition

Up in the Clouds - the winning design

Google started a Doodle 4 Google competition and it was open to all students from kindergarten to grade 12 grade in the US to design a logo around the theme ‘What if …?” The winner was voted by the US public and the winners were invited to a ceremony at the Googleplex in Mountain View.

The google sari found in India

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Jul 1 2008 Published in: Daily Rambling Tags: , , ,

google-sari

Dave of Our Delhi Struggle says:

Spotted this in a fancy mall in Gurgaon, India (the tech hub south of Delhi). I don’t know the backstory, and I couldn’t find out because (proving that India is aspiring to Western standards in every way!) a guard started rushing over to bust me for taking pictures.