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Google offers index of public domain works
Nov 2 2005 11:36PM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc.'s Internet-leading search engine on Thursday will begin serving up the entire contents of books and government documents that aren't entangled in a copyright battle over how much material can be scanned and indexed from five major libraries.
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Sony unit to distribute software patch
Nov 2 2005 11:23PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - After a chorus of criticism, Sony Corp.'s music division said Wednesday it is distributing a free software patch to reveal hidden files that automatically installed to hard drives when some of its music CDs were played on personal computers.
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Internet phone cos. seek E911 rules delay
Nov 2 2005 10:04PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A quartet of Internet telephone providers has asked a federal appeals court to partially delay enforcement of new Federal Communications Commission guidelines requiring them to ensure reliable 911 emergency call service.
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Survey: One in five teens have own blogs
Nov 2 2005 10:04PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Nearly three in five school-age teens with Internet access have created online content, including Web pages with artwork, photos and stories _ and about a fifth have their own blogs, which also allow friends and other readers to create feedback postings.
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Researchers develop translation technology
Nov 2 2005 7:37PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Imagine this: You want to whisper something to a co-worker in Spanish, but you can't speak the language. So you simply mouth the words in English, without uttering a sound, and they immediately pop up in Spanish on your colleague's computer.
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Group: U.S. spending on online content up
Nov 2 2005 7:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Driven largely by the growth in legal music services, U.S. spending on online content grew 16 percent to nearly $1 billion in the first half of the year.
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Nokia launches 3 new multimedia handsets
Nov 2 2005 4:46PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Nokia Corp., the world's top mobile phone maker, launched three new multimedia handsets Wednesday that let users watch TV, play music and swap content between electronic devices at home.
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Court hears Internet anonymity case
Nov 2 2005 3:19PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The publisher of a financial newsletter told Maryland's second highest court Wednesday that he should not be forced to disclose his subscriber list and other information sought by an Arizona company seeking those it says made defamatory online comments.
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Grandpa is sued over grandson's downloads
Nov 2 2005 8:42AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A 67-year-old man who says he doesn't even like watching movies has been sued by the film industry for copyright infringement after a grandson of his downloaded four movies on their home computer.
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