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1. 10 reasons why analog is better than digital

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   ... than cold fish. Humanoids are better than Androids. Giggles are better than Googles. That's an analog judgement. So there.    ...

2. Google sued after security breach

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   The strange cogs of the US Justice System have whirred into action and turned out a strange case against the search outfit Google. The strange cogs of the US Justice System have whirred into action ...

3. EU says Google AdWords are fair game

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   While the EU is content to slam Intel and Microsoft for billions in antitrust suits, it takes a rather more relaxed view on fellow US giant Google, presumably on the grounds that it's not evil. While ...

4. Microsoft snipes at Google's market share with Visual Search

   (Software/Software Features)

   Microsoft has launched a virtual war of attrition against Google by introducing Visual Search for Bing. The Redmond-based behemoth is clearly hoping to lure surfers away from a traditional Google search ...

5. US Copyright Office attacks Google Books deal

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   A heavyweight in the shape of the head of the US Copyright Office told Congress that a proposed settlement between Google and publishers caused her serious concerns.A heavyweight in the shape of the ...

6. Psystar clones Apple's Snow Leopard

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... seal and made available only in heavily redacted form, despite the widespread interest in the case among members of the public and the media that a simple Google search reveals," Psystar's lawyer wrote ...

7. TiVo wins $200 million in patent infringement suit

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   A US district court has ordered Dish Network Corp and sister company EchoStar to pay TiVo $200 million in damages for violating a permanent injunction banning the unauthorized use of the latter's "time ...

8. Catfight on catwalk as Google ordered to name Skanks of New York blogger

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... ho and whore. Liskula Cohen is a Canadian-born fashion model based in New York, who has appeared on the covers of several fashion magazines including Vogue and Elle. Now a judge has ruled that Google ...

9. UK court clears Google in defamation case

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   The UK High Court has decided to let search engine Google off the hook in a defamation case, reinforcing the principle that search engines aren't responsible for content published on third party websites. ...

10. Swine Flu anti-virals more dangerous than disease

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    People resorting to Tamiflu and Relenza may well find themselves in a worse state of affairs than just succumbing to Pig Flu, it has emerged.People resorting to Tamiflu and Relenza may well find themselves ...

11. Microsoft beats Google, Lego tops Apple

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... time, one place behind toymaker Lego. Last year's winner, Google, drops to third place behind Rolex.London, England - Microsoft has moved from second to first place in a list of the 500 brands that the ...

12. Google faces antitrust action over book scans

    (Software/Software Features)

    Search behemoth Google is under investigation as the US Justice Department probes its plan to publish the digitized contents of millions of books to see if it contravenes antitrust laws. Washington, ...

13. Review: IE8 is no speed demon, but is most secure browser available

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... bar, you have to precede each query with a custom-defined search engine keyword -- like "g tgdaily" to search for "tgdaily" on Google). If you were to just type "apple safari download" in the address ...

14. Federal courts allow live blogging now more than ever

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... something I often refer to as "the great oracle", go to Google, Yahoo, Ask or some other search engine today and find out the step-by-step instructions for knitting a sweater, rebuilding a car engine, ...

15. Security whiz spells Safari's doom in upcoming hacking contest

    (Software/Software Features)

    When Apple took Safari into the Windows world, it also exposed the browser to the scrutiny of unforgiving security experts whose personal pleasure it is to hack into browsers, even holding contests ...

16. UPDATED: Google gets court approval to invade your privacy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    A lawsuit filed by a U.S. couple, Aaron and Christine Boring of Pennsylvania, accusing Google of invading their privacy by publishing Street View pictures of their home has been thrown out by U.S. magistrate ...

17. Mixing Gen Y with big business: It is all or nothing

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... applications are a security threat and IT concern: Facebook topped that list, followed by web portals such as Google and Yahoo and chat applications. In comparison, companies listed YouTube as the 10th ...

18. Comcast stomps its feet, files complaint against FCC

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      Comcast today filed a complaint in the DC Court of Appeals, challenging the FCC’s August 20 conclusion that the cable Internet service provider’s approach to slowing down Internet connections ...

19. Microsoft BrowseRank versus Google PageRank

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Ah, those Microsofties just won't accept Google's rule. A research paper delivered at a conference in Singapore this week, highlights Microsoft Asia Research's alternative to Google's PageRank algorithm, BrowseRank. ...

20. Social networking pictures come back to haunt drunk drivers

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    ... but after finding the pictures on MySpace,  he recommended two years in prison – something which the jury and the judge agreed. Read more … Associated Press via Google  ...

21. American Airlines settles lawsuit against Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Forth Worth (TX) – American Airlines has settled its year-long lawsuit against Google.  The airline had sued Google over alleged trademark infringement claiming that Google's search results were ...

22. Google forced to give Viacom video logs, but can keep search source code

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Viacom won a significant victory in their $1 billion copyright infringement case against Google/YouTube.  Google has been ordered to hand over terabytes of video search information that shows ...

