Two Chinese writers? groups claim that Google has scanned Chinese works into an electronic database in violation of international copyright standards.

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Homes for sale or rent in a given area can now be found without a specific query in Google Maps after Google added a “real estate” check-box option for Maps searches.

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An impressive feature of Google’s new Android 2.0 mobile device operating system is Google Maps Navigation, a turn-by-turn navigation application that’s not only free to use, but is fairly easy to learn as well.

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In an effort to make searching for and buying songs easier, Google has gotten into the music game, in partnership with online music stores like iLike (which is now a part of MySpace) and Lala?no mention of iTunes or Amazon MP3 though. From now on, when you search for the name of any song on Google, the first result will actually allow you to preview the song right on the page, and then proceed …

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Google Inc. said late Wednesday that its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 specific phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and free conference call services.

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The Internet’s most popular search engine should get smarter about music, as Google updates the algorithms that power its searches this week, a company spokesman said.

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For Google fans, trick-or-treat came a bit early. On Wednesday, a brief rash of Twitter posts suggested that the search behemoth had released a preview version of its forthcoming Chrome OS. An official-looking page offered the opportunity to download the public beta as a VMWare appliance?but it turns out that the download was a fake. The site, hosted on Google?s Web-hosting service, has since …

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Google Voice users can now use their existing phone numbers with the service, which will come as good news to people who don?t want to give out a new number to all of their existing contacts. But there are some catches.

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Video software firm On2 Technologies Inc. announced on Monday that it had settled five pending lawsuits, potentially clearing the way for its takeover by Internet giant Google.

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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Schering-Plough, Merck & Co., Sanofi-Aventis, Google and eBay

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