links for 2008-04-22

• Yahoo's first-quarter earnings could sway Microsoft battleAfter two years of crumbling profits, Yahoo Inc. can't afford another letdown Tuesday when the Internet icon reports its first-quarter earnings. Source: Associated Press
• Google Street View to hit Europe in 3D?Is Google gathering 3D data along with the photos. Source: CNet
• Hints of iGoogle turning into its own social networkGoogle is taking another step towards becoming a full-fledged social network in its own right. Source: TechCrunch
• Web metrics and grains of saltPerhaps internet metrics should come with a warning label: 'handle with care'. Source: New York Times
• Photobucket plays catch up to Flickr with public APIPhotobucket, acquired by Fox Interactive Media in May 2007 for $300m, is releasing their API to the public today and will allow third party developers to build photo/video storage and visualisation to their applications. Source: TechCrunch
• Companies will spend $4.6bn on Web 2.0 by 2013Companies want to integrate Web 2.0 into their corporate computing environments, according to a Forrester research report. Source: CMP
• ITV partners with Apple to sell TV programmes onlineITV is to make a range of classic programmes including Brideshead Revisited and Inspector Morse available for sale through iTunes. Source: Guardian
• Northcliffe Media revamps its network of local websitesRegional newspaper publisher Northcliffe Media is revamping its network of local websites as it reveals internal research showing that 27% of its online audience do not read its titles in print. Source: Guardian
• Google is named world's most powerful brand by Millward Brown researchGoogle has topped a list of the world's most powerful brands, with new research estimating its value to be $86bn. Source: Guardian
• Videos will soon need to be transcribed and IndexedThis is the promise of the semantic web. Source: Beet.TV
• NBC has news for MySpaceNBC News and MSNBC.com will provide political news and other content to social networking site MySpace. Source: Reuters
• Twitter: grabbing defeat from the jaws of successIf Twitter keeps going down and/or having reliability problems it won't be long before we change ALL of our behavior and just participate on FriendFeed without worrying about Twitter at all. Source: Scobleizer
• Hacker redirects Barack Obama's site to hillaryclinton.comVisitors who viewed the community blogs section of the site were instead presented with Clinton's website as a result of a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Source: Netcraft
• Sony working on PS3 movie download serviceAnother download service, this time for the PlayStation 3. Source: paidContent
• Video blogger Kevin Sites keeps one foot in the war zoneInvestigative journalist Kevin Sites has covered a multitude of disaster sites and war zones, but he's best known as a pioneer of solo war blogging. Source: Wired
• Murdoch leaves door open to joint Microsoft bid for YahooIn response to a reporter's question about his interest in pursuing a bid with Microsoft for Yahoo, he said 'Depends on the deal'. Source: Reuters
• Sony BMG joins Nokia's Comes With Music programmeSony BMG is the second record label to join Nokia's Comes With Music pre-bundled music initiative. Source: mocoNews