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Reuters – A Marie Claire magazine blogger who slammed “fatties” and the “obese” stars of new TV comedy “Mike & Molly” apologized on Wednesday after complaints from tens of thousands of readers.

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AP – A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction sought by free-speech advocates who argued that a new Massachusetts law aimed at protecting children from online sexual predators effectively bans from the Internet anything that may be considered “harmful to minors,” including material adults have the right to view.

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AP – The Federal Trade Commission is scolding Google Inc. without punishing the Internet search leader for collecting e-mails, passwords and other personal information transmitted over unsecured wireless networks.

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NewsFactor – There’s one less investigation that Google has to worry about. On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission sent a two-page letter to the search giant, saying it was ending an inquiry into privacy violations by the company’s Street View vehicles.

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Reuters – Comcast Corp reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the third quarter, as customers signed up to more expensive packages of cable, voice and broadband service.

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Mashable – After months and months of your cubicle walls contracting in on you like some kind of demonic fun house, it’s finally time for that most coveted of reprieves: a vacation!

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AFP – Google rolled out a new feature called “Place Search” on Wednesday to make it easier for users to find information about local businesses.

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AP – Showtime Networks, the pay TV channel of CBS Corp., said Wednesday that it is now allowing Comcast Corp. subscribers to watch movies and previously aired episodes of its shows such as “Weeds” and “Dexter” online as long as they prove they are subscribers.

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PC World – Describing its sources as “multiple” and “trusted,” tech blog Engadget’s gone on the defensive, claiming the PlayStation Phone is indeed real and citing a few scoops they got right. Of course they won’t tell you about the ones they got wrong, but then that’s how the game’s played, and for all we know, they’re spot-on here. Who are we to judge?

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AP – Google Inc., world’s most popular search engine, started rolling out a new way to show information about local businesses on Wednesday.

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AFP – Google, in a bid to promote and improve Google TV, which seeks to merge television and the Internet, is giving away 10,000 of the devices to developers.

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AP – THE GROWTH: Third-quarter revenue for IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet company run by billionaire Barry Diller, climbed 25 percent from last year. The change stems mainly from growth in IAC’s search business and Match online dating business.

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PC World – Google has revamped the way it organizes and presents local search results, eliminating overlapping items, consolidating a variety of relevant information and packaging it within individual entries.

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AP – IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet company run by billionaire Barry Diller, saw a big jump in revenue in the latest quarter because of improvements in online advertising and an expansion in the number of people looking online for love.

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PC Magazine – Microsoft and Yahoo have completed their search transition in the U.S. and Canada, the companies said today.

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AP – Yahoo Inc. is sprucing up its free e-mail service in the latest attempt to persuade people to spend more time on its website.

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AP – Several leading Internet travel agencies and search engines are trying to convince U.S. government regulators to block Google Inc. from buying a technology supplier that plays an instrumental role in finding the best airline fares.

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Reuters – The entertainment chiefs of five major U.S. television networks said on Tuesday that cable retransmission fees and “fair compensation” for content sold to ventures such as Google Inc’s Web TV service were among the key issues facing their industry.

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AP – Google’s global privacy counsel says he’s surprised by how few people choose to control what ads are steered their way — a tool which the Internet search giant launched, albeit with minimal fanfare, over the past year.

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AP – Lime Group, whose LimeWire software has allowed people to share songs and other files over the Internet, received a federal injunction Tuesday to disable key parts of its service.

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The Upshot – Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade full-on blog treatment: • More than 100 people are dead and hundreds more missing after a tsunami in Indonesia. (AP) • Meanwhile, a volcano also erupted in the country and killed 13. (ABC) • An attorney for Sharron Angle wrote in an email that Sen. [...]

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Reuters – Barnes & Noble Inc unveiled the latest iteration of its Nook e-reader, featuring a color touch screen and Wi-fi web browsing, as it seeks to catch up to industry leader Amazon.com’s Kindle in the race for market share in the growing digital books arena.

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AFP – Popular online file-sharing service LimeWire was shut down by a US federal court on Tuesday following a lawsuit filed by the music industry.

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PC World – Barnes & Noble on Tuesday introduced an e-book reader called Nook Color, which will allow users to view color e-books and access social media applications on the Internet.

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PC World – The White House’s top science and technology adviser, John Holdren, is putting his weight behind the development of the controversial national broadband plan.

