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(AP) -- Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news178046136.html Technology - Internet Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:16:08 EST news178046136 (AP) -- A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's. http://www.physorg.com/news177954916.html Technology - Internet Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:56:11 EST news177954916 A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online. http://www.physorg.com/news177945750.html Technology - Internet Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:50:01 EST news177945750 Google, in a significant development for the deaf, announced on Thursday it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube. http://www.physorg.com/news177868630.html Technology - Internet Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:57:51 EST news177868630 Search engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news177852158.html Technology - Internet Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:24:16 EST news177852158 The Internet is still under the control of the United States, participants at a governance forum said, despite a move by America to loosen its grip over the private corporation that administers the net. http://www.physorg.com/news177784165.html Technology - Internet Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:07 EST news177784165 Internet traffic will have increased six fold by 2012 in a five-year period as more users view and post videos online, delegates at an Internet forum heard on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news177759727.html Technology - Internet Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:10:04 EST news177759727 (AP) -- Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news177704189.html Technology - Internet Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:18:19 EST news177704189 Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages. http://www.physorg.com/news177696206.html Technology - Internet Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:03:53 EST news177696206 (PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its effort to speed up the Web, Google is experimenting with SPDY, a new application layer protocol, that it hopes will speed up the conversation between browsers and Web servers and enable Web pages to download up to twice as fast. http://www.physorg.com/news177581905.html Technology - Internet Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:19:06 EST news177581905 (AP) -- Google Inc. will loosen its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library if a federal judge approves a revised legal settlement addressing the earlier objections of antitrust regulators. http://www.physorg.com/news177333573.html Technology - Internet Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:06:47 EST news177333573 (AP) -- The nonprofit group that runs online encyclopedia Wikipedia said Friday that it named Craig Newmark, the founder of Web classifieds site Craigslist, to its advisory board. http://www.physorg.com/news177341914.html Technology - Internet Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:50:03 EST news177341914 (AP) -- Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object - Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy. http://www.physorg.com/news177315276.html Technology - Internet Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:30:03 EST news177315276 (AP) -- YouTube says starting next week it will support the same high-resolution video that can now be seen on flat screen TVs. http://www.physorg.com/news177311828.html Technology - Internet Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:17:40 EST news177311828 (AP) -- Web surfing is becoming more like channel surfing as television shows, movies and music videos pour onto the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news177247762.html Technology - Internet Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:02 EST news177247762 Google is adding World Bank figures to Internet results in a bid to make hard facts about countries worldwide easier to find. http://www.physorg.com/news177186683.html Technology - Internet Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:00:01 EST news177186683 (AP) -- Microsoft's Bing search service will pull more information and tools from other Web sites as the company tries to distinguish itself as part of its challenge to market leader Google. http://www.physorg.com/news177186420.html Technology - Internet Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:27:43 EST news177186420 Google's latest brainchild, Google Wave, is all the rage among bleeding-edge technology enthusiasts. But corporate information technology executives say that while they're intrigued by Wave -- a replacement for e-mail, the most widely used of all Internet services -- they're not ready to adopt it. http://www.physorg.com/news177177243.html Technology - Internet Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:02 EST news177177243 Google on Tuesday launched an online tool for tracking down where to get vaccinations against H1N1 and seasonal influenza in the United States. http://www.physorg.com/news177145524.html Technology - Internet Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:08:00 EST news177145524 Google said on Tuesday, in response to threats by Rupert Murdoch to ban the search engine from listing content from his news empire, that any company could ask to have stories taken off. http://www.physorg.com/news177083680.html Technology - Internet Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:10:02 EST news177083680 Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch has accused Google of stealing from his News Corp. empire, and warned he may block the search engine from accessing its content. http://www.physorg.com/news177056010.html Technology - Internet Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:14:01 EST news177056010 (AP) -- Google Inc. is buying mobile advertising network AdMob for $750 million, underscoring the Internet search leader's determination to ensure its marketing machine reaches the growing number of people surfing the Web on phones. http://www.physorg.com/news176995839.html Technology - Internet Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:31:19 EST news176995839 Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking of Internet use by firms that deliver adverts tailored to the specific interests of consumers, as polls reveal widespread unease with the practice. http://www.physorg.com/news176879023.html Technology - Internet Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:20:01 EST news176879023 A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay. http://www.physorg.com/news176749751.html Technology - Internet Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:09:54 EST news176749751 Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history. http://www.physorg.com/news176738669.html Technology - Internet Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:50:01 EST news176738669 (AP) -- EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion. http://www.physorg.com/news176736799.html Technology - Internet Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:38:11 EST news176736799 (AP) -- Google is offering a new privacy control that will make it easier for people to see some of the information being collected about them. http://www.physorg.com/news176636111.html Technology - Internet Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:50:01 EST news176636111 (AP) -- EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news176635871.html Technology - Internet Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:31:50 EST news176635871 Hundreds of privacy experts from around the world met in Madrid on Wednesday for a three-day conference which aims to arrive at a global standard for the protection of personal data. http://www.physorg.com/news176545106.html Technology - Internet Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:50:01 EST news176545106 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving its MSN Web portal a long-overdue makeover and says it hopes the new site will funnel more people to Bing, the software maker's search engine. http://www.physorg.com/news176525157.html Technology - Internet Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:46:36 EST news176525157