Kodak sues Sony over digital cameras | CNET News.com — Kodak has been working on these lawsuits for some time now. In fact, they were getting underway on this activity when I was working at Ofoto. Originally, Kodak envisioned this…

Yahoo puts local content on the map | CNET News.com: “The SmartView service lets surfers use the Yahoo Maps section of the company’s Web site to view information on local points of interest, such as restaurants, hotels, parks, automatic teller…

Susan Mernit’s Blog: Navigating the Info Jungle: “IMedia: behavorial targeting and advertising effectiveness Bill Grossman, behaviorial marketing services CEO has a piece in iMedia Connection today about behavioral targeting anbd online advertising. Some quyotes: ‘Behaviorial targeting is the mirror image…

Trendsetters.com – CoolHunt Trend::Pioneer Dvj X1: “Pioneer DVJ-X1 At January’s CES show, Pioneer launched a DVD turntable that lets DJs treat music videos like audio CDs. With the DVJ-X1 ($3,300) DJs can scratch and mix videos without losing video synch,…

Microsoft Gadget Keeps Record of Your Life: “Another project converts a regular webcam image into low-resolution animation — stripped of everything but the eyes, lips, nose and eyebrows. It’s easier to transmit than full video and can be used with…

Ask Jeeves to buy Web network for $343 million | CNET News.com AskJeeves makes a land grab to stay relevant. Should be interesting to see what they do with all of these old brands.

ICQ gets ‘friendlier’ with new service | CNET News.com Shockingly (not) AOL adds a social networking component to ICQ. All the IM programs will likely have them soon. Now more than ever, it’s obvious that social networking functionality should/will be…

Broadband powerline service gains backers | CNET News.com: “Current and Cinergy plan to focus on price and convenience as they compete against current DSL and cable services. The companies plan to sell the service for about $30 to $40 a…

Google Recruits For Expanding Southern California Offices —- Google (www.google.com) is aggressively recruiting for spots in its Southern California offices, where 200 prospective recruits were wined and dined last week, in a throwback to the go-go years of the dot-com…

Diller Buys ZeroDegrees —- InterActive Corp. has agreed to buy Santa Monica-based ZeroDegrees (www.zerodegrees.com), according to Reuters. InterActive, Barry Diller’s conglomerate, did not disclose terms for the company. InterActive also owns TicketMaster, LendingTree.com, Match.com, and other sites. ZeroDegrees launched in…