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November 20, 2009
Google launches operating system, designed for netbooks
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (AP) - Most people haven’t even begun thinking about shopping for this year’s gifts - but Google is trying to put a bug in your ear for next holiday season.
Google to provide captioning for Youtube
WASHINGTON (AP) - “Closed captioning of this YouTube video provided by ... Google?“
Yahoo getting with Twitter
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo and Twitter are joining hands in a different kind of online “marriage.“
November 19, 2009
Web sites that sold Beatles songs for $0.25 told to shut down
LOS ANGELES (AP) - No more Beatles bargains for two Web sites.
Sony e-Reader may not be available for Christmas
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - If you are looking for Sony’s version of an electronic book reader - you might not want to look under your Christmas tree this year.
November 18, 2009
UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests
LONDON (AP) - British police say they have made the first two European arrests connected to the spread of a data-thieving electronic virus thought to have infected tens of thousands of computers worldwide.
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook
NEW YORK (AP) - Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook.
November 17, 2009
T-Mobile resumes sale of Sidekicks after data loss
NEW YORK (AP) - T-Mobile USA is selling Sidekick phones again, more than a month after a server meltdown caused contact numbers, pictures and other personal information to disappear from many of the phones.
Vietnam Internet users fear Facebook blackout
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam’s growing legions of Facebook users fear that the country’s communist government might be blocking the popular social networking Web site.
November 16, 2009
Germany launches databases on fate of POWs
BERLIN (AP) - Government authorities say they have opened a new database with information on Soviet prisoners of war held in Germany during the Third Reich.
November 13, 2009
Google, book publishers to reveal new settlement
NEW YORK (AP) - The future of Google’s plans to sell millions of books online could begin to take shape Friday.
Opry, MySpace team up for Underwood performance
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Grand Ole Opry and MySpace are uniting to live stream an Opry performance with video for the first time this Saturday.
Russian policemen complain on YouTube
MOSCOW (AP) - Two former Russian policemen and a former prosecutor are speaking out about abuse, corruption and trumped-up charges in YouTube postings.
Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google Street View
BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Switzerland’s privacy watchdog is taking legal action to force Google to make changes to its Street View service.
November 12, 2009
Clicker.com aims to become Internet’s TV guide
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Web surfing is becoming more like channel surfing as television shows, movies and music videos pour onto the Internet.
Facebook message frees NYC robbery suspect
NEW YORK (AP) - A 19-year-old New York City man arrested on robbery charges has been exonerated thanks to his Facebook page.
November 11, 2009
Watch concerts free online at BillboardLive.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new Web site allows music lovers to watch concerts for free online, choosing from five different camera angles as they watch.
Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can’t use it
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Amazon’s Kindle can read books aloud, but if you’re blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help.
November 09, 2009
Deadline arrives in Google book-scan deal
NEW YORK (AP) - The latest chapter is about to unfold in a four-year-old copyright lawsuit over Google’s ambitious book-scanning project.
Deadline arrives in Google book-scan deal
NEW YORK (AP) - The latest chapter is about to unfold in a four-year-old copyright lawsuit over Google’s ambitious book-scanning project.
Court temporarily blocks sites from selling Beatles songs
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge has blocked two music-sharing sites from selling digital downloads of Beatles songs.
John Fogerty’s “Live By Request” performance available on the web
UNDATED (AP) - Missed John Fogerty’s “Live By Request” on Saturday or want to watch it again?
November 06, 2009
Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war
NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month’s price cut on books.
November 05, 2009
Google providing better view of personal data
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google is offering a new privacy control that will make it easier for people to see some of the information being collected about them.
November 03, 2009
Amazon.com extends Internet price war on books
NEW YORK (AP) - The book price wars are no longer just for pre-orders.
November 02, 2009
July cyber attacks blamed on North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Remember those cyberattacks that crippled parts of the Word Wide Web in the United States and South Korea back in July?
October 29, 2009
Amazon tries to simplify Web buying with PayPhrase
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Amazon.com Inc. is hoping to simplify online shopping with a free new feature that lets consumers purchase items by typing in a short, unique phrase and an identification number.
October 22, 2009
Microsoft hopes for a fresh start with Windows 7
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp.‘s newest version of Windows has arrived. Windows 7 is available on new computers, and as an upgrade for some older PCs.
Susan Boyle tops Amazon’s all-time list of pre-orders
SEATTLE (AP) - There’s a new record holder for the largest CD pre-order ever on Amazon, and it’s Susan Boyle.
October 20, 2009
Microsoft retrieves lost Sidekick contacts
NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft Corp. says owners of T-Mobile Sidekick phones who lost their contacts and other data in a server meltdown can now at least get their contact numbers back.
