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Google to buy mobile ad network for $750 million

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(AP) -- Google Inc. is stepping up its push to sell advertising on cell phones, announcing a deal Monday to buy a mobile ad network, AdMob, for $750 million in stock.


Campaigners are stepping up efforts to curb online tracking

Advertisers face resistance to on-line tracking

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created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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.


Deadline arrives in Google book-scan deal (AP)

Deadline arrives in Google book-scan deal

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(AP) -- The latest chapter is about to unfold in a four-year-old copyright lawsuit over Google's ambitious book-scanning project.


Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

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created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(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.



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