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(AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. http://www.physorg.com/news176909257.html Technology - Internet Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:40:04 EST news176909257 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 US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs. http://www.physorg.com/news176810199.html Technology - Internet Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:10:01 EST news176810199 Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties. http://www.physorg.com/news176809758.html Technology - Internet Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:01 EST news176809758 Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news176810339.html Technology - Internet Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:59:44 EST news176810339 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 Google pitched its fledgling Wave communications platform as a way for businesses to turn routine email into collaborative exchanges that ramp up productivity. http://www.physorg.com/news176620782.html Technology - Internet Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:40:01 EST news176620782 Linden Lab on Wednesday announced it is adding a new dimension to Second Life online world to give businesses private places for virtual meetings. http://www.physorg.com/news176620087.html Technology - Internet Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:11:25 EST news176620087 (AP) -- Most people know eBay Inc. for its online marketplace, where deals abound on everything from gadgets to antique furniture. But soon, eBay's biggest business will likely be PayPal, the online payments service that has been growing steadily even as the economy has stumbled. http://www.physorg.com/news176579784.html Technology - Internet Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:20:07 EST news176579784 (AP) -- Google Inc.'s quarterly lobbying expenses eclipsed $1 million for the first time during the summer as the company tried to build on its dominance of Internet search and expand into other markets. http://www.physorg.com/news176561463.html Technology - Internet Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:52:35 EST news176561463 (AP) -- Chinese regulators are fighting over the right to oversee "World of Warcraft," a popular online game, in a bizarre battle that has thrust bureaucratic rivalry for control of the Internet into the open. http://www.physorg.com/news176556977.html Technology - Internet Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:20:01 EST news176556977 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 PayPal has opened its software platform to outside developers in a move designed to unleash a flood of creative uses for the online financial transaction service. http://www.physorg.com/news176534752.html Technology - Internet Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:50:01 EST news176534752 (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 The details of your personal life, such as grocery purchases and pizza topping preferences, are collected every day ― online and by club and discount cards from the gym, department store and supermarket. Though this data seems innocent enough, when it's put together it can tell a whole lot about your health, finances and behavior. That information, a Tel Aviv University researcher reminds us, could eventually be used against you. http://www.physorg.com/news176476261.html Technology - Internet Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:02 EST news176476261 Two of my best friends are named Pete. We went to the same high school and the same university, Cal State Fullerton, which has been described as "the Harvard of north Orange County" -- by me, at least. http://www.physorg.com/news176451879.html Technology - Internet Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:40:01 EST news176451879 (AP) -- Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections. http://www.physorg.com/news176448617.html Technology - Internet Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:33:39 EST news176448617 (AP) -- The founder of the online gambling site BetOnSports.com was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison, ending a lengthy investigation and prosecution into one of the world's largest offshore sports gambling companies. http://www.physorg.com/news176409635.html Technology - Internet Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:00:01 EST news176409635 Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in Mandarin Chinese. http://www.physorg.com/news176401966.html Technology - Internet Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:34:19 EST news176401966 (AP) -- A free and legal song download service says it now will be getting traffic from China's largest search engine, which is trying to reduce online music piracy. http://www.physorg.com/news176398796.html Technology - Internet Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:50:03 EST news176398796 (AP) -- Church volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the service. http://www.physorg.com/news176381923.html Technology - Internet Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:20:03 EST news176381923 US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cut the ribbon on Friday on a state-of-the-art unified command center for government cybersecurity efforts. http://www.physorg.com/news176138448.html Technology - Internet Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:21:40 EST news176138448 (AP) -- Facebook said Thursday a California court has awarded the social networking Web site $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace. http://www.physorg.com/news176099300.html Technology - Internet Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:50:02 EST news176099300 (AP) -- The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news176099216.html Technology - Internet Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:50:01 EST news176099216 The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive. http://www.physorg.com/news176099055.html Technology - Internet Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:30:01 EST news176099055 Google Voice, the service that can route calls to multiple phone numbers and access voice mail, is now available on users' existing cell phone numbers. http://www.physorg.com/news176061948.html Technology - Internet Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:10:01 EST news176061948