Reuters – Yahoo got pulled into a growing row between China and Google on Saturday, as its Chinese partner slammed Yahoo’s statements supporting Google while a source revealed the search giant had stayed silent about cyber-attacks.
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Alibaba says Yahoo ‘reckless’ on Google stance (AP)
January 16th, 2010 
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AP – China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba turned on major shareholder Yahoo Inc. on Saturday, calling the American company’s support of Google in its standoff with China “reckless.”
Courts to rule on fan-created music videos (Reuters)
January 16th, 2010 admin Reuters – More than a decade after the launch of Napster, the recording industry’s complicated legal relationship with Web-savvy music fans seems no closer to resolution. But a number of cases winding their way through the courts may bring a bit of clarity in 2010 to one particularly fuzzy area of the law: fan-created online videos that contain music.
Music downloads giving way to streaming services (Reuters)
January 16th, 2010 admin Reuters – Apple remains the world’s dominant digital music retailer, but it’s a distinction that might be of decreasing significance as the digital market transforms from a model based on a la carte downloads to one of streaming access. Indeed, Apple’s late-year acquisition of streaming music provider Lala points to the company’s own expected shift in that direction.
Alibaba slams Yahoo’s statement on Google (Reuters)
January 16th, 2010 admin 
Reuters – China’s largest e-commerce firm Alibaba Group, in which Yahoo Inc owns a 40 percent stake, has called the search giant’s comments on Google “reckless.”
China plays down Google dispute but U.S. concerned (Reuters)
January 16th, 2010 admin Reuters – China sought on Friday to play down a threat by Google Inc to quit the country on hacking and censorship concerns, but the United States said it will formally express concern over the cyber attacks the Internet search giant said originated in China.
Debating journalism’s post-print path (InfoWorld)
January 16th, 2010 admin InfoWorld – With print journalism among the industries most impacted by the Internet, panelists at a Silicon Valley event Friday debated what possibilities are in store for the news business.
Attack Code Used to Hack Google Now Public (PC World)
January 16th, 2010 admin PC World – The dangerous Internet Explorer attack code used in last month’s attack on Google’s corporate networks is now public.
Yahoo knew of attacks before Google, kept mum (Reuters)
January 16th, 2010 admin Reuters – Yahoo Inc knew it had been a target to sophisticated Chinese cyber attacks on U.S. corporations before Google alerted the company to them, a source familiar with the matter said, but chose to remain silent after its bigger rival went public.
Technology comes to the aid of Haiti (AFP)
January 16th, 2010 admin 
AFP – Online maps, mobile phone donations, wikis and a slew of websites are being deployed as telecoms firms, technology giants and startups set aside their rivalries and put the latest tools to work to help earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
