Monday, November 07, 2005

IT Conversations News: November 7, 2005

IT Conversations News: November 7, 2005

The O’Reilly Pick of the Week:

This week’s IT Conversations/O’Reilly Pick of the Week is a program from earlier this year:

Google’s AutoLink Feature - Sound Policy (3.0) Denise Howell hosted a spirited debate about Google’s controversial AutoLink feature. Her guests were Cory Doctorow, Robert Scoble and Martin Schwimmer. Google is no stranger to providing invaluable services to users of the Web, and the Google Toolbar has been no exception. However, the beta release of the Google Toolbar 3, with its link-adding AutoLink feature, has many wondering if Google has forgotten its "don’t be evil" credo. What might AutoLink mean for Web publishers and users, and how it might be impacted by intellectual property law?

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