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Google likely to win EU court battle over ads

2010-03-19T13:45:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Google likely to win EU ad battle, but experts say the fight with brand-owners will go on</div><div><p>Google looks likely to win a European high court battle over how it uses keywords in advertising — but legal experts say the issue is likely to keep rattling the search giant.</p><p>Rights owners have long complained about Googl...

Google to leave China April 10: state media

2010-03-19T13:30:53Z

<div><p>US Internet giant Google will close its business in China next month and may announce its plans in the coming days, Chinese media reported on Friday, after rows over censorship and hacking.</p><p>The China Business News quoted an official with an unidentified Chinese advertising agency as saying Google would go through with its threatened withdrawal on April 10, but tha...

Sports endorsement firm eyes music world

2010-03-19T09:45:21Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A small company that has opened the door for companies to quickly sign endorsement deals with top athletes is eyeing the music world as its next target market.</p><p>Brand Affinity Technologies matches companies as large as Google is adding two native Central American languages -- Maya and Nahuatl -- to its universal search service, a company official said Thursday.</p><p>"Searches in these two pre-Columbian languages and mobile satellite-linked connections to the Internet are part of Google's growth strategy," Google's Mexico marketing technology director YouTube founder as video pirate, show Viacom wanted to buy YouTube</div><div><p>Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over t...

Google may announce China plans next Monday: report

2010-03-19T04:00:19Z

<div><p>SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc may make an announcement next Monday about whether it will pull out from China, the China Business News reported on Friday, quoting an unnamed Google employee.</p><p>The report also said a local authorized agent had received u...

Google denied Nexus phone trademark: report

2010-03-18T19:30:27Z

<div><p>Google has been denied a trademark application for its Nexus One smartphone after the US Patent and Trademark Office said the name had been taken by a related product, a report said.</p><p>The ruling issued last week said Google's application was denied for the "likel...

Google adword win in Europe wouldn't end battles

2010-03-18T18:30:09Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc <GOOG.O> could win a widely expected victory next week in Europe's top court and still face many more battles over keyword advertising, the backbone of its Internet business model.</p><p>T...

Nasty Google-Viacom billion-dollar battle goes public

2010-03-18T17:15:37Z

<div><p>Court documents made public Thursday in a billion-dollar copyright battle between Viacom and Google accuse YouTube executives of posting stolen videos to rocket the startup to stardom.</p><p>Viacom was also a target in filings with Google countering that the SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Viacom Inc accused Google Inc of turning a blind eye to illegal video clips on its YouTube site in a bid to attract viewers, according to court documents relea...

Google-Viacom lawsuit deal cloaks YouTube user identities

2010-03-18T16:16:27Z

<div><p>Court documents made public Thursday in a billion-dollar court battle between Viacom and Google accuse YouTube executives of posting stolen videos to rocket the startup to stardom.</p><p>Viacom was also a target in filings with Google countering that the Taiwan cellphone maker HTC, accused by Apple of infringing on iPhone patents, said Thursday it will "fully defend" itself against the charges.</p><p>"HTC disagrees with Apple's actions and will fully defend itself," HTC chief executive Peter Chou said in a stateme...

Yahoo buying fantasy sports company Citizen Sports

2010-03-18T08:15:52Z

<div id="subtitle">Yahoo buying fantasy sports company started by blackjack card-counting expert</div><div><p>Yahoo is buying a fantasy sports company co-founded by an MIT graduate whose card-counting skills helped him win millions of dollars in blackjack and spawned a film and a best-selling book.</p><p&g...

Microsoft MSN China top exec to leave

2010-03-18T00:30:14Z

<div><p>SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A top executive for Microsoft Corp's MSN China will leave the joint venture, Microsoft said on Thursday, in a setback as the firm struggles to compete in China's hotly contested social networking space.</p><p>Xiao Che...

HTC says confident can defend against Apple suit

2010-03-17T21:30:14Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cellphone developer HTC Corp said it is confident it can fight off a recent technology patent infringement lawsuit from iPhone maker Apple Inc and promised to issue a formal response in the next few weeks.</p><p>...

Google working with Intel, Sony on TV project: report

2010-03-17T19:00:11Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is working with Intel Corp and Sony Corp to develop a new class of Internet-enabled televisions and set top boxes, according to a media...

Google, Intel, Sony team up on Google TV: NY Times

2010-03-17T18:15:21Z

<div><p>Google and Intel have teamed up with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Internet to a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes, The New York Times said.</p><p>The newspape...

24 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute

2010-03-17T16:16:24Z

<div><p>YouTube said Wednesday that 24 hours worth of video are being uploaded to the video-sharing site every minute.</p><p>"What?s next? 30 hours? 36 hours?" YouTube director of product management Hunter Walk said in a blog post.</p><p>"A day's worth of content uploaded to YouTube every minute is a big achievement for our community and speaks to the role video plays in connecting and changing the world on...

Sprint to support Google's Nexus One smartphone

2010-03-17T16:15:18Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's Nexus One smartphone will soon be available to subscribers of Sprint Nextel Corp, the second U.S. wireless service provider to anno...

TechBits package

2010-03-17T13:45:44Z

<div><p>Google Inc. is making two new versions of its Nexus One phone: one for AT&T Inc.'s network and one for Sprint Nextel Corp.'s.</p><p>The first U.S. version of the Nexus One, which Google is promoting as its own "super...