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Google Blog:
Google Print and the Authors Guild  —  Today we learned that the Authors Guild filed a lawsuit to try to stop Google Print.  We regret that this group chose to sue us over a program that will make millions of books more discoverable to the world — especially since any copyright holder can exclude their books from the program.
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Elinor Mills / CNET.com:
Authors Guild sues Google over library project  —  The Authors Guild on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit against search engine Google, alleging that its scanning and digitizing of library books constitutes a "massive" copyright infringement.  —  As part of its Google Print Library Project …
Paul Aiken / authorsguild.org:
Authors Guild Sues Google, Citing "Massive Copyright Infringement"  —  NEW YORK — The Authors Guild and a Lincoln biographer, a children's book author, and a former Poet Laureate of the United States filed a class action suit today in federal court in Manhattan against Google …
Electronic Frontier Foundation:   Author's Guild Sues Google
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
Authors Guild sues Google over print program
microsoft.com:
Microsoft Realigns for Next Wave of Innovation and Growth  —  CEO Ballmer appoints presidents of three core divisions; Allchin announces retirement plan.  —  REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 20, 2005 — In order to drive greater agility in the execution of its software and services strategy …
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Reuters:
Microsoft realigns divisions, shuffles top execs
Seth Jayson / Motley Fool:
Why I Fear Google WiFi  —  Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) got tongues wagging again.  Today, speculation's buzzing that the firm is going to roll out its own wireless Internet service, possibly called "Google WiFi."  This is an old rumor, actually, but it's gained new fuel with the discovery …
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Adam Pasick / Reuters:
Google begins limited test of Wi-Fi service
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Dick / Burning Questions:
FeedBurner Aggregate Statistics  —  It's been a while since we've discussed any broad metrics here, and nature abhors a lack of charts and graphs, so as the leaves begin to turn and the kids have head back to school, we thought we'd take a moment to reflect on a couple of interesting statistics.
Quinn Norton / Wired News:
Squid Labs: Suckers for Novelty  —  EMERYVILLE, California — It's a classic scenario: Five friends with a mutual passion, disillusioned with their choices after their East Coast college, pile into a van and head to California to break into the big time.  —  But don't think rock 'n' roll fantasy.
Discussion: Gizmodo
Tom Espiner / ZDNet:
Mozilla hits back at browser security claim … Mozilla 'is in much better shape' than Microsoft when it comes to fixing security problems, claims the organisation  —  Mozilla has reacted to a Symantec report issued on Monday which said serious vulnerabilities were being found …
Discussion: Geek News Central …
Yahoo! Search blog:
Fewer clicks, more answers...  These days, search has become such a fact of life, that everybody I talk to takes it completely for granted.  —  But it seems like every week I'm reminded why its so much fun working on a search engine that is used daily by millions of people …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Is Close to Approving Deals Altering the Telephone Industry  —  Federal regulators are nearing approval of two deals that would reshape the telephone industry and are in negotiations over likely divestitures and other conditions intended to preserve competition, especially in the huge market for corporate customers.
Discussion: Werblog
Who da'Punk / Mini-Microsoft:
Microsoft: reorg, reshuffle, consolidation?  —  Thank goodness, I felt like we've at least been thrown a bone.  Microsoft certainly needed a reorg - something like a good, vigorous shaking of one of those snow-globes.  Now, how it's all going to play remains to be seen.
Darren Rowse / b5media.com:
b5media Calls for Bloggers  —  From the moment people began to find out about b5media we've been getting regular emails from bloggers asking how they can blog for us.  —  We're really excited that so many want to join us at the ground level of b5 and are doing everything we possibly …
Discussion: Blog Tips

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