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- Baidu.com to launch an instant messaging service
(Reuters)
Reuters - China's top search engine Baidu.com Inc said it
plans to launch an instant messaging service, called "Baidu
Hi."
- Prognosis is bright for Google's health records plan
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Google's attempt to build a home for personal health records online could potentially make the ads more lucrative than Web search, a top equity analyst says.
- EBay settles 7-year dispute over patents
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Online auctioneer eBay settled a seven-year patent dispute Thursday with tech firm MercExchange, ending a legal entanglement that prompted a Supreme Court ruling on intellectual property.
- You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Seems like everything went down this past week -- YouTube, Hotmail, iTunes DRM, and Google's stock price among them. Can you pick up the pieces in our snarky news quiz? Some questions aren't as easy as they look. Most answers are worth 10 points, and at least one is impossible to get wrong. Ready? Then let's begin.
- China's top search engine in new music piracy suit: report
(AFP)
 AFP - China's top Internet search engine Baidu, already targeted by international music firms over alleged copyright infringement, now faces a local piracy suit, state press said Friday.
- Baidu sued over music copyrights
(AP)
AP - China's top search engine Baidu.com has been sued by a local music industry group for alleged copyright violation, the second recent similar action from the industry, the group said.
- E-Mail, 'Net Abuse Is Likely to Get You Fired
(PC World)
PC World - Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again.
- High-tech stars falling in investors' eyes
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Worrying news about Google, Sprint, and Nortel scared off investors in the Internet and telecom sectors this week as Dell's results underscored a possible consumer spending slowdown.
- Michael Robertson Debuts SyncWizard Storage Service
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The software collects contacts, appointments, music, and documents online and makes it available on PCs, PDAs, and smartphones.
- Google Health won't have ads
(AP)
 AP - Google Inc. won't sell ads to support a new Internet service that stores personal medical information, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search giant's first detailed comments about a venture that has raised privacy concerns.
- Over 50 percent of companies fire workers for e-mail, Net abuse
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again.
- EBay ends patent suit with MercExchange
(AP)
AP - EBay Inc. has settled a seven-year patent dispute with MercExchange LLC that prompted an important intellectual-property ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
- eBay settles patent dispute with MercExchange
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - MercExchange and eBay have settled a patent dispute that in 2006 was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. In the case, the Supreme Court sided with the online auction house in what is considered to be an important ruling on intellectual property.
- Opera Trades Yahoo For Google In Mobile Browser
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Google gains a huge advantage by becoming the default search option on the Opera Mobile and Opera Mini start pages.
- Swiss bank Baer defends Web site shutdown
(Reuters)
Reuters - Swiss bank Julius Baer defended on
Thursday taking legal action to shut down a Web site that
published what the site said were details of secret accounts
linked to tax schemes.
- Google previews online medical data repository
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Google shed more light on the health care service it is developing, showing off a couple of screenshots of what it will look like.
- EBay and MercExchange settle long legal fight
(Reuters)
Reuters - EBay Inc and MercExchange LLC have
settled a long-running patent lawsuit, said eBay on Thursday,
ending a fight that prompted a landmark U.S. Supreme Court
ruling.
- With $85 Million Infusion, Glam Shines
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - The women's-interest media company set a new benchmark for the exploding online ad market and set itself up as a potential competitor to Google.
- Swiss bank defends Wikileaks shutdown
(AP)
AP - The Swiss bank that won a court order shutting down a whistle-blower Web site said Thursday that it just wanted stolen and forged documents removed.
- CORRECTION - McNealy: Telcos falling behind in Internet race
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Due to a reporting error, the story "McNealy: Telcos falling behind in Internet race," posted Thursday, mentioned the wrong day on which McNealy spoke at a press conference. He spoke on Wednesday.
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