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Google agrees to settle 'click fraud' case
Mar 8 2006 10:38PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. has agreed to pay up to $90 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the online search engine leader overcharged thousands of advertisers who paid for bogus sales referrals generated through a ruse known as "click fraud."
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Google inadvertently leaks storage plan
Mar 8 2006 8:29PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. apparently hopes to persuade computer users to entrust all their digital data with the online search engine leader, even though the company is having trouble controlling its own internal communications.
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Web site courts fans looking to swap CDs
Mar 8 2006 6:24PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The firm behind a new music Web site is hoping to lure fans looking to swap their used, album-length CDs for the price it typically costs to buy a digital single.
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Online gaming subscriptions rise in 2005
Mar 8 2006 6:21PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Worldwide online game subscription revenue grew 43 percent to $2 billion in 2005, according to a video gaming market research firm.
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Online gaming subscriptions rise in 2005
Mar 8 2006 6:21PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Worldwide online game subscription revenue grew 43 percent to $2 billion in 2005, according to a video gaming market research firm.
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China touts wireless encryption standard
Mar 8 2006 1:26PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China has revived its effort to promote its own encryption standard for wireless communications, unveiling a 22-member alliance of leading Chinese computer and telecommunications firms to encourage its use, a media report said Wednesday.
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'Cyberviolence' plagues South Korea
Mar 8 2006 12:40PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Kim Hyo-bi doesn't want her picture taken any more. Not after the 22-year-old student's portrait wound up on a photo-sharing Web site last summer with her face colored and distorted to make her look silly, titled alongside the original as "Before and After."
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Lucent, Nokia plan faster mobile service
Mar 8 2006 12:01PM (CT)
HANOVER, Germany (AP) - Companies like Lucent and Nokia announced new deals to build infrastructure and make mobile phone service faster as providers such as Virgin, T-Mobile and others strive to make TV viewing on tiny cell phones easier and cheaper.
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Microsoft launches revamped search engine
Mar 8 2006 8:47AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - In its latest bid to catch up with rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. is launching a revamped Internet search engine it says will help computer users find information faster, view it more easily and organize it better.
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Google stock drops in premarket trading
Mar 8 2006 8:29AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Google Inc. stock is down 2.6 percent in premarket trading today after the company advised investors to disregard an internal financial forecast mistakenly posted on its Web site _ a mix up that included a reference to management's concerns about the online search engine leader's profits narrowing amid tougher competition. Google is down $9.45 to $355.00 before today's open.
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