Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle (AP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:27 GMT AP - A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.

Sony Online Service to Challenge iTunes? Fat Chance (PC World) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:00 GMT PC World - For entertainment hardware companies like Sony, a thriving, all-encompassing online media store is the Holy Grail. It's a glorious balance, in which the customer buys software through the store, and therefore becomes hooked on the hardware to which it's attached. That's how brand loyalty is created.

Mussolini's blood and brain up for sale on eBay (AFP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:53:42 GMT Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's blood and brain went on sale Friday for 15,000 euros (22,000 dollars) on online auction website eBay, before the company pulled the ad posted by an anonymous seller.(AFP/File)

New Pogoplug 'Personal Cloud' Does Social Networking (NewsFactor) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:25 GMT NewsFactor - On Friday, Cloud Engines released its newest version of the Pogoplug, a small "multimedia sharing device" that connects hard drives to the Internet and allows a user to access the files remotely. The company described Pogoplug as "your own personal cloud that broadcasts safely from your home."

Google books hearing set for February 18 (AFP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:30:28 GMT A picture taken on September 24 shows the screen of a computer featuring a search of the word "edition" on the home page of Internet giant Google's website. A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)

Got Extra USB Drives? Updated Pogoplug Puts Them to Use (PC World) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT PC World - Have some extra USB hard drives you'd like to put to a good use? How using them to create an Internet storage cloud for your company, yourself, or your family?

Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone (AFP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:02 GMT The Cisco Systems logo stands in front of the company's headquarters in San Jose, California. Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet.(AFP/Getty Images/File)

Happiness on Facebook Cuts Canadian Woman's Health Care (PC World) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:00 GMT PC World - Facebook can be a dangerous beast. As social media evolves -- and the freedom of the Internet diminishes our self-censorship -- many have run into situations where Facebook has landed them in trouble and sometimes canned from a gig. It has been established that some companies scrutinize employee and potential employee Facebook pages to ensure what it's getting isn't tarnished by bad behavior such as playing hooky or being loose-tongued about one's feelings about work. The latest example is a little trickier: a Canadian woman saw her health benefits stripped away after the insurance company saw "happy" pictures of her on Facebook.

Google Adds Captions to YouTube Search (PC World) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:00 GMT PC World - In a step to make YouTube videos more accessible to deaf people as well as to anyone else searching for videos online, Google has launched an automatic video captioning service.

Judge Sets Schedule for Google Book Search Case (PC World) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:19 GMT PC World - The judge in the copyright infringement case pitting the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) against Google and its book search program has set a date for the final hearing on the parties' controversial settlement proposal.