Federal Judge Danny Chin Tuesday rejected a settlement deal Google stuck with authors and publishers over its Google Books archive project. He ruled the proposed agreement gave Google too much control over digitalized books. Laurie Segall provides an interesting recap of events that led to the final decision.Read the whole story...

It took nearly 10 years, but Google finally won a U.S. patent for its cycling logo known as "Google Doodles, which also covers a "periodically changing storyline." This means the doodles that change during a consecutive series of days might collectively create a story.Read the whole story...