NewsFactor - In a move to drive more traffic through its network, AOL on Tuesday opened its home page to other e-mail providers, including Google's Gmail. -- read full article
Reuters - Tribune Co on Wednesday blamed
technology owned by search engine company Google Inc for
treating an outdated story about UAL Corp's bankruptcy as
current, breaking news.
Reuters - Amazon.com, the largest global
online retailer, plans to start selling U.S.-produced wine on
its website within the United States by early October, wine
industry insiders said on Wednesday. -- read full article
CNET - Don't believe everything you read on the Internet: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama isn't a terrorist...or a porn star. -- read full article
AP - Since he started Facebook in college 4 1/2 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg has learned — sometimes painfully — that he can't make significant changes to the popular online hangout without triggering an uproar among indignant users who preferred the status quo.
AP - AOL wants you to check your Gmail and see what your Facebook friends are up to — the company just prefers you do these things from its site. -- read full article
CNET - AOL on Wednesday unveiled a new e-mail feature designed to allow users to access multiple e-mail services from one location on the site. -- read full article
Reuters - Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had
arrested five regular users of Islamist chatrooms associated
with sympathizers of al Qaeda. -- read full article
AFP - Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it has arrested five people who used the Internet to propagate extremism and incite youths to go to troubled areas, a reference to supporters of Al-Qaeda.
AP - Yahoo Inc.'s plans to boost its profits in an online advertising partnership with rival Google Inc. could be moving into the crosshairs of the U.S. Justice Department, which has hired an antitrust litigator to review evidence for a possible legal challenge to the deal.
AP - They were posted on the Internet for only 12 minutes, but General Motors Corp. says that was long enough for secret photos of the Chevrolet Volt rechargeable car to be distributed worldwide.
NewsFactor - Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the company's music lineup for the holiday shopping season with new, slim iPod nanos, a new iPod touch, and a new version of iTunes software. -- read full article
NewsFactor - Google's Chrome browser has run into more privacy complaints and the search giant is moving to ease complaints about its Google Suggest feature used in Chrome and other products. -- read full article
AP - Comcast Corp. said Tuesday that its investment in a joint venture to offer mobile Internet access to subscribers could be finalized by the end of the year.
