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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 (AP) -- A Washington-based privacy advocacy group has filed a complaint against Facebook over the social network's latest privacy changes. http://www.physorg.com/news180281215.html Technology - Internet Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:07:59 EST news180281215 (AP) -- The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post are offering exclusive subscription deals through the latest electronic reader from Sony Corp. http://www.physorg.com/news180278233.html Technology - Internet Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:18:15 EST news180278233 (AP) -- A computer hacker who was a force behind one of the largest cases of credit card theft in U.S. history says he has a developmental disorder and is asking for a reduced sentence. http://www.physorg.com/news180274953.html Technology - Internet Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:22:57 EST news180274953 In its earliest days, Facebook was primarily a white and Asian phenomenon. No more. In the first-ever study of the race and ethnicity of its U.S. users, Facebook said Wednesday that blacks and Latinos have joined the social networking giant at a rapid clip in the last several years. http://www.physorg.com/news180270572.html Technology - Internet Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:00:01 EST news180270572 Internet giant Google on Wednesday added another 24 media partners to its online news reader "Fast Flip," including the Tribune and McClatchy newspaper groups, the Huffington Post and Politico. http://www.physorg.com/news180266415.html Technology - Internet Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:01:24 EST news180266415 Bing and Google gained ground in the Internet search market in November as they evidently lure people away from Yahoo!, according to fresh figures from industry-tracker comScore. http://www.physorg.com/news180266247.html Technology - Internet Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:58:03 EST news180266247 (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) -- Four Google executives should not be held responsible for a video posted online that showed teenagers abusing an autistic youth in Turin, their lawyers argued Wednesday in an Italian court. http://www.physorg.com/news180187860.html Technology - Internet Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:50:02 EST news180187860 (PhysOrg.com) -- As more people use social media platforms, they will begin moving away from using the term 'social media' in the new year, predicts Dr. Karla Gower, associate professor of advertising and public relations. http://www.physorg.com/news180186038.html Technology - Internet Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:42:07 EST news180186038 (PhysOrg.com) -- Plans for mandatory internet filtering in Australia may see a wide range of material disappear from computer screens, according to research led by a UNSW academic. http://www.physorg.com/news180173596.html Technology - Internet Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:00:04 EST news180173596 Australia on Wednesday dismissed as "baseless" claims it was proposing a China-style plan for mandatory filtering of the internet and denied the system could be abused to silence free speech. http://www.physorg.com/news180166233.html Technology - Internet Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:50:02 EST news180166233 (AP) -- The Miami Herald began Tuesday asking readers of its Web site to voluntarily pay for the privilege, a new wrinkle in newspapers' ongoing battle to increase revenue from their online operations. http://www.physorg.com/news180165399.html Technology - Internet Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:57:33 EST news180165399 (AP) -- The year's biggest hits on the Internet's top video channel were anchored by an improbable singing sensation, a groggy boy nursing a sore mouth, a bride and groom dancing down the wedding aisle, supernatural heartthrobs and roller-skating babies. http://www.physorg.com/news180162204.html Technology - Internet Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:08:33 EST news180162204 Google on Tuesday outlined a strategy for seizing a bigger share of online display advertising that has long been a key stronghold for rival Yahoo! http://www.physorg.com/news180127735.html Technology - Internet Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:50:01 EST news180127735 Twitter is testing a way to let businesses better use the popular microblogging service in what could be a future money-making opportunity. http://www.physorg.com/news180122428.html Technology - Internet Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:00:52 EST news180122428 (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 (AP) -- OMG! Earthquake! http://www.physorg.com/news180081593.html Technology - Internet Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:40:22 EST news180081593 (AP) -- The eBay executive who led the online auction site's efforts to gain a minority stake in Craigslist warned that former eBay CEO Meg Whitman had a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality, the CEO of Craigslist said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news180023065.html Technology - Internet Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:40:01 EST news180023065 The United States has begun talks with Russia and a UN arms control committee about strengthening Internet security and limiting military use of cyberspace, The New York Times reported. http://www.physorg.com/news179934948.html Technology - Internet Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:20:01 EST news179934948