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Google’s search dominance has reached legendary proportions, and the term “Google killer” has become something of a joke.  But there’s word that a number of powerful companies, along with the Japanese government, will work together to challenge the search giant.

Phone and cable companies are losing the Net Neutrality debate, and losing it badly. And Google's Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Richard Whitt doesn't mind pointing that out.

A group of Japanese media companies were very critical of YouTube today at a Tokyo press conference.

For a while there, Google was gaining partners for its Books Library Project on what seemed like a daily basis.  That rush (appears to have) stopped, but now one more school has signed up: Japan’s Keio University.

The blogosphere has evolved into a living, breathing organism; the interrelated parts stemming from its bloggadocious heart have branched to include tags, vlogs, and podcasts. It even has its own virus – the splog. This evolution spurred Technorati's Dave Sifry to redefine it as the "Live Web," growing not as fast as it was, but growing nonetheless.

What's different about the Japanese mobile market is that innovation is moving toward business models and marketing tactics instead of technical features and functions.

Top Chinese search engine, Baidu, announced plans on Monday to enter the Japanese market in the near future.

Copyright concerns expressed by a Japanese rights-holders group resulted in YouTube removing thousands of videos from the popular sharing site.