Our morning technology roundup also looks at Google’s integration of Facebook updates into real-time search, a teenager’s conviction for blackmailing other boys with sexually explicit photos, and pico projectors.
February 25th, 2010 | Posted in Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc, Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Apple Inc, Apple Inc|AAPL|NASDAQ, Bits Scan, Company News, Computer and Video Games, Computers and the Internet, Consumer Electronics, Electronic Books and Readers, Extortion and Blackmail, FaceBook, Facebook.com, Forbes, Games, Google, Google Book Search, Google Inc, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Handheld Computers, Internet, Italy, LG, LG Electronics, LG Group, Microsoft Corp, Microsoft Corp|MSFT|NASDAQ, New Models, Design and Products, Nintendo, Nintendo Co Ltd, Nintendo Co Ltd|NTDOY|other-OTC, Personal Computing, Phones and Mobile Devices, Policy and Law, Privacy, SONY Corporation, SONY Corporation|SNE|NYSE, Silicon Valley, Start-ups, Technology and Society, Wisconsin, iPad, kindle, pico projectors, real-time search, sony eReader | No Comments
The proposal to create the world’s largest digital library has put giants like Sony and Microsoft on opposite sides.
February 19th, 2010 | Posted in Antitrust Actions and Laws, Books and Literature, Chin, Denny, Computers and the Internet, Copyrights and Copyright Violations, Federal District Courts, Google Book Search, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Justice Department | No Comments
Publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content.
February 9th, 2010 | Posted in Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Books and Literature, Electronic Books and Readers, Google Book Search, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Macmillan Publishers, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) | No Comments
While the Justice Department did not explicitly urge a rejection of the deal, its opposition on copyright, class action and antitrust grounds is a setback for Google.
February 8th, 2010 | Posted in Antitrust Actions and Laws, Copyrights and Copyright Violations, Google Book Search, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Justice Department | No Comments
On issues like privacy, copyright protection and the dominance of its search engine, Google is increasingly clashing with lawmakers and regulators.
February 2nd, 2010 | Posted in European Commission, European Union, Google Book Search, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ | No Comments
In a new round of court filings, many of the critics of the original Google Books settlement said they still opposed the deal, despite its revisions.
January 29th, 2010 | Posted in Amazon.com, Assn of American Publishers, Authors Guild, Company News, Google, Google Book Search, Google Books Settlement, Google Inc, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Internet, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp, Microsoft Corp|MSFT|NASDAQ, Open Book, Policy and Law, digital rights, e-book | No Comments
The company agreed to hand over a list of books scanned in China and will seek a settlement on digitizing books by early summer.
January 11th, 2010 | Posted in Books and Literature, China, Computers and the Internet, Copyrights and Copyright Violations, Google Book Search | No Comments
Ken Auletta depicts Google as a brilliant, game-changing behemoth that can be socially inept, and both naïve and arrogant in its dealings with the world.
December 8th, 2009 | Posted in Auletta, Ken, Books and Literature, Brin, Sergey, Computers and the Internet, Google Book Search, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Page, Larry, Schmidt, Eric E, Search Engines | No Comments
How the company shot to success, and why executives across industries are striking defensive poses.
November 28th, 2009 | Posted in Advertising and Marketing, Auletta, Ken, Books and Literature, Brin, Sergey, Computers and the Internet, Google Book Search, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Google Phone, Googled: The End of the World as We Know It (Book), Online Advertising, Page, Larry, Search Engines | No Comments
The changes aim to win over wary governments and bring Google’s vast library closer to an introduction.
November 15th, 2009 | Posted in Books and Literature, Chin, Denny, Google Book Search, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Suits and Litigation | No Comments
