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Fury in Frankfurt at Google's global library project
Oct 18, 2009 |
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"Garbage" and "hysterical propaganda" was one angry reaction at the world's biggest book fair this year when Google, the world's biggest Internet search service, defended plans to turn millions of books into ...
White House opens Web site programming to public
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A programming overhaul of the White House's Web site has set the tech world abuzz. For low-techies, it's a snooze - you won't notice a thing.
Swedish court overturns landmark file sharing ruling
Oct 13, 2009 |
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A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark file sharing ruling that forced an Internet service provider to reveal an Internet user's identity to five publishers.
Internet set for change with non-English addresses
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names - or addresses - that can be written in languages ...
Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus
Nov 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
WOWD, the real-time search engine
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of WOWD, the Internet's newest search engine, was launched last week at the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It aims to differentiate itself from other search engines ...
Congratulations, criticism on Web over Obama Nobel
Oct 09, 2009 |
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The surprise awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama triggered a deluge of congratulations and criticism on Twitter and across the Web on Friday.
Is Second Life's Economy Too Big To Fail?
Oct 13, 2009 |
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One of the more interesting developments in terms of technology is the virtual economy -- and how it translates into something that involves real money.
Google CEO: Vast Web changes coming within 5 years
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Web where Chinese is the dominant language, and connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are blurred is perhaps just five years away, the head of Google said Wednesday.
Six net neutrality principles proposed
Oct 26, 2009 |
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. voted last week to start a process to formulate rules that could force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to uphold six principles that would preserve ...
Google's desire to scan old books has critics casting it as Goliath
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history.
Multilingual web address system approved
Oct 30, 2009 |
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The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more ...
Protecting your virtual privacy
Nov 03, 2009 |
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The details of your personal life, such as grocery purchases and pizza topping preferences, are collected every day ― online and by club and discount cards from the gym, department store and supermarket. Though this ...
Advertisers face resistance to on-line tracking
Nov 08, 2009 |
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Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking of Internet use by firms that deliver adverts tailored to the specific interests of consumers, as polls reveal widespread unease with the practice.
Hurdles remain as FCC ponders Internet data rules
Oct 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- With Democrats in charge in Washington, supporters of so-called "net neutrality" rules seem poised to finally push through requirements that high-speed Internet providers give equal treatment to all ...
