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AFP – Startup SocialEyes on Monday introduced a service that lets people have one-on-one or group video chats with friends from hot online community Facebook.

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AFP – The US Monday named leading Chinese search engine Baidu and Swedish torrent download site Pirate Bay in a list of the world’s top online and physical markets for pirated and counterfeit goods.

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Reuters – The United States on Monday again put China’s top search engine, Baidu Inc, on its annual list of “notorious markets” for counterfeit and pirated goods, fueling U.S. business community hopes for action in Congress against “rogue websites.”

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AP – An Arkansas man accused of stealing more than 100,000 e-mail addresses of Apple iPad users last year was released on bail Monday and will be prohibited from using the Internet except for work — which in his case means a job as a computer consultant.

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AFP – US publishing giant Hearst unveiled a Web-based service on Monday that lets users pay their household bills and manage their magazine subscriptions online.

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AP – A NASCENT MARKET: New Internet video services from companies such as Netflix and Apple are offering a low-cost alternative to a costly monthly cable bill. Protecting this emerging market was a top priority for government officials reviewing Comcast Corp.’s takeover of NBC Universal.

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Appolicious – Apple is about 47 hours out from (probably) announcing the iPad 2, so it’s time for the Internet to go all-out and get its last-minute rumors planted. We’re seeing quite a few — chief among them, that there’s going to be a white iPad 2.

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AP – New Internet video services from companies such as Netflix and Apple are offering a glimpse of a home entertainment future that doesn’t include a pricey monthly cable bill.

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Reuters – Democracy activists in Saudi Arabia say the government is closely monitoring social media to nip in the bud any protests inspired by uprisings that swept Arab countries, toppling leaders in Egypt and Tunisia.

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Reuters – Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday called on major U.S. web site operators such as Amazon and Twitter to switch to a more secure protocol to prevent identify theft and other security breaches in places like coffee shops.

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Mashable – The latest addition to the U.S. Army’s arsenal of recruitment tools is an iPhone app that launched Monday. The free app gives access to more than 600 soldier bloggers’ content as well as allowing users to share their own “Army Strong” stories, photos and videos.

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AFP – US Internet coupon deals website Groupon launched its China venture on Monday in partnership with local web giant Tencent, looking to tap into the world’s largest Internet population.

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Reuters – AT&T will begin carrying online retailer Amazon.com Inc’s market-leading Kindle electronic reader next week, expanding the device’s availability in stores.

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Mashable – Online sales in western Europe are expected to increase more than 13% to €92 billion in 2011, after growing 18% to €81 billion in 2010.

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AFP – Videogame makers from around the globe are gathering to seek paths to fortune and glory on a landscape upset by social networks, smartphones, tablet computers, and the Internet “cloud.”

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PC World – Groupon has finally launched its China site at GaoPeng.com, with Chinese Internet giant Tencent as one of its major backers.

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Mashable – After a healthy 12.6% increase to $176.2 billion in 2010, U.S. online retail sales are expected to reach $278.9 billion in 2015.

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Reuters – The home of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle is the “most flirtatious city” of the modern world, a new study showed on Monday.

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Reuters – A new JPMorgan Chase & Co technology fund is in talks to buy a substantial stake in Internet messaging and communications site Twitter, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the plans.

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PC World – Including digital content and services in the new Consumer Rights Directive could have a detrimental effect on online consumers, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) said on Monday.

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AFP – Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi may be reviled by many of his own people and the international community, but he’s enjoying an unexpected surge of popularity — as a music video star.

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Reuters – Sen. Charles Schumer on Sunday called on major U.S. web site operators such as Amazon and Twitter to switch to a more secure protocol to prevent identify theft and other security breaches in places like coffee shops.

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PC World – “As the operator of one of the world’s most popular websites, you provide a valuable service to Internet users across America. With the privilege of serving millions of U.S. citizens, however, comes the responsibility to protect them while they are on your site.”

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Mashable – Tonight’s the big night when the Oscars 2011 awards ceremony broadcasts on ABC starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time. But that’s just the ceremony itself — there’s a lot more to see online.

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PC World – Google has supposedly declared war against “content farms,” yet has never come out and said that. In fact, all Google says in a Thursday blog post is that it has launched “a pretty big algorithmic improvement” to how it ranks search results. Google writes that its goal is to improve rankings so that supposed “high-quality” sites will rank higher than “low-quality” content.

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AFP – Videogame makers from around the globe are gathering to seek paths to fortune and glory on a landscape upset by social networks, smartphones, tablet computers, and the Internet “cloud.”

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AP – The U.S. is tweaking China for its online blocking of the American ambassador’s name.

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PC World – Google is adding a cool new feature to its eponymous search engine today: Recipe View, which lets you pull up results that show only recipes — then filter them by ingredients, preparation time, and calories using options in Google’s left-hand toolbar.

