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Google gets digital foothold in France
PARIS (AFP) - Despite fierce resistance to Google's plans to digitise the world's books, observers say it is well placed to start scanning Europe's cultural treasures -- beginning in France, where the US giant got a digital foothold this week.
Nations:France People:Nicolas Sarkozy Isaac Newton Source:(AFP)
2009-12-20
Hollywood adds money, talent to made-for-Web shows
LOS ANGELES - Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so little that "The Bannen Way," a flashy crime thriller debuting online, looked destined to be made poorly if it could be made at all.
Nations:Canada U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-12-20
Eminem named artist of decade on U.S. charts
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Eminem has earned Billboard's artist of the decade title, just slightly more than 10 years after he made his Billboard Hot 100 debut.
People:Eminem Usher 50 Cent Beyonce Knowles Chris Brown Kanye West Source:(Reuters)
2009-12-20
French court rules against Google
PARIS (AFP) - A French court on Friday told Google that it cannot digitise French books without the publisher's approval and ordered the online giant to pay 300,000 euros (430,000 dollars) in damages.
Nations:France People:Nicolas Sarkozy Source:(AFP)
2009-12-18
Twitter hacked by "Iranian Cyber Army"?
Micro-blogging site Twitter said its domain name system records were temporarily "compromised" Thursday night, but that the problem was fixed later.
Nations:India Source:(Reuters)
2009-12-18
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