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  • DMCA makes Google kill open source project

    A copyright complaint pushes Google to remove an open-source project to let Linux use proprietary video decoding software called CoreAVC.

  • Yahoo allows Flickr users to upload video

    In a bid to broaden Flickr and put some pressure on Google's YouTube Yahoo is allowing users to upload video content to its popular photo-sharing site.

  • YouTube opens APIs, gets tough on terms of service

    YouTube has released application programming interfaces allowing its content to be embedded into other Web sites, desktop applications, video games and mobile devices.

  • YouTube makes adverts 'less annoying'

    Google is finally rolling out an advertising format for YouTube that could succeed where many others have failed: it's not annoying.

  • Google plugs Gmail data leak flaw

    Google has fixed a security hole in several of its services that exposed the address books of Gmail users, the company said on Tuesday in the US.

  • Google to rollout content-filtering system

    Google has pencilled in September as the launch date for a system that will stop pirated videos from going up on popular social networking site YouTube.

  • Google launches desktop package

    Google has announced a package of desktop software and entry into the video-on-demand business in an effort to further extend its already massive footprint.

  • Microsoft blogger leaks 'secret' search plans

    A Microsoft employee last week removed a blog posting and apologise after revealing details about planned changes to Microsoft's Live Search.

  • YouTube's fate rests on decade-old copyright law

    Whether YouTube suffers the same fate as Napster may depend on the wording of a nearly antique law written long before video-sharing Web sites were envisioned.

  • 'DVD Jon' edits Google video

    A day after Google released its Video Viewer, a Norwegian programmer tweaked the application to make it play clips that are not on Google's servers.

  • Google purchases video-conferencing software

    Google has acquired the flagship software product of video-conferencing start-up Marratech, leading many to believe that conferencing software may become the next addition to Google's growing office suite.

  • Google queues up personal video

    Google will begin archiving personal video clips as part of its ever-expanding search service, company co-founder Larry Page said on Monday.

  • Gmail gets voice, video chat

    Google is rolling out video and voice capabilities for the chat function that is embedded in the Gmail interface. It's a bare-bones voice and video-conferencing service, but it's simple to install and use and is a very good addition to Gmail.

  • Queen to visit Google London HQ

  • Google reveals Android source code

    A year after announcing Android, the open source phone operating system intended to jump-start the mobile Internet, Google has begun sharing the project's underlying source code.

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