Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle (AP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:07:12 GMT

Creditors get turned off by sex.com auction (AFP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:32:57 GMT An auction in New York of the hotly desired Sex.com Internet domain name scheduled for Thursday was halted at the last hour when creditors forced the previous owner into bankruptcy.(AFP/File)

Google Says Viacom Illegally Uploaded YouTube Videos (NewsFactor) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:33:03 GMT NewsFactor - A back-and-forth battle is brewing between Internet search giant Google and media giant Viacom. Both companies are taking aggressive legal shots against each other after Viacom filed a copyright claim against Google's YouTube service.

Summary Box: Records illuminate copyright dispute (AP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:09:34 GMT AP - THE REVELATIONS: YouTube co-founder Steve Chen once warned a fellow co-founder to stop posting pirated videos on their Web site. And Viacom Inc. wanted to buy YouTube before getting beat out by Google Inc.

Facebook Pulls in More Web Traffic Than Google (NewsFactor) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:54:04 GMT NewsFactor - In a possible sign of the se 6a0 a change that social networking has brought to the Internet, new industry data show that U.S. visits to Facebook last week exceeded, for the first time, those to the former top site, Google. While the difference was relatively small for the week ending March 13 -- 7.07 percent of all visits for Facebook, compared to 7.03 percent for Google -- the trend could point to the growing strength of the social Internet.

Group Pushes for More Gov't Documents to Go Online (PC World) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:00:30 GMT PC World - The Sunlight Foundation has launched a campaign to pressure all levels of government in the U.S. to put more information online.

Sony partners with Lovefilm rental service in UK (Reuters) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:46:04 GMT Reuters - Sony is teaming up with European movie-rental firm Lovefilm to offer TV viewers in Britain instant access to films from the Web, as a land grab for space on Internet-connected televisions gets under way.

Can Google TV Conquer the Boob Tube? You Decide (PC World) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:13:00 GMT PC World - Google's eying the television as its next Web conquest. While the unconfirmed report raises lots of questions, the very idea of a Google TV and a Google set-top box, manufactured by Sony and powered by Intel, has great potential. It could also be a tremendous flop, if history's any indication (Remember AOLTV?). Here are four things you'll probably hear from naysayers, and four perfectly good rebuttals.

Amazon.com Offers Kindle for Mac E-Reader Software (NewsFactor) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:12:37 GMT NewsFactor - Amazon.com introduced a free software package Thursday that gives Mac computer users access to the online retailer's Kindle e-book store in more than 100 countr 5a8 ies. Called Kindle for Mac, the beta e-reader completes Amazon's goal of offering consumers access to e-books and other digital content across a wide spectrum of electronic devices.

Viacom, Google accuse other of YouTube hypocrisy (Reuters) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:41:36 GMT 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 released on Thursday.