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News Corp, Microsoft hold talks on Google: report

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22 hours ago | 1.8 / 5 (6) | 4

Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said Monday.

Fox CEO wants US to join France on Internet piracy

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18 hours ago | 2.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- The chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment said Monday the U.S. should join France in cutting off the Internet connection of users who repeatedly download copyright-protected films.

Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline

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12 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Laura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies.

Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

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Nov 20, 2009 | 2.5 / 5 (2) | 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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Nov 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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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Nov 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(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.

Google adds automatic captions to YouTube

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Nov 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Google, in a significant development for the deaf, announced on Thursday it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube.

Search engines are source of learning

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Nov 19, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Search engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers.

End of the e-mail era? I'm not buying it

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Nov 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

I don't know about you, but I'm overwhelmed by e-mail. Yes, I know. The Wall Street Journal has declared that e-mail's reign is over. It's supposedly being replaced by technologies such as instant messaging, social networking ...

Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search

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Nov 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.

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.

"What's happening?" Twitter wants to know

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Nov 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer. The micro-blogging service now wants to know "What's happening?"

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) | 14

(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.

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.

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.

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.

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.