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Reuters - Tuesday, November 24

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  • File photo shows a man walking past the logo of Microsoft at a trade fair in Hanover, Germany. 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.

    News Corp, Microsoft hold talks on Google: report

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    LONDON (AFP) - - 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.

  • Online auction giant eBay apologized Sunday for a technical glitch that caused a one-day crash of its website search functions it attributed to a surge in holiday shoppers.

    eBay apologizes for technical glitch in search function

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    NEW YORK (AFP) - - Online auction giant eBay apologized Sunday for a technical glitch that caused a one-day crash of its website search functions it attributed to a surge in holiday shoppers.

  • A notebook, number 2 pencils, and the newest essential school supply in Uruguay: a laptop. The South American nation is the first and only country to guarantee every elementary school student attending government schools a portable computer. Duration: 01:56

    Laptop becomes reality for Uruguay's schoolchildren

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    LAS PIEDRAS, Uruguay (AFP) - - A laptop is now finding its place alongside a notebook and pen in schoolbags in Uruguay, the first and only country to offer an Internet-connected computers to all public primary school students.

  • With its deal to buy Revolution Money, American Express is taking aim at the growing market for online and alternative payments, in a challenge to recognized leader PayPal, analysts say

    American Express takes aim at PayPal with Revolution

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - With its deal to buy Revolution Money, American Express is taking aim at the growing market for online and alternative payments, in a challenge to recognized leader PayPal, analysts say.

  • Girl sits on ''Inspiration'' as prospective buyers inspect the cattle at an auction in 2009, in Wisconsin. Austrian cattle farmers no longer have to travel long distances to sell or buy cattle: it can all be done at the click of a mouse, on a new auction website.

    Austrian sets up online cattle auctions

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    VIENNA (AFP) - - Austrian cattle farmers no longer have to travel long distances to sell or buy cattle: it can all be done at the click of a mouse, on a new auction website.

  • As snow falls, pedestrians walk towards a Barnes & Noble book store, in Arlington Heights, Illinois, seen here in 2006. US bookstore giant Barnes & Noble said Friday it had sold out of its new electronic book reader, the

    Barnes & Noble sells out of new e-reader

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US bookstore giant Barnes & Noble said Friday it had sold out of its new electronic book reader, the "Nook," and the next shipments would not be available until after the holidays.

  • Newspapers are displayed at a newsstand in October 2009 in San Francisco, California. US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies.

    US newspaper ad revenue down nearly 28 percent

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies.

  • A picture taken on September 24 shows the screen of a computer featuring a search of the word

    Google books hearing set for February 18

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - 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.

  • The Cisco Systems logo stands in front of the company's headquarters in San Jose, California. Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet.

    Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet.

  • Sony to launch online entertainment service in 2010

    Reuters - Saturday, November 21

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year.

  • Online auction giant eBay announced it had completed its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes the two founders of the Web communications company.

    eBay completes Skype sale

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Online auction giant eBay announced it had completed its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes the two founders of the Web communications company.

  • The frontpage of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. Twitter used to ask

    "What's happening?" Twitter wants to know

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer.

  • A computer screen featuring a Google Book search on the home page of Google's website. French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.

    French publishers slam new Google book proposals

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    PARIS (AFP) - - French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.

  • Wikipedia, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments

    Reuters - Friday, November 20

    NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.

  • China wants content, values censored in online games

    Reuters - Thursday, November 19

    SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China said it will tighten regulations in its rapidly growing online games sector, requiring game operators to enhance socialist values in their games and hire specialized staff to monitor content.

  • The frontpage of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. 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.

    Webby Awards name top 10 Internet moments of the decade

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - 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.

  • A young girl stands in the surf on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. EBay founder Pierre Omidyar announced on Wednesday that he was launching an online news service about his adopted home Hawaii.

    eBay founder launching online Hawaii news service

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - EBay founder Pierre Omidyar announced on Wednesday that he was launching an online news service about his adopted home Hawaii.

  • People learn to use the Internet in Gabon. 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.

    Internet still under US grip: forum delegates

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - - 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.

  • Chinese people use computers at an internet bar in Beijing in September 2009. China on Wednesday called for the abolition of the UN's Internet Governance Forum, blasting it as a powerless gathering where IT heavyweight countries dominate.

    China says scrap UN Internet governance forum

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - - China on Wednesday called for the abolition of the UN's Internet Governance Forum, blasting it as a powerless gathering where IT heavyweight countries dominate.

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