Stephen Bryant

Google Inc. plans to announce on Friday a new service that will allow users to buy videos from major content partners through its Web site, and will also announce a new bundled desktop software package, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The upgrade to Googles Video Search service will make pay-per-view videos […]

TypePad, a developer of self-publishing software for Weblogs, began functioning normally at 3 p.m. PST after dealing with a “catastrophic failure” that crippled its storage system, according to Anil Dash, vice president of TypePads parent company Six Apart Ltd. The service had been down since Thursday night. TypePad users were unable to access the service […]

TypePad is back online after the outage. Editors Note: For an updated version of this story, click here. TypePad, a developer of self-publishing software for Weblogs, said its service has been down since Thursday night due to a problem with its primary storage system. In a statement posted on the Web site of TypePad owner […]

Remember when Gmail debuted? It was slick, it was powerful, and Googles surreptitious “invite-only” soft-launch smacked of breezy insouciance. What a cool company, what a great app. Only one problem: Gmail didnt work. Half the time I tried to log in, the service was unavailable. E-mails from my clients disappeared or never arrived in the […]

In its November 14th issue, Forbes magazine published a cover story titled “Attack of the Blogs!” The deck read, “They destroy brands and wreck lives. Is there any way to fight back?” The article, which is by Daniel Lyons, is deceptive, specious, and just plain bad journalism. With this article, Mr. Lyons and Forbes do […]

The Association of American Publishers filed suit against Google last week, charging that the search kings online library program was instituting massive copyright infringement by copying published works without permission. The suit came after discussions between Google management and the AAP broke down. The association had earlier supported a suit filed in September against Google […]

The blogosphere was abuzz with surprise and cautious optimism Thursday with the news that a major blog network and a blog update notification service were being acquired by large media companies. America Online Inc. announced its acquisition of Weblogs Inc., and Verisign Inc. announced their acquisition of Weblogs.com. America Onlines purchase was valued at approximately […]

Google Inc., widely considered to be the most powerful search engine and ubiquitous brand on the Internet, is quietly testing a new advertising strategy on an unexpected medium: paper. The search powerhouse makes 99 percent of its revenue from selling Internet ads. But according to Google and executives at companies that buy advertising from them, […]

The first public demonstration of QuarkXPress 7, Quark Inc.s first major upgrade to its flagship publishing product in two years, will take place at Seybold Chicago in September. Seybold Chicago, produced by MediaLive International Inc., Wednesday announced that during the tradeshow event, keynote speaker Jurgen Kurz, Quarksenior vice president of product development, will demo the […]

Adobe Systems Inc. and Macromedia Inc. announced that the stockholders of each company voted in favor of Adobes proposed acquisition of Macromedia at their respective special stockholder meetings held Aug. 24. Adobe launched its takeover of Macromedia in April with an all-stock deal worth $3.4 billion dollars. The mergers one remaining hurdle is approval from […]