Google opens Google Apps Marketplace (InfoWorld)
| InfoWorld - Google will launch on Tuesday evening Google Apps Marketplace, providing a venue for third-party, cloud-based applications to supplement Google’s own online applications.
MySpace readies site overhaul to rekindle growth (Reuters)
Reuters - With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year.
US ‘JihadJane’ arrested for terror recruiting (AFP)
AFP - A US woman operating online under the name “JihadJane” recruited jihadist fighters in the United States, Europe and Asia in a bid to carry out terror plots “or die trying,” prosecutors have said.
Google opens Web store for business applications (AP)
AP - Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.
Summary Box: Google expands sales of business apps (AP)
AP - NEW APPS STORE: Google is selling the online services of other business software makers.
China to punish hackers, says no Google complaint (Reuters)
Reuters - China has pledged to punish hackers who attacked Google if there is evidence to prove it, but said it has yet to receive any complaint from the world’s top search engine.
Egypt military court releases blogger in army case (Reuters)
Reuters - A blogger, who had faced a military trial for an article critical of Egypt’s armed forces, has been released without bail after apologizing and on condition he removes the posting, his lawyer said Sunday.
Four in five believe Web access a fundamental right (Reuters)
Reuters - Four in five adults believe access to the Internet is a fundamental right — with those feelings particularly strong in South Korea and China — and half believe it should never be regulated, according to a global survey.
3.1M customers face Oscar night without broadcast (AP)
AP - Cablevision subscribers were scrambling Sunday to hook up antennas or find live TV on the Internet in order to watch the Academy Awards after ABC’s parent company Walt Disney Co. switched off its signal in a dispute over fees.
Is your Oscar pool legal? (Reuters)
Reuters - Is holding an online office pool to predict Oscar winners unlawful gambling?