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It was in February that Jim McKelvey ran into the problem that would lead to the birth of Square, a new mobile-payment venture led by Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey. http://www.physorg.com/news181388651.html Technology - Internet Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:10:01 EST news181388651 Google announced plans on Tuesday to hold a press event next month about its Android mobile phone operating system amid speculation the Internet giant plans to release its own smartphone. http://www.physorg.com/news181334902.html Technology - Internet Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:49:12 EST news181334902 A 28-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking into corporate computer networks and carrying out what US officials have described as the largest credit card theft in US history. http://www.physorg.com/news181327248.html Technology - Internet Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:41:06 EST news181327248 (AP) -- A Chinese novelist is suing Google Inc. for scanning her work into its online library. http://www.physorg.com/news181314043.html Technology - Internet Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:30:04 EST news181314043 (AP) -- More eBay shoppers have used cell phones to make purchases this holiday season than in past years. And it's not just to buy the hot toy du jour, Zhu Zhu Pets. http://www.physorg.com/news181226406.html Technology - Internet Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:30:09 EST news181226406 Two consumer groups urged the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday to block Internet search and advertising giant Google's proposed purchase of mobile advertising company AdMob. http://www.physorg.com/news181226512.html Technology - Internet Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:42:15 EST news181226512 (AP) -- Four years ago, Omar Hamoui was just another ineffectual entrepreneur trying to spruce up his resume in graduate school. Now, he's poised to become Google Inc.'s newest weapon as the company aims to extend its dominance of online advertising from computers to mobile devices. http://www.physorg.com/news181121879.html Technology - Internet Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:38:34 EST news181121879 On Christmas Day customers bought more electronic books than hard-copy books on Internet retail giant Amazon.com, the company said in a statement Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news181111752.html Technology - Internet Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:20:04 EST news181111752 Two Chinese bloggers were ordered to pay about 290,000 yuan (42,478 dollars) in compensation to the widow of film director Xie Jin for claiming he died in the arms of a prostitute, a report said Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news181026312.html Technology - Internet Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:01 EST news181026312 China has placed more than 4.65 million computers at some 80,000 Internet cafes under watch in a bid to crack down on violent or pornographic online games, state media reported Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news180972656.html Technology - Internet Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:11:09 EST news180972656 Santa Claus is coming to your town -- and NORAD is tracking him as he drops off presents around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which monitors the North American airspace, on Thursday set up an official "Santa Tracker" on its website (www.noradsanta.org) in seven languages to find the current location and upcoming stops of Santa and his storied reindeer. http://www.physorg.com/news180877905.html Technology - Internet Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:52:13 EST news180877905 (AP) -- Twitter is buying a startup called Mixer Labs in an effort to pinpoint the locations of people posting short messages on its service. http://www.physorg.com/news180844393.html Technology - Internet Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:33:31 EST news180844393 (AP) -- Comcast will pay up to $16 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the cable TV operator of delaying certain Internet traffic. http://www.physorg.com/news180804987.html Technology - Internet Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:40:01 EST news180804987 Web search and advertising giant Google said Wednesday that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking more information about its proposed purchase of mobile advertising company AdMob. http://www.physorg.com/news180808819.html Technology - Internet Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:40:55 EST news180808819 China's Internet watchdog issued a new set of rules on domain name registration this week in a bid to curb pornography and illegal content. http://www.physorg.com/news180705165.html Technology - Internet Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:20:05 EST news180705165 (AP) -- Latino adults are increasing their use of the Internet faster than other ethnic groups, according to a new survey from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet and American Life Project. http://www.physorg.com/news180705038.html Technology - Internet Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:10:03 EST news180705038 (AP) -- Isahrai Azaria is heading to Austin, Texas, in February, and thanks to Facebook, she already has 40 acquaintances, an invitation to go water tubing, and a line on the best vegetarian lunch place in town. http://www.physorg.com/news180704896.html Technology - Internet Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:00:01 EST news180704896 (AP) -- The FBI is investigating a hacker attack on Citigroup Inc. that led to the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news180704717.html Technology - Internet Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:46:50 EST news180704717 (AP) -- The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country's computer networks and better coordinate with companies that operate 80 percent of those critical systems. http://www.physorg.com/news180683817.html Technology - Internet Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:03:20 EST news180683817 Twitter has reached profitability after signing deals with Google and Microsoft to make the micro-blogging service searchable on the Internet, BusinessWeek magazine reported on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news180638161.html Technology - Internet Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:30:02 EST news180638161 Despite fierce resistance to Google's plans to digitise the world's books, observers say it is well placed to start scanning Europe's cultural treasures -- beginning in France, where the US giant got a digital foothold this week. http://www.physorg.com/news180547995.html Technology - Internet Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:14:52 EST news180547995 (AP) -- Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so little that "The Bannen Way," a flashy crime thriller debuting online, looked destined to be made poorly if it could be made at all. http://www.physorg.com/news180546696.html Technology - Internet Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:11:16 EST news180546696 (AP) -- A Paris court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s expansion into digital books breaks France's copyright laws, and a judge slapped the Internet search leader with a euro10,000-a-day fine until it stops showing literary snippets. http://www.physorg.com/news180378174.html Technology - Internet Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:04:13 EST news180378174 Google has agreed not to put pictures of Switzerland on its "Street View" picture map under a provisional accord to end a privacy battle with Swiss authorities, the government said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news180364360.html Technology - Internet Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:40:01 EST news180364360 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) -- South Korea's military said Friday it was investigating a hacking attack that netted secret defense plans with the United States and may have been carried out by North Korea. http://www.physorg.com/news180345168.html Technology - Internet Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:53:15 EST news180345168 (AP) -- Hackers briefly blocked access to the popular Internet messaging service Twitter, steering traffic to another Web site where a group reportedly calling itself the "Iranian Cyber Army" claimed responsibility. http://www.physorg.com/news180342179.html Technology - Internet Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:20:01 EST news180342179 (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 Craig Benzine had weathered almost 10 years with his band, Chicago-based indie rockers Driftless Pony Club -- self-releasing two albums along the way -- with no luck. http://www.physorg.com/news180292177.html Technology - Internet Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:50:04 EST news180292177 (AP) -- Over the past week, Facebook has been nudging its users - first gently, then firmly - to review and update their privacy settings. http://www.physorg.com/news180290362.html Technology - Internet Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:00:05 EST news180290362