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Google plans Android event in January

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13 hours ago | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Google announced plans on Tuesday to hold a press event next month about its Android mobile phone operating system amid speculation the Internet giant plans to release its own smartphone.

Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case

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15 hours ago | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

A 28-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking into corporate computer networks and carrying out what US officials have described as the largest credit card theft in US history.

Google faces China lawsuit over book scanning

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18 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- A Chinese novelist is suing Google Inc. for scanning her work into its online library.

China cracks down on online games: report

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Dec 25, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

China has placed more than 4.65 million computers at some 80,000 Internet cafes under watch in a bid to crack down on violent or pornographic online games, state media reported Friday.

Follow Santa Claus, courtesy Google and NORAD

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Dec 24, 2009 | 2.7 / 5 (7) | 1

Santa Claus is coming to your town -- and NORAD is tracking him as he drops off presents around the world. The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which monitors the North American airspace, on Thursday ...

Twitter buys Mixer Labs to map tweeting locations

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Dec 24, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Twitter is buying a startup called Mixer Labs in an effort to pinpoint the locations of people posting short messages on its service.

FTC looking into Google's AdMob acquisition

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Dec 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Web search and advertising giant Google said Wednesday that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking more information about its proposed purchase of mobile advertising company AdMob.

Comcast settles data discrimination lawsuit

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Dec 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 3

(AP) -- Comcast will pay up to $16 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the cable TV operator of delaying certain Internet traffic.

Social networking changing the way we travel

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Dec 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Isahrai Azaria is heading to Austin, Texas, in February, and thanks to Facebook, she already has 40 acquaintances, an invitation to go water tubing, and a line on the best vegetarian lunch place in ...

Report: FBI probes hacker attack on Citigroup

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Dec 22, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- The FBI is investigating a hacker attack on Citigroup Inc. that led to the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

China issues new rules on Internet domain names

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Dec 22, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

China's Internet watchdog issued a new set of rules on domain name registration this week in a bid to curb pornography and illegal content.

White House picks new cyber coordinator

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Dec 22, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country's computer networks and better coordinate with companies that operate ...

Survey: Internet use grows fast among Latinos

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Dec 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Latino adults are increasing their use of the Internet faster than other ethnic groups, according to a new survey from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Google, Bing deals make Twitter profitable: BusinessWeek

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Dec 21, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Twitter has reached profitability after signing deals with Google and Microsoft to make the micro-blogging service searchable on the Internet, BusinessWeek magazine reported on Monday.

Google gets digital foothold in France

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Dec 20, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Despite fierce resistance to Google's plans to digitise the world's books, observers say it is well placed to start scanning Europe's cultural treasures -- beginning in France, where the US giant got a digital ...

Hollywood adds money, talent to made-for-Web shows

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Dec 20, 2009 | 1.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so little that "The Bannen Way," a flashy crime thriller debuting online, looked destined to be made poorly if it could be made at all.

French court orders Google to stop scanning French books

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Dec 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A French court on Friday told Google that it cannot digitise French books without publishers' approval and ordered the online giant to pay 300,000 euros (430,000 dollars) in damages.

Google fined $14,300 a day in France over books

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Dec 18, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(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 ...