BBC – Google books deal heads to New York court

Google is preparing to dace opponents in a New York court over long-delayed plans to create the world’s biggest digital library.

The Times – Google forced into Buzz revamp over privacy row

Google has been forced into a hasty revamp of Buzz, its new social networking service, after users claimed that it breached their privacy.

The Register – FriendsReunited sale cleared (Dennis the Menace not a competition concern)

The Competition Commission has cleared ITV’s sale of FriendsReunited to Brightsolid – a subsidiary of DC Thomson the publisher of the Beano.

IT PRO – UK broadcasters unveil SeeSaw online TV platform

Online TV service SeeSaw launched yesterday, offering 3,000 hours of content from Channel 4, Five and older BBC programs in a bid to grab a slice of the internet TV market from broadcasters and Google’s YouTube.