Imagine my shock when I used Bing to search for "Where to buy knockoff products in New York" and found a treasure trove of information on the web leading me to an apparently little-known area of New York City where such products are available around Canal Street: Imagine my further shock to discover that major companies such as Demand Media, Yahoo, TripAdvisor and Yelp were all providing information that Bing listed on how to locate this area. Imagine my even further shock to discover that in today's US congressional hearing about fending off such intellectual property theft, no one appa [...]

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CBS has wisely acquired internet TV guide Clicker, sometimes incorrectly called a video search engine. Clicker CEO Jim Lanzone has been named President of CBS Interactive. He'll bring tremendous energy and intelligence (and a sense of humor) to the role. The acquisition price wasn't disclosed. Clicker raised roughly $19 million from investors. CBS also owns TV.com as well as several other online properties. How TV.com and Clicker co-exist and interact remains to be seen. TV.com is a portal. But Clicker has the potential to be the front end and directory for all digital media content, [...]

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