News tagged with book search
Photos from stolen laptop lead to man's arrest
(AP) -- When he couldn't get help from police, Joshua Kaufman went online and used Twitter and a blog to help track down his stolen laptop.
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Google buys eBook Technologies
Google, which opened an online bookstore last month, said Thursday that it has acquired eBook Technologies, a company which makes digital reading products.
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Google finances projects to test digital library
(AP) -- Google is giving researchers nearly a half-million dollars to test the academic value of its rapidly growing online library.
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Google's library project forces important media decisions
Sometime in the near future, a federal judge will decide whether Google can proceed with its plan to create a digital library and bookstore out of millions of old books scanned from libraries around the world.
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Google fined $14,300 a day in France over books
(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 ...
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Google's 3Q lobbying costs eclipse $1 million
(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.
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Chinese paper accuses Google of hampering searches
(AP) -- Google Inc. faces a new controversy in China after a Web site run by the Communist Party's main newspaper accused the U.S. search giant of trying to keep Internet users away following its reports ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Google co-founder Brin prefers Yahoo! without Bing
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!
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Google to launch platform for selling books online
(AP) -- Google Inc. is launching a new online service that will let readers buy electronic versions of books and read them on such gadgets as cell phones, laptops and possibly e-book devices.
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Key DOJ opinion due in Google's digital book deal
(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.
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Legal arguments pan, praise Google's book deal
(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.
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Privacy concerns over Google book project
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.
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Google to sell new e-books online
Google plans to begin selling electronic versions of new books online this year, posing a potential challenge to market leader Amazon.
Jun 01, 2009 |
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New Web site to amplify debate on Google book deal
(AP) -- Caroline Vanderlip believes the escalating debate over Google Inc.'s plans for a vast Internet library of copyright-protected literature will yield enough compelling material to fill a book.
May 27, 2009 |
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Google book settlement facing antitrust scrutiny
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.
Apr 29, 2009 |
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