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Republicans introduced yesterday a “law and order agenda” under legislation that would require all Internet service providers to track their customers’ online activities to assist police in future investigations. The bill warns Internet providers that if they fail to store that information, they face fines and up to one year in prison. A 1996 federal [...] Tags: Internet Legislation, Lamar Smith, Republicans

Duplicate content on various sites have people discussing just how it effects a website. Over the past year forums such as WebMaster World and Search Engine Watch have discussed both on and off site duplications. Some people are almost out of control, swearing there are penalties associated with duplications. Google alone has more than 50 thousand [...] Tags: duplicate content, SEW, Webmaster World

The Internet is not a series of tubes, sorry Senator Stevens, but a new service from Yahoo treats it like a bunch of pipes, just waiting to be assembled. Yahoo Pipes launched from the portal company yesterday. The service lets you mash up all kinds of data sources from around the Internet. Technology publisher Tim O’Reilly [...] Tags: Digg, Mark Cuban, Panama, Porn, RSA Security Conference, Yahoo Pipes

The global launch of Vista last week could pose a new challenge for advertisers. The program has an inbuilt search facility that enables users to bypass popular search engines. Advertisers could find themselves being bypassed, but it’s expected that Microsoft would also have a plan to allow advertisers to access search terms in the program. Rick [...] Tags: Ad Tech, DoubleClick, Microsoft Vista, Rick Bruner

Creators of user-made video, podcasts, and blogs choose to save their content and tag it. A report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows tagging as both a search and social function. Adult Internet users demographics that tag leans more towards youthful, educated broadband users with a high income. Users [...] Tags: AAF, Blogs, podcasts, Screen Digest, Search, social function, video