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US Internet giant Google said it would launch an electronic books service in Japan next year despite a chilly reception from major Japanese publishers. US Internet giant Google said Monday it would launch an electronic books service in Japan next year despite a chilly reception from major Japanese publishers. (c) 2010 AFP

Internet giant Google will from next week allow Germans to opt-out of its disputed Street View navigation service ahead of its launch in the country this year, the company said Tuesday. (c) 2010 AFP

(AP) — Google broke Australia’s privacy law when it collected private information from wireless networks, the country’s privacy commissioner said Friday, following an investigation into the Internet giant’s “Street View” mapping service. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Google’s Web search service in China has been “partially blocked”, the Internet giant said. Google’s Web search engine in China was “partially blocked” on Wednesday, the deadline for Beijing to renew the Internet giant’s Chinese business license. (c) 2010 AFP

Internet giant Google has opened its Google Voice telecommunications service to anyone in the United States interested in using a single telephone number for all of their phones. Internet giant Google has opened its Google Voice telecommunications service to anyone in the United States interested in using a single telephone number for all of their [...]

In this Oct. 2, 2006 file photo, a Google receptionist works at the front desk in the company’s office in New York. Australia announced a police investigation Sunday, June 6, 2010 into whether Google illegally collected private information from wireless networks, becoming at least the second country to probe the Internet giant’s “Street View” mapping [...]

(AP) — Germany’s Foreign Minister has warned Google co-founder Larry Page to respect the nation’s data protection laws in an escalating dispute over the U.S. Internet giant’s “Street View” mapping program. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

(AP) — A Milan judge convicted three Google employees of violating the privacy of an autistic teen because the Internet giant sought profit when it hosted an online video of him being bullied, according to the judicial reasoning obtained Monday by The Associated Press. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not [...]

The logo of Internet giant Google is reflected in the windows of its China head office in Beijing. Chief executive of the firm Eric Schmidt has said that he does not expect other companies to follow the company’s lead and take on the Chinese authorities. Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has said that he does [...]

US photographers and illustrators sued Google for copyright infringement on Wednesday demanding compensation for images that appear in books being digitally scanned by the Internet giant. US photographers and illustrators sued Google for copyright infringement on Wednesday demanding compensation for images that appear in books being digitally scanned by the Internet giant. (c) 2010 AFP