Italy changes tack on internet regulation U-turn likely as Parliament calls for change Microsoft to stop selling display ads for Facebook But Bing will now provide search results for Facebook users around the world Net piracy proposals protest song explodes on the web Stephen Fry encourages views by tweeting about the track Four free video editors bring out your inner filmmaker These applications can help you turn your raw video into a snazzy presentation Associated Press renews deal with Yahoo, not with Google The deal lets Yahoo publish AP stories on its websites Google supports 'click-to-call' mobile ads Smartphone users will be able to click on an ad to directly dial a business Why the iPad is great for designers, illustrators Four reasons for designers to love it Google expands Social Search test The service, which pulls public content from users' friends on social networks, graduates to Google.com Google tunes search engine for facts, events The new features attempt to provide answers right in search results YouTube redesigns video pages 'Decluttering' aims to make the video clip the "star" of the page Judge reduces US$2 million music-sharing verdict to $54k Jammie Thomas-Rasset has a week to decide whether to accept the new ruling Google grows revenue and profit in Q4 The company caps a year in which it did well financially despite the world's economic crisis US govt to push harder against web censorship Secretary of State announces a new initiative to fight censorship worldwide New York Times plans to charge for some online access The newspaper is building a new online system for this purpose Google slammed with antitrust complaints in Germany Few details on the complaints are available Report: Apple may replace Google search with Bing Apple and Google now competing at every turn Updated: Google may pull out of China after cyberattacks After attacks targeting the Gmail accounts of human rights activists, Google says it may leave the country Google apologises to Chinese authors for book scanning Google hopes for signed agreement by second quarter Money for nothing? Virtual goods market takes off Social networking is fueling growth in the virtual economy French government urged to tax online ad revenue A tax on Google and other ad networks would be used to pay artists losing out to online piracy

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