Google’s new video search tool is turning out to be a little more expansive than the company planned, with users uploading copyright content ranging from the last “Matrix” movie to the “Family Guy” cartoons.

Consumers browsing the service, which was opened to the public just two days ago, have uncovered links to full versions of feature-length movies, TV shows and other content. As of Thursday morning, much of that content could be watched in its entirety on Google’s site.

Google screen shots The company’s terms of service clearly state that anyone uploading content to the search tool must have the rights to distribute the video and that copyright material is barred without the express consent of the copyright holder.

A Google spokesman said the company is in the process of removing all material that violates copyright.

You can find a list of movies and TV shows found on Google Video here

Source: News.com

he Justice Department announced Thursday an 11-nation crackdown on large-scale Internet pirates who illegally distribute first-run movies, video games and other copyrighted materials.

FBI agents and investigators in the other nations conducted 90 searches starting Wednesday, arresting four people and shutting down at least eight major online distribution servers for pirated works, a Justice official said. Authorities also seized hundreds of computers in raids in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Source: AP

In the first two days since the release of iTunes 4.9, iTunes customers have subscribed to more than one million podcasts from the new iTunes Podcast Directory. iTunes 4.9 has everything users need to discover, subscribe, manage and listen to podcasts.

Apache Geronimo has passed the J2EE 1.4.1 test compatibility kit, putting it well on its way to completing the entire certification process, after which it would become the third major open source appserver, and arguably the one with the most industry support (IBM, BEA, Apache), to reach J2EE compliancy.

Source: The Server Side

A seller of online marketing tools said on Wednesday it sued Google Inc., charging that the Web search giant has failed to protect users of its advertising program from “click fraud,” costing them at least $5 million.

Click Defense Inc. filed its lawsuit, which also seeks class action status, on June 24 in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California.

Click fraud is not “fraud” as defined under the law. Rather, it is an industry term used to describe the deliberate clicking on Web search ads by users with no plans to do business with the advertiser. Rival companies might employ people or machines to do this because the advertiser has to pay the Web search provider for each click.

Source: Reuters

German firm ADTech.de has just published a press release stating that Firefox has now more than 10% market share in Europe, with a peak at almost 23% in Finland (and 19% of Gecko-based browsers in Germany).

T3 reports that Insider confirms 2GB and 4GB iPod shuffles, plus 8GB iPod mini are comming soon.

Speculation grew from word that Toshiba and Samsung, who provide the NAND flash storage used in current iPod shuffles, are set to significantly increase the output on their highest capacity memory chips (up to 8GB). However, this speculation is quickly veering towards fact following information from one of T3’s reliable inside sources.

According to T3’slead both the 2GB and 4GB shuffles are definitely set for release. As is a new 8GB iPod mini – Apple is allegedly planning to keep the 6GB version and ditch the 4GB with this addition to the mini family.

Source: T3

Sun Microsystems released its “real-time” version of Java this week, software designed for devices that must be able to respond to high-priority events.

Sun’s Java Real-Time System runs all the programs written for Java Standard Edition, but also has extensions that guarantee the software can respond within a certain amount of time to critical events. That real-time capability is essential for use in devices such as factory robots with an emergency stop button.

Source: News.com

Sun Microsystems is looking at providing its Java Enterprise System customers with a database solution that will take advantage of existing open-source database technologies, or a product developed in-house.

ohn Loiacono, Sun Microsystems Inc.’s executive vice president for software said that customers are also looking to Sun to give them the ability to have database services tightly integrated with the platform, beyond what they get in the directory.

“They are looking for transactional, persistent data services, and to do that they are looking to us for a solution to that problem. Sure, they can go and plug in Oracle if they have a site license, but many are saying they want the ability to run some caseload, that’s maybe 10 or 20 percent of their workload, on an open-source database,” he said.

Sun will look at the existing open-source databases for a short-term solution in this regard, but is also looking at the long term, Loiacono said.

Source: eWeek

It’s doesn’t have the sexy attitude of a Sun Fire V40z or the power of a Sun Fire E25K, but Sun Microsystems is just as proud of its first ever laptop.

During the company’s annual JavaOne developer fest in San Francisco this week, the company touted its Sun Ultra 3 mobile workstation.

The laptops come in 15-inch and 17-inch versions running either a 550 MHz or 650 MHz UltraSPARC IIi processor or a 1.28 GHz UltraSPARC IIIi processor. The Ultra 3 laptops will also sport up to 2 GB of memory installed, 512MB of RAM, a 40GB disk drive, and 2D graphics with an option to upgrade. The computers also come with 802.11b wireless networking so you can take it far away from the server room.

The laptops come pre-installed with Solaris 10, Solaris 9 or Solaris 8, although Sun would rather you take the one with Solaris 10.

The Ultra 3 also comes with Sun’s Java Desktop System pre-installed and either StarOffice 7.0 or GNOME 2.0 productivity software depending on which model you choose.

Source: C|Net

MSN and Vodafone today announced plans to launch a first-of-its-kind seamless instant messaging (IM) service between PCs and mobile phones. Customers will be able to see the “presence” of their contacts and exchange instant messages between MSN(R) Messenger on a PC and Vodafone Messenger on mobile phones and vice versa. By offering customers a seamless PC-to-mobile messaging option with instant messaging, MSN and Vodafone will expand communication choices, delivering an enhanced messaging offering for MSN and Vodafone customers who want to stay in touch with friends, family and colleagues.

The service will be based on the familiar mobile commercial model of “Calling Party Pays.” As they do today, Vodafone customers will prepay or pay for the service through their monthly bill, while MSN Messenger customers will be able to pay through packages available in connection with MSN Messenger.

MSN and Vodafone plan to launch the enhanced messaging service in several European countries before the end of the year.

David Clark, who led the development of the internet in the 1970s, is working with the National Science Foundation on a plan for a whole new infrastructure to replace today’s global network.

Clark, who served as chief protocol architect for the government’s internet development initiative in the 1980s, wants researchers to re-imagine the infrastructure that connects computer users around the world.

The problem with today’s internet, according to Clark, is that its 30-year-old design, which allowed for the development of exciting new applications (the world wide web, e-commerce, file sharing, you name it), is now stifling further growth.

A new architecture could allow for ubiquitous embedded wireless communications devices and sensors. It could also provide for more secure and convenient forms of commerce. A super-high-speed internet could even allow people a world apart to collaborate inside elaborate 3-D virtual arenas, a process called tele-immersion.

As for today’s internet, new applications and protocols meant to address security issues and wireless and ubiquitous devices may not be enough to solve its underlying problems.

Even Clark agrees with those who say the internet currently serves most of its users quite well. But he said applications and technologies introduced incrementally to the existing system, such as those springing from engineering working groups and the Internet2 research consortium, cannot solve the internet’s fundamental architectural problems.

Source: Wired