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Reuters - Monday, July 12
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China confirms renews Google's China license
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Google gets nod from China to keep search page
SHANGHAI/NEW YORK - China gave Google Inc <GOOG.O> approval to keep operating its Chinese search page, resolving a months-long censorship dispute that had threatened its future in the world's top Internet market. The move, announced by Google on Friday, removes another thorn in U.S.-China relations and reflects Beijing's desire to be seen as friendly to major foreign companies in spite of ideological differences, analysts said.
Even absent, Apple's Jobs a big player at Sun Valley
SUN VALLEY, Idaho - Apple Inc <AAPL.O> boss Steve Jobs was a no-show at an annual pow-wow of media and technology moguls in Sun Valley. But he was far from forgotten. At a conference graced by such luminaries as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, Jobs and the consumer electronics titan he co-founded were on the lips of the assembled media and tech chieftains alternately wary of and excited by Apple's growing sway over the industry.
Pandora founder pursues bigger piece of radio pie
DENVER - During a recent taping of the Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report," host Stephen Colbert took Pandora founder Tim Westergren to task for the name of his Internet radio service. "Why Pandora?" Colbert asked, reminding him that Pandora's box from Greek mythology released evil into the world. "Is that what the Internet is? You click open the box and evil comes out your speakers?"
U.S. judge slashes penalty in music download case
BOSTON - A U.S. judge slashed the penalty levied by a jury against a Boston Ph.D. student found guilty in 2009 of illegally downloading and sharing songs published by some of the world's biggest recording companies. Judge Nancy Gertner of the U.S. District Court in Boston ruled on Friday that it would violate the constitutional rights of defendant Joel Tenenbaum to require him to pay the full $675,000 in penalties a jury awarded to the five record companies that sued him, saying the sum was excessive.
Gameworld: Motion games broaden uses beyond exercise
RALEIGH, North Carolina - Ever since Nintendo launched the Wii, gamers have been interacting with characters and working out with virtual trainers in titles like Electronic Arts' "EA Sports Active" or Ubisoft's "Your Shape." Nintendo is even encouraging families to exercise together with "Wii Games: Summer 2010," a national tour that kicks off in Jersey City, New Jersey on July 16 with Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson serving as an ambassador for the competition.
Online news site leads charge in French scandal
PARIS - An upstart online news service has led the way in investigating France's latest political funding scandal, defying President Nicolas Sarkozy's efforts to stamp his influence on the media. The Mediapart website has published a stream of embarrassing reports of alleged cash donations by France's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt, to conservative politicians, and meddling in judicial affairs, drawing presidential wrath.
Google's Schmidt undaunted by Apple or Facebook
SUN VALLEY, Idaho - Google Inc <GOOG.O> Chief Executive Eric Schmidt rejected any notion that Apple Inc <AAPL.O> or Facebook presented a threat to the web search leader's business. Most people "assume that these are zero-sum games, which are battles to the death," said Schmidt, who spoke with reporters in a one-hour briefing on Thursday at Sun Valley alongside Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
U.S. eavesdropping agency says Private Citizen is purely R&D
WASHINGTON - A contract has been awarded for research to help counter computer-based threats to national-security networks, the chief U.S. code-cracking and eavesdropping agency said, amid mounting concern over cyber vulnerabilities. The program, dubbed Perfect Citizen, is "purely a vulnerabilities-assessment and capabilities-development contract," Judith Emmel, a National Security Agency spokeswoman, said in an email to Reuters.
Google to resume gathering map data in 4 countries
BANGALORE - Google Inc, which is at the heart of a controversy over its data collection methods, has decided to resume gathering images in four countries for its Street View mapping service. After conversations with regulators, the Internet search company will start driving its cars in Ireland, Norway, South Africa and Sweden from next week, it said on its European Public Policy blog.
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