Vegas paper gets subpoena to ID online commenters

LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas newspaper says it has been served a federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about readers who posted comments on the paper's Web site.

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Google unfazed by 3 US government inquiries

SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. doesn't believe it needs to change its ways despite three separate U.S. government inquiries into whether some of the Internet search leader's actions are thwarting competition. "There is no reason to be upset or surprised with the scrutiny," Dana Wagner, Google's competition counsel, told reporters Wednesday. "It comes with the territory."

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Although Bing doesn't seem a potential threat to Google, people at Googleplex are not complacent enough to sit back and relax. Adding another weapon to their search engine armory, Google released its new search tool called Google Squared. The new search tool is an interesting piece that allows you to pull out information about a specific topic from around the web into a spreadsheet. Google had announced the Squared for the first time in May at Google’s Searchology event in May. Squared is designed to support different types of research. For instance, you'll get some bang on results for searches like if you are looking to write a good paper on solar system for your school. Squared will offer you a chart describing all the planets and their behavior. Similarly if you wanna new dog, Squared will square up your search and allow you to find the breeds.  Google Squared is still in the Labs, and under testing. Not everything about Squared is perfect, it has some negatives along with the positives.
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Court orders America's Cup showdown in February

NEW YORK — A New York judge on Thursday ordered America's Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland to face American challenger BMW Oracle Racing in a rare one-on-one showdown in February. Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich of the Supreme Court of the State of New York also ruled that BMW Oracle Racing needed to promptly submit a measurement certificate for its 90-foot trimaran.

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Sun Micro: We may have broken US anti-bribery law

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sun Microsystems Inc. may have broken anti-bribery laws with its actions in an unspecified location outside the United States, a revelation that would-be acquirer Oracle Corp. knew about before inking its $7.4 billion takeover deal. It's unclear what Sun's admission Friday will mean for the company.

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Google CEO to stay on Apple board despite inquiry

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt said he doesn't plan to resign from Apple Inc.'s board despite a government inquiry into whether the ties between the two companies violate antitrust law. Schmidt made his remarks Thursday in response to questions posed by reporters before Google's annual shareholder meeting. A Google lawyer confirmed recently published reports that the Federal Trade Commission is looking into whether the company's overlapping board relationships with Apple will discourage future competition.

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BANGALORE - India's fourth largest software exporter Satyam Computer will get a new buyer Monday, a little over three months after its founder B. Ramalinga Raju shocked India Inc by admitting massive financial fraud of Rs.7,800 crore (Rs.78 billion).

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HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday promised to render all possible assistance to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in probing the massive fraud in Satyam Computer Services after the High Court expressed its displeasure over the lack of cooperation with the investigating team.

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HYDERABAD - India's market regulator Wednesday grilled Satyam Computer Services founder B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother B. Rama Raju in Chanchalguda Central Jail here over the Rs.70-billion (Rs.7,000-crore/$1.43-billion) accounting fraud in the company.

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BANGKOK - About 2,300 websites have been blocked for not showing respect to the monarchy, Justice Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhage said Thursday.

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