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    • Summary Box: Google, AOL reach new search deal (AP)
      AP - THE DEAL: Under a new five-year agreement, Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites. The companies signed the deal this week.
    • New AOL search deal with Google includes mobile (AP)

      FILE - In this file photo made Jan. 11, 2010, a Google logo is displayed at the National Retail Federation convention in New York. Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week.


    • iTunes TV rentals now available on Mac and PC (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - Looking to catch the most recent season of Lost, but don’t want to succumb the baggage of having to buy a bunch of episodes that you’ll only watch once? Relax, friend, because if you’re an iTunes 10 user, you can now rent TV shows from the comfort of your very own…computer.
    • Microsoft Uses Bing Home Page to Push IE8 (PC World)
      PC World - Microsoft on Thursday started featuring a small advertisement on its Bing home page for Internet Explorer 8 in an apparent effort to encourage more people to migrate to the latest version of its browser.
    • Chrome update marks Web browser's second birthday (AFP)

      Google released an improved version of Chrome on Thursday as the Internet titan's Web browser turned two years old.(Google Chrome)AFP - Google released an improved version of Chrome on Thursday as the Internet titan's Web browser turned two years old.


    • Mexico to go digital by 2015 (AFP)

      Mexican President Felipe Calderon delivers a speech during the annual government's report at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City. Mexico will change from analog to digital television by 2015 to promote competition and help convergence with telephone and Internet services, Calderon said Thursday.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)AFP - Mexico will change from analog to digital television by 2015 to promote competition and help convergence with telephone and Internet services, President Felipe Calderon said Thursday.


    • Twitter launches iPad application (AFP)

      Hot microblogging service Twitter launched an application for the Apple iPad that is getting rave reviews from technology blogs.(Twitter)AFP - Hot microblogging service Twitter launched an application for the Apple iPad on Thursday to rave reviews from technology blogs.


    • Facebook Connect mysteriously disappears from Apple's Ping (Macworld.com)
      Macworld.com - Apple has mentioned Facebook Connect support for new social network Ping in Wednesday’s keynote, the iTunes 10 how-to video, on the Ping Website, and even in a conversation with All Things D. So why is the feature apparently no longer available?
    • Google and AOL Renew Long-term Partnership (PC World)
      PC World - Google and AOL have renewed a long-term partnership that gives AOL Web properties access to Google search and advertising services.
    • iOS 4.1 to Finally Fix iPhone 4 Proximity Sensor (PC World)
      PC World - It's official. iOS 4.1 is "coming soon" for iPhone and iPod Touch users. While the Apple Web site devoted to announcing the update focuses on new bells and whistles, the importance of iOS 4.1 is that it will hopefully resolve the remaining issues that make the iPhone 4 dysfunctional for many.
    • Five Reasons I Won't Be Using Ping (PC World)
      PC World - Despite all the hardware Apple introduced at its press event Wednesday, the most radical news was Ping, a social network for music that's launching as a feature of iTunes 10. I've taken a brief test drive of Ping to see what it's about, but even before updating iTunes, I knew Apple's new social network was not for me. Here are five reasons I won't be using Ping:
    • Malaysian blogger faces jail over satirical post (AFP)

      Malaysians work on their lap-tops at a Starbucks outlet providing wireless Internet in downtown Kuala Lumpur. A Malaysian journalist was charged Thursday over a satirical blog which made fun of the state power firm Tenaga, and faces a year's jail if convicted.(AFP/File/Jimin Lai)AFP - A Malaysian journalist was charged Thursday over a satirical blog which made fun of the state power firm Tenaga, and faces a year's jail if convicted.


    • AFP boss aims to target news direct to web users (AFP)

      Agence France-Presse, one of the world's top news agencies, aims to stream its news direct to web users via hand-held devices and direct-access Internet content, not solely via its media clients, its chief executive Emmanuel Hoog, pictured in July 2010, said in comments published Thursday.(AFP/File/Martin Bureau)AFP - Agence France-Presse, one of the world's top news agencies, aims to stream its news direct to web users via hand-held devices and direct-access Internet content, not solely via its media clients, its chief executive Emmanuel Hoog said in comments published Thursday.


    • AOL renews search deal with Google (AFP)

      AOL's corporate headquarters in New York. Google will power Internet search across AOL properties and AOL video will appear on YouTube under an agreement reached on Thursday between the Web companies.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - Google will power Internet search across AOL properties and AOL video will appear on YouTube under an agreement reached on Thursday between the Web companies.


    • Apple iTunes Ping: Hands On (PC Magazine)
      PC Magazine - Apple wants the new iTunes social network to be the Facebook of music.
    • Ping on iTunes - Not So Hot (PC World)
      PC World - Apple's big overhaul of iTunes, announced Wednesday, turns the media management software into a fledgling social network thanks to a newly introduced feature called Ping. I would have expected more from Apple with this first attempt at building a community around iTunes. It's not all bad, but if Ping doesn't improve soon this music-oriented social network will bomb faster than an American Idol wannabe.
    • AOL renews Google search agreement (Reuters)

      The AOL logo is seen on the outside of the building housing the companies corporate headquarters in New York May 28, 2009. TREUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - AOL Inc said on Thursday it has renewed a search agreement with Google Inc, further cementing a decade-long partnership as AOL tries to turn around its business.


    • Ambitious Online Banking Alternative Scores $2.9 Million in Series A (Mashable)
      Mashable - Banksimple has just raised $2.9 million in a Series A round to fund their ambitious alternative online banking startup for full-service, fee-free banking. The round includes investments from First Round Capital, IA Ventures and Village Ventures, a collection of industry veterans with extensive startup portfolios.
    • Apple's iTunes 10 Adds TV Rentals, Security Fixes (PC Magazine)
      PC Magazine - There's a new version of iTunes out to provide lots of new features and services from Apple, but it's got another surprise under the covers: security vulnerability fixes.
    • U.S. delays Web traffic rules by seeking more comment (Reuters)
      Reuters - U.S. communications regulators on Wednesday put off a controversial decision on Internet traffic rules, giving industry and consumer groups a chance to forge a compromise while avoiding a politically sensitive issue ahead of the November elections.