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Google settles Buzz lawsuit for $8.5M

Tom Krazit — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:08:19 +0000

Internet privacy groups will be the beneficiary of the settlement, which came as the result of a lawsuit filed over Google's maligned Buzz launch.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

Facebook adds ‘liked’ news stories to search results

andylane — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:00:37 +0000

Facebook has added more functionality to its search results by including all the articles a user's friends have said they "like."

Originally posted at The Digital Home

Skype updates latest beta with 10-way video calling

Lance Whitney — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:29:43 +0000

The newest beta of Skype 5.0 lets you video chat with up to 10 people, send an IM to someone who's offline, and better recover from dropped calls.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

How ‘Catfish’ filmmakers took Facebook plunge (Q&A)

Ina Fried — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:00 +0000

In an interview, CNET's Ina Fried speaks with the three filmmakers behind "Catfish"--that other Facebook movie. This one is both a documentary and a thriller.

Google’s Schmidt mocked in Times Square ads

Tom Krazit — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:54:59 +0000

Consumer Watchdog produced two cartoony ads slamming Google CEO Eric Schmidt as part of an effort to build support for a "do not track" list.

Originally posted at Relevant Results

Survey: E-mail eats up your time off

andylane — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:51:32 +0000

Outlook add-in maker Xobni finds Americans and Britons are having trouble getting away from the workplace because of the reach e-mail has into their lives.

Originally posted at The Digital Home

Two years on, Chrome reshapes browser market

andylane — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:37:18 +0000

The influence that Google's browser has had on the market is broader than its actual use. On Chrome's second anniversary, Google releases the sixth stable version.

Originally posted at Deep Tech

Google and AOL renew their partnership

andylane — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:27:08 +0000

The companies say they'll keep their worldwide partnership going for five more years, in an arrangement that now factors in YouTube and mobile search.

Originally posted at The Digital Home

Tab tweaks land in Chrome Canary

Seth Rosenblatt — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:47:04 +0000

Google adds a new labs feature to its bleeding-edge version of Chrome to make it easier for users to test features that are still in development, but at least partially ready for users to explore.

Originally posted at The Download Blog

For 99 cents, Amazon sells shows, Apple rents them

Ina Fried — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:31:27 +0000

A number of Fox shows are for sale on Amazon's video service for the same 99 cents that Apple is charging to rent the shows.