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AOL plants Seed for Internet Age news operation (AFP)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:16:17 PDT

AFP - Faded Internet star AOL is reinventing itself as a digital age news operation with an army of freelance writers wielding online tools.

Google partners call for clarity on China plans (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:56:37 PDT

Reuters - Chinese firms selling advertising space on Google's search pages have demanded clarity about the Internet company's plans in China, warning they will demand compensation if it shuts its Chinese portal.

EBay spent $415,000 on lobbying in 4Q (AP)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:21:01 PDT

AP - Online auction site operator eBay Inc. spent $415,000 during the fourth quarter to lobby the federal government on anti-counterfeiting measures and other issues, according to a disclosure report.

Google’s China Ad Partners Wait in ‘incomparable Pain’ (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:40:12 PDT

PC World - A group of ad resellers for Google in China have asked the company to explain what will happen to them if Google shuts its China-based search engine, saying they have waited in "incomparable pain" since Google announced the possible move.

Tech-Savvy Supporters Key to Broadband Plan’s Passage (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:59:00 PDT

PC World - Are you ready to get behind the National Broadband Plan? You better be, because if tech savvy broadband users donât push it through, there is little chance we'll see 100mbps Internet connections for 100 million or bridge the digital divide that today denies broadband to almost that same number of people.

Microsoft Bing nabs more Web searches in February (AP)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:51:34 PDT

AP - Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search engine gained market share in the U.S. in February, according to research groups.

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 Browser: FAQ (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:29:00 PDT

PC World - Microsoft's next-generation Internet Explorer 9 browser may not be anywhere close to competition, but you can test drive a "platform preview" of the software that provides a taste of IE9's capabilities. So what's the deal with Redmond's upcoming browser, and how does it differ from IE8 and worthy competitors such as Google's Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox, Opera Software's Opera, and Apple's Safari? Here's a quick primer.

Dotcom celebrates 25th birthday (AFP)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:05:01 PDT

AFP - Recognize Symbolics.com? Probably not. But 25 years ago this week the Massachusetts computer maker played a bit role in history -- it was the first company to register a .com address on what would eventually become known as the World Wide Web.

John Doerr to leave Amazon board (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:26:36 PDT

Reuters - Amazon.com Inc said that John Doerr, a renowned venture capitalist who, early on, funded many of the Internet's biggest names, will not run for reelection to the board at the company's next shareholder meeting.

Microsoft embraces HTML5 specification in IE9 (InfoWorld)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:33:12 PDT

InfoWorld - Potentially toughening the competitive landscape for its own Silverlight rich Internet application platform, Microsoft will expand support for the HTML5 specification in its Internet Explorer 9 browser, under a plan revealed Tuesday.