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.

Sony to launch online download service for TVs (AFP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:12 GMT Sony Bravia televisions at the Consumer Electronics Trade Fair in Berlin. Sony is to launch a new online service that will allow people to download content such as music and movies to their televisions and other electronic gadgets, a top executive has said.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)

Susan Boyle aims to turn celebrity into album sales (Reuters) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:47 GMT "Britain's Got Talent" contestant Susan Boyle gestures to onlookers in Blackburn in West Lothian, Scotland, in this April 21, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/David Moir/Handout

Alibaba Site With Own Search Engine May Outshine Yahoo China (PC World) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:10:11 GMT PC World - The launch of a new search engine for a booming online retail site run by Alibaba Group, the owner of Yahoo China, is just one more sign that Taobao.com is taking over roles formerly filled at the group by Yahoo.

Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty (AP) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:43:41 GMT Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer, center, Executive Deputy President Hiroshi Yoshioka, left, and Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai smile as they show the company's latest products, digital still camera DSC-TX1, e-book 'Reader,' and a new remote controller for PlayStation 3, respectively, during a press conference in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, Hirai said Friday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Sony's Hirai Hopes for Quick Start to Online Content Service (PC World) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:00 GMT PC World - Sony is hoping to launch its planned online content service early next year and expects it will give the company an advantage in the increasingly competitive consumer electronics market, the executive heading up the project said Friday.

Sony to launch online entertainment service in 2010 (Reuters) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:02:38 GMT Reuters - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year.

Security Pro Says New SSL Attack Can Hit Many Sites (PC World) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:40:16 GMT PC World - A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL protocol, used to secure communications on the Internet. The attack, while difficult to execute, could give attackers a very powerful phishing attack.

Google says PC will start in seven seconds or less (Reuters) Internet News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:02:06 GMT Reuters - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web.