23. Federal ruling court force $100 million payment to music society

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... member ASCAP organization. If you are bored – really really bored – you can read the 153-page ruling here. Read more … Associated Press via Google.  ...

24. Google back on hook for patent violation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... In April, 2007, a company called HyperPhrase Technologies LLC, filed a lawsuit alleging Google's AdSense and AutoLink features violated four of its patents.  The updated ruling today reverses ...

25. Asus Eee PC – pc power in the palm of your hands

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... sites along with Gmail and Google docs.  This tab is also where you can set up your wired and wireless access connections. For workaholics on the go, there is the Open Office 2.0 Suite installed ...

26. American Airlines sues Google over keywords

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Yes, another week, another tech lawsuit – this time it’s American Airlines suing Google for its keyword ad placement. Mountain View (CA) – Yes, another week, another tech lawsuit ...

27. Google wants government to extend oversight of Microsoft

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Google has asked the courts to extend the government’s consent decree over Microsoft. Mountain View (CA) – Google has asked the courts to extend the government’s consent decree over ...

28. Time Warner loses lawsuit against DirecTV

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    DirecTV's Back to the Future-themed TV ads will stay on the air, after Time Warner lost a battle with the satellite provider to have them pulled. DirecTV's popular Back to the Future-themed TV ...

29. What you will see at CES and MacWorld

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... to play on it and the studios have not been on the same page with this stuff at all. Google and YouTube are expected to be big players in the future of these devices. Automotive Stereo Look for aftermarket ...

30. Yahoo's not so "cheap" shot versus YouTube

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    In a clear step to usurp Google's YouTube, Yahoo has announced a video talent show that will offer $50,000 and an episode contract to the lucky winner. During the eight week contest starting on November ...

31. Google subpoenas Yahoo, others in copyright suits

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    According to a media reports, Google is planning to subpoena Yahoo, Microsoft, and Amazon for documents pertaining to the copyright infringement suit brought against Google over its book-scanning project. ...

32. Google seeks to dismiss free speech lawsuit

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

      Web search results can make or break a business. Companies pay big bucks to make it to the top of Yahoo! or Google. But one company is so disappointed with its position in the listings that it is ...

33. E3 2006 in a nutshell

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... salient details. Go on. I dare you. No, don't Google it. At the moment, with the dust still settling, E3 just looks like a mass pile of press releases, each more ardently "next-gen" than the last, assets, ...

34. Google told to reveal Web sites, not search terms

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

      A federal judge denied a U.S. government request that Google Inc. be ordered to hand over a sample of keywords customers use to search the Internet, but required on Friday that the company produce ...

35. Federal judge to order Google to turn over search information

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Google may have to turn over search information sought by the United States Justice Department. The Associated Press is reporting that U.S District Judge James Ware is leaning towards ordering Google ...

36. Google says goal to build $100 billion company in 2006

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

      Web search leader Google aims to become a $100 billion company and said on Thursday that it plans to put systems in place to help reach that scale during 2006. Web search leader Google aims to ...

37. Google image search infringes copyright, says judge

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

      The publisher of adult website and magazine Perfect 10 has won a partial victory in its attempt to prohibit Google from copying and displaying Perfect 10's copyrighted images in the results pages ...

38. US court sets date for Google hearing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

      Google attorneys will face the US Department of Justice (DOJ) at a February 27 hearing over the matter of providing the government with information about searches for pornography on the company's ...

39. Google, U.S. clash over online searches

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

      Google is rebuffing the Bush administration's demand for a peek at what millions of people have been looking up on the Internet's leading search engine - a request that underscores the potential ...

40. CES 2006: Google's Larry Page draws crowd, but falls short of making a major announcement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Google president and co-founder Larry Page today addressed CES, in casual attire (lab coat), did not serve up the ground-breaking announcement that many IT observers and financial analysts had expected. ...

41. Google uses blog to spin court decision

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      The meaning of a recently published ruling in the trademark infringement case between Geico and Google is being fought in the court of public opinion. The meaning of a recently published ruling ...

42. Google loses AdWords trade mark case

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      A US district court has ruled against Google in a trade mark action over the sale of the terms "Geico" and "Geico Direct" in AdWords, its keyword advertising service. A US district court has ruled ...

43. Documents censored in Microsoft-Google case

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Microsoft documents concerning a former executive who went to rival Googlecan't be sealed but deserve protection because they contain trade secrets, a judge ruled yesterday. Microsoft documents ...

44. Judge bars former Microsoft exec from Google job

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      A former Microsoft executive who defected to Google cannot immediately perform the job Google hired him to do, a judge ruled Thursday, saying Microsoft has a well-grounded fear that leaked trade ...

45. Napster judge won't crack down

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel has refused to honor the music industry's request to get even tougher on Napster for not blocking copyrighted music. Though Google was criticized roundly for ...