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Google consulting with DOJ on books deal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc and a group representing authors and publishers said they are in talks with the U.S. government over modifications to a controversial electronic books licensing deal and they plan to file an amended version of the plan with the court on Friday.
November 10, 2009, 11:50 am -
Lab-grown penis helps rabbits mate ... like rabbits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have engineered artificial penises in rabbits, using cells from the animals, who then used their new organs to father baby rabbits.
November 10, 2009, 12:08 pm -
Hair-pulling defender becomes internet sensation
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AFP) - Once the darlings of American sport for their global success, women's football players are now internet video hits thanks to a hair-pulling harridan and a set of US teen girls gone wild.
November 10, 2009, 11:33 am -
Google ordered to pay 500,000 dlrs to F1 racer Barrichello
SAO PAULO (AFP) - Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay 500,000 dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut.
November 10, 2009, 11:15 am -
Electronic Arts buys social game maker Playfish
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc has acquired privately held Playfish for $275 million in cash plus other consideration as the maker of the "Madden NFL" series expands in the growing social gaming sector.
November 10, 2009, 11:03 am -
Judge approves extension for revised Google book settlement
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US judge agreed on Monday to extend the deadline for Google and US authors and publishers to submit a revised settlement that would clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.
November 10, 2009, 10:35 am -
'Cloud' computing market 14 bln dollars by 2014: Gartner
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue from Internet-based "cloud computing" will top 14 billion dollars annually by the end of 2013.
November 10, 2009, 9:51 am -
Parties in Google books deal need more time
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc and a group representing authors and publishers have asked the court for more time to revise a controversial deal that would allow Google to create a vast library of electronic books, according to a source close to the parties involved.
November 10, 2009, 8:53 am -
Nokia to replace 14 million phone chargers
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia is replacing 14 million cellphone chargers which it says could give users an electric shock.
November 10, 2009, 6:48 am -
Google says won't give Clearwire more financing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Monday that it could best help wireless service provider Clearwire Corp by cooperating on products and strategy rather than giving it more financial assistance.
November 10, 2009, 6:42 am -
RIM to help app developers use ads, micropayments
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion is making it easier for software developers make money from the applications they develop for its popular BlackBerry smartphone as the company falters in the face of stiff competition from rivals like Apple Inc.
November 10, 2009, 6:02 am -
Online auction site launches for rich and famous
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Millionaires down on their luck now have a place to sell their mega-yachts, super-cars and family jewels without having to resort to the pawn shop.
November 10, 2009, 4:09 am -
Russia fires police YouTube whistleblower
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A junior Russian policeman was fired on Sunday after making a YouTube appeal to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accusing senior officers of corruption, a claim dismissed by authorities as false, news agencies reported.
November 10, 2009, 3:20 am -
Burberry taps social media with trench coat site
LONDON (Reuters) - Luxury goods group Burberry has hooked up with social networking company Facebook to launch a Web site celebrating its trench coat, becoming the latest retailer to use social media in a bid to boost its brand.
November 9, 2009, 11:05 pm -
Scientists devise early treatment for spine injury
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Injecting tiny polymer spheres into rats right after a spinal cord injury helped the animals recover movement and prevented secondary nerve damage that often follows such injuries, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
November 9, 2009, 9:44 pm -
Soviet H-bomb scientist Ginzburg dies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vitaly Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin's purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project and later won the Nobel Prize for physics, died in Moscow late on Sunday after a long illness.
November 9, 2009, 9:43 pm -
Genetic tests help track food web, climate change
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - New uses of genetic testing can help track how animal diets may change due to global warming and are helping crack down on wildlife smuggling, experts said on Saturday.
November 9, 2009, 9:41 pm -
French driver suspected in bank heist becomes Internet star
A French security van driver suspected of making off with $17.2 million in cash has become a rising star on the web.
November 9, 2009, 9:06 am -
French bank heist suspect becomes Internet star
LYON, France (AFP) - A French security van driver suspected of making off with 11.
November 9, 2009, 5:24 am -
Award-winning Cuban blogger says she was beaten, detained
HAVANA (AFP) - Secret police agents abducted and beat award-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez, whose online reports chronicle the dark side of everyday life in communist Cuba, on her way to a march for non-violence, she said Saturday.
November 8, 2009, 11:15 am
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