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• Experian Hitwise Reports Bing Increases Market Share for Third Straight Month

  
  Experian Hitwise today announced that Bing's share of searches has increased for the third straight month.

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• Google Maps Adds Bike Trails

  Just in time for spring, Google is helping you enjoy the great outdoors by adding bike trails to Maps.

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• Twitter's New URL Shortener to Fight Spam

  It's being rolled out to Direct Messages first, where much of the spamming occurs.

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• Despite Legal Woes, Google Teams with Italy for Book Digitization

  It's a contribution to the digital renaissance.

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• WHERE Launches Local/Mobile Ad Network

  A top mobile service harnesses its strengths to compete in the mobile ad space.

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• Outsell forecasts that online spending will overtake print in 2010

  
  According to Outsell, spending on online advertising and marketing will overtake print in 2010 for the first time. The research and advisory firm's annual forecast predicts companies will spend $119.6 billion on online and digital strategies, from search engine keywords to webinars, while committing $111.5 billion to print media such as newspaper and magazine ads this year.

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• 8 Google Updates from the Past 8 Days

  Catching up on a week of new stuff from the GOOG.

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• Web Analytics Association Names Mike Levin as Executive Director

  Previously the executive director of the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), Mike Levin has been tapped in the same role - but this time at the Web Analytics Association (WAA).

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• Allison Schwam is Skiing Her Way to Search Success

  Prepare to be green with envy.

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• New MSN Homepage Begins Rolling Out Today

  It will take a few weeks.

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• Global agency reconsiders `.xxx' for porn sites (AP)

  AP - A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.

  
  

• OnLive game streaming service to start in June (AP)

  AP - In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular high-end games such as "Assassin's Creed II" over the Internet in June, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.

• MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up (AP)

  AP - Long ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to the other social networking sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.

  
  

• Google to digitize old books from Rome, Florence (AP)

  AP - Google said Wednesday it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what's being described as the first deal of its kind.

• Panasonic's first 3-D TV set in $2,900 package (AP)

  AP - Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday revealed the price for its first 3-D TV set, confirming that $3,000 is about what it takes to be among the first to watch 3-D movies in the home.

• Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week (AP)

  AP - Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000.

  
  

• Google prepared to quit China over censor feud: executive (AFP)

  AFP - A top Google executive told US lawmakers Wednesday that the Internet giant is prepared to leave China if Beijing says it must censor Web searches or quit the world's most populous online market.

  
  

• Intego releases VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection (Macworld.com)

  Macworld.com - The perils of malware and viruses are everywhere, and Mac users shouldn’t be complacent, especially if they’re also running Windows via Boot Camp or other virtualization software. To those ends, Intego has released VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, which offers all the features of its X6 product for both Mac and Windows operating systems running on your machine.

• China Mobile buys 20% stake in mainland bank (AFP)

  AFP - Phone giant China Mobile said Wednesday it will pay about 5.8 billion US dollars for a 20 percent stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank as part of its bid to enter the wireless banking market.

  
  

• Stop TV networks' blackouts, providers beg the FCC (AP)

  AP - Cable, satellite TV and other video providers have asked the government to intervene in ongoing fee disputes with TV networks — big-money fights that are expected to escalate this year as more contracts expire.