AFP - The European Commission welcomed as a "good step" Thursday the decision by Internet giant Google to halve the time that it keeps certain private web search data.

Reuters - Tribune Co on Wednesday blamed technology owned by search engine company Google Inc for treating an outdated story about UAL Corp's bankruptcy as current, breaking news.

AFP - Internet giant Google moved on Tuesday to calm privacy concerns with plans to halve the time it keeps users' web search data on record following pressure from European regulators.

Reuters - Google Inc has stepped up efforts to digitize dozens of historical newspapers and make scanned images of the original papers available online, the Internet search leader said on Monday.

AP - Google Inc. is trying to expand the newspaper section of its online library to include billions of articles published during the past 244 years, hoping the added attraction will lure even more traffic to its leading Internet search engine.

NewsFactor - As part of an expanded strategic alliance first announced earlier this year, AT&T on Monday officially launched Yahoo's oneSearch mobile search platform on its MEdia Net portal.

Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department has hired Sandy Litvack, who was its former antitrust chief and Walt Disney Co's former vice chairman, to consult on its probe of Google Inc's search advertising deal with Yahoo , a source close to the investigation said.