国内大事记编辑本段回目录
国外大事记编辑本段回目录
CyberRebate.com, Inc., renown for offering 100% rebates on significantly overpriced consumer products, issues a statement that they have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcyprotection in the Eastern District of New York. The company reportedly has US$59 million less than what it requires to pay all of its outstanding rebates. In some cases, customers expect in excess of US$115,000 in rebates for purchases that promised 100% of their original purchase price returned. Martinb McMillan of Galax, Virginia would purchase items from CyberRebate.com expecting to sell them on eBay (www.ebay.com) and enjoy a significant profit once the rebates for the purchase pricewas settled. An unidentified 52-year-old woman purchased almost US$80,000 in toys from CyberRebates.com and gave them away to neighborhood children before discovering she may never receive the rebates for which she applied. Read more at PCWord.
2007
Amazon.com announces that it will launch a digital music store later in the year with millions of songs available completely free of Digital rights management restrictions that would limits how consumers can use the music. In September 25, the company will launch Amazon MP3. Visit the official Amazon website.
Google introduces Google Universal Search, a system that integrates its “vertical results,” including video, news, local directory, images, and book search results, into its web search results. The system will be implemented across all of Google’s English search engines over the course of several days. The new search comes with a redefined navigational interfaces that places the links to verticals searches in the upper left hand corner of Google’s home page, rather than squarely above the search box.Visit the official Google website.
In the case of Perfect 10, Inc. v. Google Inc., the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals lifts a preliminary injunction prohibiting Google from displaying thumbnail photos from sexually explicit websites after concluding that Perfect 10, the pornographic website that originally filed for the injunction, would be unlikely to overcome Google’s fair usedefense. In 2004, Perfect 10 sued, alleging copyright infringement, and in 2005, the company filed a similar claim against Amazon.com Inc. and its A9.com subsidiary, claiming its links to Google search results also constituted a violation of its copyright. A court granted a preliminary injunction in 2006, which was stayed pending legal review. U.S. 9th Circuit Court Judge Ikuta found that “the significantly transformative nature of Google’s search engine, particularly in light of its public benefit, outweighs Google’s superseding and commercial uses of the thumbnails in this case.” However, Ikuta also added that “Google could be held contributorily liable if it had knowledge that infringing Perfect 10 images were available using its search engine, could take simple measures to prevent further damage to Perfect 10′s copyrighted works, and failed to take such steps.” The landmark ruling will have widespread implications for internet firms particularly search engines.
2009
The Wolfram Alpha answer engine is publicly launched by Wolfram Research. Preparations are broadcast live on Justin.tv, beginning at 0:00UTC, with the launch several hours later. This initial test launch serves to deal with expected issues that may arise due to an extreme server load. A second, official launch is planned for May 18th. Wolfram Alpha is an online service that provides answers to queries through computation, rather than by indexing data the way a search engine does. Visit the official Wolfram Alpha website.
2011年5月16日，Facebook和互联网安全公司Web of Trust今日宣布，两家公司将联手为Facebook用户提供可疑网站链接的提醒功能。
2011年5月16日，闪存存储解决方案提供商SanDisk今日宣布，已收购企业固态硬盘开发商Pliant Technology。
2011年5月16日，谷歌今天推出了新版谷歌新闻(Google News)，改版后的谷歌新闻显得更直观、更易定制。
2013年5月16日，谷歌2013年I/O开发者大会今天在美国加州旧金山芳草地艺术中心开幕，谷歌更新了一系列软件产品，其中最大亮点是重新设计了谷歌地图，依据搜索历史及其他数据提供更加个性化的服务。
