http://www.physorg.com/technology-news/internet/ en-us PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on the internet, world wide web, web 2.0 and science technology. A French court on Friday told Google that it cannot digitise French books without publishers' approval and ordered the online giant to pay 300,000 euros (430,000 dollars) in damages. http://www.physorg.com/news180350260.html Technology - Internet Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:18:22 EST news180350260 (AP) -- France's efforts to digitize its culture, from Marcel Proust's manuscripts to the first films of the legendary Lumiere brothers, long have been bogged down by the country's reluctance to rely on help from American Internet giant Google Inc. A new startup launched Thursday says it may be the answer. http://www.physorg.com/news180297842.html Technology - Internet Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:20:03 EST news180297842 (AP) -- 'Tis the season for heart-melting tales of spontaneous good will among strangers, which, like the rest of our relationships, has gotten a lot more convenient since the advent of the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news180249834.html Technology - Internet Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:24:43 EST news180249834 (AP) -- Australia plans to introduce an Internet filtering system to block obscene and crime-linked Web sites despite concerns it will curtail freedoms and won't completely work. http://www.physorg.com/news180082489.html Technology - Internet Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:55:25 EST news180082489 Global postal services will soon have their own address on the Internet, after the web's authority for assigning domain names ICANN, said on Friday that it had approved the new address dot post (.post). http://www.physorg.com/news179751446.html Technology - Internet Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:58:18 EST news179751446 Michael Redding describes the get-to-know-you game between man and machine as a version of "Name That Tune." http://www.physorg.com/news179657215.html Technology - Internet Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:30:04 EST news179657215 Facebook makes you despair? Social networking makes you want to end it all? You may be ready for online ritual suicide with the aid of a new website that helps you kill your virtual identity. http://www.physorg.com/news179653493.html Technology - Internet Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:00:02 EST news179653493 If the data devoured in the United States last year were converted to text there would be enough books to bury the country under a pile seven feet (two meters) deep, according to a study released Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news179607429.html Technology - Internet Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:10:02 EST news179607429 Google search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed key words to let people scour the Internet with mobile telephone cameras or spoken words in multiple languages. http://www.physorg.com/news179482371.html Technology - Internet Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:13:38 EST news179482371 (PhysOrg.com) -- Google recently sent out 100,000 stickers to selected US businesses for use on their storefront windows. The stickers have the Google Maps logo and a QR code that can be scanned by smart phone cameras and display Google listings for the business on the phone screen. http://www.physorg.com/news179477830.html Technology - Internet Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:57:47 EST news179477830 (AP) -- Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's happening on the Web. http://www.physorg.com/news179428078.html Technology - Internet Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:40:02 EST news179428078 (PhysOrg.com) -- Google is expected to release its Extensions Gallery for general users of the new Chrome browser this week, possibly at the Add-On Conference on browser extensions to be held on December 11, 2009. Google is a platinum sponsor of the conference. An extensions site was unveiled a couple of weeks ago, but only for the use of developers. http://www.physorg.com/news179392670.html Technology - Internet Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:18:33 EST news179392670 Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe. http://www.physorg.com/news179331459.html Technology - Internet Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:10:01 EST news179331459 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have signed off on their plan to team up against Google Inc. in the lucrative Internet search market. http://www.physorg.com/news179255285.html Technology - Internet Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:09:41 EST news179255285 Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service. http://www.physorg.com/news179117208.html Technology - Internet Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:55:44 EST news179117208 YouTube launched an experimental "Feather" feature on Thursday that slims down online videos for delivery to places where the Internet is unable to handle heavy data traffic. http://www.physorg.com/news179077215.html Technology - Internet Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:40:57 EST news179077215 A study of the use of US newspaper stories on the Web has found that more than 75,000 websites reused content from newspapers without authorization during a 30-day period. http://www.physorg.com/news179004071.html Technology - Internet Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:40:01 EST news179004071 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is releasing an updated version of its mapping service with street-level views and new "apps" that tack on tweets, traffic and other location-specific data. http://www.physorg.com/news179002196.html Technology - Internet Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:20:03 EST news179002196 Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine. http://www.physorg.com/news178909169.html Technology - Internet Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:48:47 EST news178909169 (AP) -- Media companies need to deliver compelling information on a variety of electronic devices and overcome readers' resistance to paying for material online, news executives said Tuesday at a government-sponsored journalism conference. http://www.physorg.com/news178896377.html Technology - Internet Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:26:45 EST news178896377 (AP) -- Online auction site eBay Inc. was fined euro1.7 million ($2.5 million) by a Paris court on Monday for failing to stop the sale of famous perfume brands like Christian Dior, Guerlain, Givenchy and Kenzo - all of which are owned by luxury group LVMH. http://www.physorg.com/news178806990.html Technology - Internet Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:38:21 EST news178806990 (PhysOrg.com) -- The findings of a Spanish study claiming that Wikipedia's editors are leaving at an alarming rate have been refuted by the Wikimedia Foundation and by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. http://www.physorg.com/news178787309.html Technology - Internet Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:40:01 EST news178787309 (AP) -- There's an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google. Just don't count on that turning into a lucrative plan for newspapers. http://www.physorg.com/news178784890.html Technology - Internet Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:20:01 EST news178784890 Historic manuscripts by Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and other ground-breaking scientists will be published online for the first time, Britain's Royal Society said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news178782363.html Technology - Internet Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:46:30 EST news178782363 (AP) -- The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling. http://www.physorg.com/news178551993.html Technology - Internet Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:10:01 EST news178551993 US magazine publishers Time Inc., Conde Nast and Hearst are preparing to launch an online newsstand described as an "iTunes for magazines," according to published reports. http://www.physorg.com/news178393781.html Technology - Internet Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:40:01 EST news178393781 Google Inc. and other Internet companies have zeroed in on a resilient effort by a Republican lawmaker to pass legislation that could restrict their ability to take a nuanced approach to operating in "repressive" foreign countries, according to third-quarter lobbying reports. http://www.physorg.com/news178313476.html Technology - Internet Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:40:03 EST news178313476 (AP) -- The chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment said Monday the U.S. should join France in cutting off the Internet connection of users who repeatedly download copyright-protected films. http://www.physorg.com/news178198792.html Technology - Internet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:40:30 EST news178198792 Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news178183236.html Technology - Internet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:21:30 EST news178183236 (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