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Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

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1hour ago | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.

Google books hearing set for February 18

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A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.

Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner home sellers

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(AP) -- Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task.

Webby Awards name top 10 Internet moments of the decade

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Nov 19, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter were named by the Webby Awards on Wednesday as among the top 10 Internet moments of the decade.

2 sites selling Beatles songs to remain shut down

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Nov 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests

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Nov 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 10

(AP) -- A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday.

Internet still under US grip: forum delegates

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Nov 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The Internet is still under the control of the United States, participants at a governance forum said, despite a move by America to loosen its grip over the private corporation that administers the net.

Video spurs explosion of Internet traffic

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Nov 18, 2009 | 2.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Internet traffic will have increased six fold by 2012 in a five-year period as more users view and post videos online, delegates at an Internet forum heard on Wednesday.

EMI music videos, concerts coming to Hulu.com

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Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

EMI Music announced Wednesday it will offer free music videos and concerts on Hulu.com, making it the first major label to strike a deal with the increasingly popular US-based online video site.

China defence website gets 2 mln hack attacks: report

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Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The website of China's defence ministry has been hacked more than two million times since it was launched three months ago, state media said on Wednesday.

Facebook users can help Chase find small charities

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Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- JPMorgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million.

Google image search gets a 'swirl'

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Nov 17, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (3) | 1

Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages.

MySpace in talks to buy imeem

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Nov 17, 2009 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

Cyber laws must punish individuals not society: specialist

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Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Laws regulating cybercrimes must target individuals and not society as a whole, an IT specialist told an Internet governance forum at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.

Bing gains search market share, nears 10 percent

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Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.

Twitter to overhaul user list seen as partisan

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Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Social-networking site Twitter plans to end a service that links prominent message posters with new users, a service that was criticized in California because of perceived unfairness toward GOP gubernatorial ...

YouTube tries to help media find more free video

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Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls.

Vietnam Internet users fear Facebook blackout

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Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Vietnam's growing legions of Facebook users fear that the country's communist government might be blocking the popular social networking Web site, which has become difficult to access over the past few weeks.