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Latest news on Bing, Google, TV, BlackBerry, e-commerce

Bing redesign has social focus; Google report says search results protected by First Amendment; TV stations explore broadcasting to phone, tablets; BlackBerry 7 smartphones get DoD approval; Online sales per user continue to climb in North America

Latest news on Google, Facebook, Symantec, Blackbaud, Big Data

Google moves for mistrial in Oracle case; Facebook announces App Center; Symantec leapfrogs McAfee in mobile security; Blackbaud merges with Convio; Is big data just a fad, or something much more profound?

Latest News on Xbox, Facebook, Google, AT&T, Rovio

Microsoft tests $99 Xbox deal; When Facebook Met Wall Street; Google extends Hangouts on Air broadcasts to all; AT&T chief regrets offering unlimited data for iPhone; Angry Birds maker Rovio makes $106M in 2011, considers IPO.

Google-Oracle jury reaches impasse on key issue

A federal jury in San Francisco has reached an impasse on a key issue in Oracle's copyright-infringement case against Google, handing the database-software company a major setback.

Google vs. Oracle

Verdict expected Monday in Oracle-Google suit

The jury is debating Oracle Corp.'s allegations that Google Inc. built its popular Android software for mobile devices by stealing some of the technology from Java, a programming platform that Oracle bought two years ago.

Jury may be an impasse in Oracle-Google lawsuit

A question posed late Thursday in a note from one of the 12 jurors raised the specter of an impasse after lawyers on both sides spent two weeks trying to make their cases.

Jury deliberating in Oracle-Google copyright trial

The federal case in San Francisco centers on Oracle's allegations that Google's popular Android software for mobile devices relies on technology stolen from Java. That's a programming platform that Oracle Corp. acquired in 2010 as part of its $7.3 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

FTC hires prominent laywer to oversee Google probe

Former Justice Department prosecutor Beth Wilkinson will take the reins as the FTC digs deeper into allegations that Google Inc. has been abusing its dominance of Internet search to stifle competition and drive up online advertising prices.

Google's 'Drive' storage service ignites data ownership debate

Technology blogs and Twitter users are picking apart a legal clause that made it sound as if all the users' content stored in Google Drive automatically would become the intellectual property of Google Inc.

Graphic touts Google Drive service

Motorola wins a patent dispute with Apple

Apple Inc. and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. have accused each other of patent infringement in federal courts and the ITC. The ITC has the power to block imports of Apple products found in violation, as they are made abroad.

Latest news from Oracle, iPad, Google, Netflix, the Internet

Oracle kicks off busy trial season against Google; Six ways to run windows on iPad; Unanswered Questions in F.C.C.'s Google Case; Netflix CEO criticizes Comcast on Net neutrality, data caps; One in five American adults does not use the internet, Pew says

'Plus' is hub for Google's future, CEO predicts

"I think social data about identity and our ability to easily share things with other people and comment on them and things like that is a basic utility for people in all of our products," Larry Page says.

New look for Google Plus

Google's stock split: What's the strategy behind it?

Google's current stock structure concentrates voting power with Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and with Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Google is afraid of diluting that power as it issues new shares to employees and to companies that it acquires through stock purchases. Google says there's no immediate danger of that happening, but it sees no need to wait.

Larry Page

Getting more social at Google: Plus! receives several tweaks

The most visible change is a new navigation ribbon on the left side of the Google Plus page with icons for the most used features, such as games, photos and your personal profile. Hover over an icon to do specific tasks, such as add photos from your phone or an online album.

New look for Google Plus

Will Google's revenue woes continue? Earnings due today

Google will report its results for the latest quarter after the market closes Thursday. Investors will be looking for clues on whether an unexpected drop in its advertising prices late last year was just an aberration or the start of a trend that could slow the company's growth.