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AFP – Google has changed its secret search formula in the United States to be more discerning when it comes to which websites are worth recommending and which should sink in the rankings.

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Reuters – Verizon Wireless sold more iPhones online than in stores, its top executive told Reuters, disputing a concern that the sparse crowds that greeted the store launch of the Apple Inc device signaled low sales.

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Reuters – Verizon Wireless sold more iPhones online than in stores, its top executive told Reuters, disputing a concern that the sparse crowds that greeted the store launch of the Apple Inc device signaled low sales.

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AP – Google has tweaked the formulas steering its Internet search engine to take the rubbish out of its results. The overhaul is designed to lower the rankings of what Google deems “low-quality” sites.

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AP – Google has tweaked the formulas steering its Internet search engine to take the rubbish out of its results. The overhaul is designed to lower the rankings of what Google deems “low-quality” sites.

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NewsFactor – Google has launched a new search capability that enables cooking aficionados to scour the web for recipes. Called Recipe View, the new search mode aims to help family chefs find the right recipe without having to navigate through the unrelated links that a standard keyword search might produce.

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NewsFactor – Google has launched a new search capability that enables cooking aficionados to scour the web for recipes. Called Recipe View, the new search mode aims to help family chefs find the right recipe without having to navigate through the unrelated links that a standard keyword search might produce.

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Reuters – Google Inc made substantial changes to its search engine in a direct attack on companies that churn out low-quality stories and videos.

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Reuters – Google Inc made substantial changes to its search engine in a direct attack on companies that churn out low-quality stories and videos.

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PC World – Google has announced that forthcoming releases of its Chrome browser will be able to run apps in the background. Essentially, the feature moves Chrome one step closer to becoming a true application platform–and with continuing efforts to develop HTML5, in a few years time it’s very likely the Chrome browser will have more in common with an operating system than a humble Web browser.

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Reuters – Eliminated “American Idol” hopeful Chris Medina’s inspirational story prompted super-producer Rodney Jerkins (Britney Spears, Michael Jackson) to put pen to paper. The result: a just recorded single, “What Are Words,” and an accompanying video premiering on Friday at 2 p.m. EST on aol.com.

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Mashable – “One Day On Earth,” an online project designed to capture video footage of life around the world on a single day — October 10, 2010 — is now turning into a host for videos and photos documenting current events in Libya. The country, which has become a hotbed of violence amidst a revolt against leader Muammar Gaddafi, is largely closed off from foreign media outlets, meaning submissions from Libyan members of the “One Day On Earth” community provide unique perspectives of what’s taking place within the country’s borders.

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Mashable – “One Day On Earth,” an online project designed to capture video footage of life around the world on a single day — October 10, 2010 — is now turning into a host for videos and photos documenting current events in Libya. The country, which has become a hotbed of violence amidst a revolt against leader Muammar Gaddafi, is largely closed off from foreign media outlets, meaning submissions from Libyan members of the “One Day On Earth” community provide unique perspectives of what’s taking place within the country’s borders.

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NewsFactor – In a move to provide higher-quality search results, Google has once again changed its algorithms. This time, the tuning aims to weed out bad content — and it impacts nearly 12 percent of all Google’s millions of search queries each month.

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NewsFactor – In a move to provide higher-quality search results, Google has once again changed its algorithms. This time, the tuning aims to weed out bad content — and it impacts nearly 12 percent of all Google’s millions of search queries each month.

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AFP – Career networking site LinkedIn said Friday its service had been blocked in parts of China, after the launch of an online campaign for Middle East-style rallies that has triggered official unease.

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AFP – US computer giant Dell is planning a massive expansion in China this year, state media said Friday, in a bid to reverse its declining share of the world’s biggest Internet market.

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PC World – Google wants to be your go-to guy for online media, and is inching closer to the launch a paid YouTube subscription service, according to reports. But can YouTube — which has mostly been free, fed by advertising dollars — function as a pay service? And can Google acquire content rich enough to compete with Amazon, Netflix, and others?

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PC World – Google has made a significant change to its search engine that will push further down in its rankings websites that pilfer content from other places on the Internet or do not offer high-quality information, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.

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Mashable – Web video superstardom can be a cruel mistress. One day your kazoo-based cover of an NKOTB classic is totally crushing it in the blogosphere, the next you’re kicked to the curb by an adorable three-legged cat who is surprisingly good at roulette.

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PC World – Search behemoth Google says it’s taking a stab at raising the bar on search results by penalizing Websites that offer copycat content and sites that are clearly trying to game the company’s search algorithm.

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Mashable – Commercial WordPress theme shop WooThemes launched Thursday a new exporter that makes it easy for Tumblr users to transfer their blog content and media to a self-hosted WordPress.org website.

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