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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_yelp_lawsuits"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.6b2fe88d489949088c67720fb44dbd59-6b2fe88d489949088c67720fb44dbd59-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UKbxQrm7KpYXcSSZGfce1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This image shows a Yelp web site on a computer screen in Los Angeles Thursday March 18, 2010. Yelp, one of the most popular, fast-growing online review sites, has been hit by several lawsuits from small businesses claiming they've been pressured to advertise so that Yelp will squash negative reviews users have posted about them. Yelp denies the claims, but exactly what happened may never be known. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)" border="0" /></a>AP - Yelp, one of the most popular Web sites that let people post opinions about restaurants, shops and local services, is being sued by several small businesses that claim they've been pressured to advertise on the site in exchange for getting negative reviews squashed.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 19, 2010 16:37:17 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100319/tc_afp/euiranmedia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1269016173088-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DHDnNK4dUahRC7nqarQ7_g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="An Iranian youth is seen at an internet cafe in the city of Hamadan, 360 kms southwest of Tehran in 2009. EU nations are determined to take action to end Iran's "unacceptable" jamming of satellite broadcasts and Internet censorship, according to a text agreed by European ambassadors in Brussels.(AFP/File/Nima Daymari)" border="0" /></a>AFP - EU nations are determined to take action to end Iran's "unacceptable" jamming of satellite broadcasts and Internet censorship, according to a text agreed by European ambassadors in Brussels.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 19, 2010 16:31:11 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100319/tc_afp/mexicousitlanguagecompanygoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1269005716273-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=52&q=85&sig=IPWX_KV6ZZdYtZ_V7Vh3Pg--" align="left" height="52" width="130" alt="Internet giant Google is adding two native Central American languages -- Maya and Nahuatl -- to its universal search service, a company official said Thursday.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Internet giant Google is adding two native Central American languages -- Maya and Nahuatl -- to its universal search service, a company official said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 19, 2010 16:04:33 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100319/tc_afp/chinausitmediarightsinternetgooglebusiness"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1268967727050-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=W1KFzr4glr3PMRJwiIiBaw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="US Internet giant Google will close its business in China next month and may announce its plans next week, Chinese media reported on Friday, after rows over censorship and hacking.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Internet giant Google will close its business in China next month and may announce its plans in the coming days, Chinese media reported on Friday, after rows over censorship and hacking.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 19, 2010 15:55:53 GMT
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| AP - Settling a copyright dispute closely watched in the financial news industry, a judge on Thursday ordered a Web site to delay disseminating the stock recommendations of financial services firms long enough so that the firms can alert their clients first. |
Mar 19, 2010 15:55:10 GMT
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| Reuters - Armed rebel groups in Somalia are using the Internet for fundraising and recruitment, and they achieve better results through the Web than they do on the ground, a United Nations report said. |
Mar 19, 2010 15:27:26 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_online_activists"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.87f679c054fb46a0bdd55de5a6ea055f-87f679c054fb46a0bdd55de5a6ea055f-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Vo7bLXPXsJrLmyoZiXjbTQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo taken on Friday, March 12, 2010, people use computers at an Internet cafe in Fuyang, in central China's Anhui province. Chinese Internet users are being targeted for their budding grass-roots activism — ordinary people spreading the word about grievances from every corner of the country with postings on Twitter, microblogs and other Web sites. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **" border="0" /></a>AP - Lin Xiuying believes her daughter bled to death after being gang-raped two years ago by a group of thugs that had ties to the police in their southern Chinese town.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 19, 2010 15:15:46 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_viacom_youtube"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100318/capt.4c190776055441a0b46d8da9de7d43fd-4c190776055441a0b46d8da9de7d43fd-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=F3.8E9Ct3o2XVCxSNfD9tQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This image shows the YouTube Web site Thursday March 18, 2010, in Los Angeles. Court documents unsealed Thursday as part of a 3-year-old copyright lawsuit against the online video leader reveal YouTube founders' views on copyright, and Viacom's desire to buy the the site before getting beat out by Google. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)" border="0" /></a>AP - Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 19, 2010 13:40:37 GMT
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| PC World - Google may make good on its threat to pull out of China and leave the Communist country by April 10, according to a Chinese language newspaper report. Citing anonymous sources, Shanghai-based China Business News says that Google may be ready to pull the plug on its China operations, and could announce its decision as early as Monday. If the rumors are true it would bring an end to a controversy that has been brewing ever since Google threatened to would shut down its business operations in China following a series of cyberattacks against Google and other U.S. companies. However, pulling out of the world's fastest growing economy and most populous nation may have serious consequences for the search giant. |
Mar 19, 2010 13:37:00 GMT
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| InfoWorld - The HTML5 specification could be a game-changer in the rich Internet application realm, but representatives of Microsoft and Adobe Systems, both of which have proprietary plug-ins for Web applications, remained confident Thursday in their companies' Web strategies. |
Mar 19, 2010 11:40:30 GMT
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| Reuters - Google Inc could win a widely expected victory next week in Europe's top court and still face many more battles over keyword advertising, the backbone of its Internet business model. |
Mar 19, 2010 01:23:12 GMT
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| PC World - Your computers, your cell phone, Internet services, Web hosting--your business depends on technology to run, so at tax time it's natural to want to deduct all your tech expenditures. |
Mar 19, 2010 01:00:00 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100318/tc_afp/usinternetauctionbankruptcysex"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100318/capt.photo_1268951541582-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=DKINJEuq21bx0qPdhYJDpA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An auction in New York of the hotly desired Sex.com Internet domain name scheduled for Thursday was halted at the last hour when creditors forced the previous owner into bankruptcy.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An auction in New York of the hotly desired Sex.com Internet domain name scheduled for Thursday was halted at the last hour when creditors forced the previous owner into bankruptcy.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Mar 18, 2010 22:32:57 GMT
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| NewsFactor - A back-and-forth battle is brewing between Internet search giant Google and media giant Viacom. Both companies are taking aggressive legal shots against each other after Viacom filed a copyright claim against Google's YouTube service. |
Mar 18, 2010 21:33:03 GMT
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| AP - THE REVELATIONS: YouTube co-founder Steve Chen once warned a fellow co-founder to stop posting pirated videos on their Web site. And Viacom Inc. wanted to buy YouTube before getting beat out by Google Inc. |
Mar 18, 2010 21:09:34 GMT
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