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Google to sell new e-books online

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Google plans to begin selling electronic versions of new books online this year, posing a potential challenge to market leader Amazon.


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Google book settlement facing antitrust scrutiny

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created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google's settlement with US authors and publishers over its book scanning project still needs the green light from a US judge but it may first have to pass muster with the US Justice Department.





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Chinese site to steer users to legit music source

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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.


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Witty tweets captured in 'Twitter Wit' book

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created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A freshly released book "Twitter Wit" is a hit at the hip micro-blogging service, which so loved the compendium of clever tweets that it bought copies for everyone in its San Francisco headquarters.


Key DOJ opinion due in Google's digital book deal

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created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file court documents that may help determine the fate of a class-action settlement that would give Google the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.


Legal arguments pan, praise Google's book deal

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created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Critics and supporters of a class-action settlement that would substantially expand Google's library of digital books submitted their final written arguments in a flurry of court filings Tuesday.


Google co-founder Sergey Brin has expressed amazement at resistance to the Internet giant's plan to digitize many books

Google co-founder Brin prefers Yahoo! without Bing

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created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has expressed amazement at resistance to the Internet giant's efforts to digitize the world's books and lamented a deal to have Microsoft handle online search at Yahoo!


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Privacy concerns over Google book project

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created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Google's ambitious book scanning project, already facing anti-trust scrutiny and awaiting court approval, is also raising concerns among privacy advocates and civil liberties groups.


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Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon to fight Google book deal

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created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(AP) -- The fight against a legal settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of copyrighted books is starting to resemble a heavyweight brawl in the library.


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Yahoo to overhaul search before Microsoft deal

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Although it plans to lean on rival Microsoft's search engine, Yahoo says it will keep innovating in the field. That's one of the main messages that Yahoo tried to convey Monday it previewed an upcoming ...


Is nitrogen the new carbon?

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 3

In looking forward to the next Green Revolution, researchers have been carefully examining the role of nitrogen fixation in delivering successful crops around the globe.


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Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo! oppose Google book settlement

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created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! joined an alliance Wednesday opposing the legal settlement which would allow Internet giant Google to digitize and sell millions of books.



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