Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web
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Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books, instead signing on with a nonprofit effort.
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Well, boot up, bibliophile. That vision took a big step toward becoming reality this week, as Internet search-engine firm Google and five big libraries announced plans to create a giant online reading room.
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The Internet search company Google plans to put millions of library books online and make them searchable. This week, Google announced a project with the New York Public Library and the libraries of four universities.
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Three major record labels deny signing deals allowing their music to feature on a free file-sharing website.
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Internet search giant Google has announced plans to digitise millions of library books and make them searchable online. The Silicon Valley firm said it was working with the libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the
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Book publishers are slowly warming up to the idea of putting their content online, with two companies announcing separate plans to offer web-based methods to search through their catalogs.
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Websites face axe in search for 'sufficient public value'
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Two new offerings from Web giants this fall will test if consumers are ready to leave the paper book behind.
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The aisles are stocked with goodies that don't involve MySpace.
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A survey of the UK's top 30 e-commerce websites shows they all fail to provide suitable access for disabled customers.
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Google Inc. wants to save you a trip  to the library. The search engine that revolutionized how  people use the Internet has teamed up with some of the world's  greatest libraries to put their books in your living room.
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Allowing consumers to search the content of books online could shift the balance of power between companies that produce books and those that sell them.
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On the path to a much dreamed of world of Internet access to most of the mankind&#39;s written record, the Google project isn&#39;t the first to attempt to digitize books.
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Researching things on the web is an essential part of everyday business - but too often books and other printed sources get left behind.
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Pages of what appear to be the The Deathly Hallows are turning up online, but the publisher won't confirm if they're real
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Google Inc. wants to save you a trip to the library. The search engine that revolutionized how people use the Internet has teamed up with some of the world's greatest libraries to put their books in your living room.
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AppleStore buyers' ratings scheme limited to non-Apple products