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PC World – Mobile websites are improving and Google ranks top in the category, according to the Yankee Group, which Tuesday announced its third annual survey of mobile sites on the Internet.

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AP – Lists that identify the books, music and movies individual customers bought from online retailer Amazon.com Inc. are protected from North Carolina tax collectors, a federal judge has ruled.

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PC World – Amazon is at it again: boasting about random and vague sales statistics regarding the new Kindle device that the online retailer announced in July.

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PC World – At the PayPal X Developer Conference keynote today, PayPal revealed a new partnership which could fundamentally change mobile commerce. PayPal–arguably the most recognized name in online finance–is teaming up with Appcelerator–the second largest Apple App Store publisher–to offer mobile developers a new e-commerce platform.

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NewsFactor – On Tuesday, Microsoft released Office 11 for the Mac. The newest version of the most popular productivity suite includes a Mac version of Outlook, online collaboration, the reappearance of Visual Basic for creating macros, and other new features.

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AFP – A group of online travel firms urged the US authorities on Tuesday to block Google’s purchase of flight information company ITA Software, saying it would give the Internet titan too much control over the lucrative sector.

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AFP – A group of online travel firms urged the US authorities on Tuesday to block Google’s purchase of flight information company ITA Software, saying it would give the Internet titan too much control over the lucrative sector.

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Reuters – Several online travel companies are combining forces to fight search giant Google’s proposed $700 million acquisition of airline ticketing software company ITA Software Inc, saying the deal would lead to higher prices and less innovation in the travel sector.

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Reuters – Several online travel companies are combining forces to fight search giant Google’s proposed $700 million acquisition of airline ticketing software company ITA Software Inc, saying the deal would lead to higher prices and less innovation in the travel sector.

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AP – iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Oct. 25, 2010:

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AP – iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Oct. 25, 2010:

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PC World – Major online travel players Expedia, Kayak, Sabre and Fairlogix have banded together to oppose Google’s planned acquisition of ITA Software and ask the U.S. government to block it on the grounds that it will hurt competition and drive up prices.

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Macworld – Seattle-based online retail giant Amazon.com has introduced a brand-new app for iPad that provides access to all areas of its Website through an interface optimized for Apple’s tablet device.

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Macworld – Seattle-based online retail giant Amazon.com has introduced a brand-new app for iPad that provides access to all areas of its Website through an interface optimized for Apple’s tablet device.

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Reuters – Filmmaking is currently in a state of crisis that has left directors struggling to find their footing, with many struggling even to survive.

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Reuters – Facebook investor Mail.ru is looking to raise up to $876 million by offering a 16 percent stake in a planned London initial public offering (IPO) which could pave the way for other Russian Internet firms to float.

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PC World – The price and availability for Dell’s Venue Pro smartphone has leaked on Amazon’s U.K. Web site ahead of its official launch.

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PC World – Just as you were getting comfortable with Windows 7, it looks like Windows 8 is coming in the next two years. In a post celebrating the one-year anniversary of Windows 7 — the fastest selling OS in history — Microsoft’s Dutch Web site briefly mentioned the construction and release of its successor:

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AFP – A Vietnamese blogger critical of government policy remained in prison on Monday even though his sentence on “trumped-up” charges expired last week, Human Rights Watch said.

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PC World – With the introduction of InMarket, which will allow developers to upload their applications once and sell them across many online stores, Adobe Systems hopes to grab a share of revenue for applications downloaded to smartphones and tablets, the company said on Monday.

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PC World – China Unicom is launching a new online app store as more mobile carriers and handset manufacturers look to cash in on China’s app market.

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AP – It’s a problem nearly every woman in the Egyptian capital has experienced — leering, whistles, groping or other sexual harassment on Cairo’s thoroughfares and backalleys. Soon they’ll be able to instantly speak out on the Internet when it happens.

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AP – Google Inc. is tightening its privacy leash on employees in an effort to ensure they don’t intrude on people while the Internet search leader collects and stores information about its users.

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PC World – A group of malicious hackers who attacked Twitter and the Chinese search engine Baidu are also apparently running a for-rent botnet, according to new research.

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Mashable – VLC Media Player, an app that lets you watch videos in several formats that aren’t natively supported by the iPhone, has arrived in Apple’s iTunes store.

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