Debbie Elliott and New York Times Magazine ethicist Randy Cohen examine the dilemma that search engine Google poses with its Google Book Search tool. The powerful software can scan whole sections of ...

For the first time, the Book Search engine will be available outside of google.com, and publishers can tailor searches so that only their own books will show up as results Google is making its ...

Privacy advocates had criticized Google's Book Search settlement as incomplete regarding its privacy policy, and Google has responded with additional commitments. Tom ...

Google Book Search began in the fall of 2004 as Google Print, a limited program that would scan and make some in -- copyright books available to readers through a new search engine. Google quickly ...

You turn to Google for most of your online search requirements, right? Now, that might extend to books as well. As the site SearchEngineRoundTable mentioned, a Twitter user highlighted how Google can ...

How the tech giant has fared in its major legal battles across the U.S. and Europe so far. By Nico Grant The absence of stringent regulation has allowed the search giant to dominate the powerful ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The amended Google Book Search agreement to scan millions ...

Google. It’s a noun when we refer to the Google Search engine. It is also a verb when seeking information, but are we limiting our use of how we use Google for genealogy? You might be missing out on ...

A coalition of authors and publishers, represented by the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic at the University of California Berkeley ...

How the tech giant has fared in its major legal battles across the U.S. and Europe so far. By Nico Grant Those lightweight laptops running Google’s Chrome OS operating system can work with certain ...

Google plans to digitize more than a million public-domain books in the Bavarian State Library, according to a Tuesday blog posting of Jens Redmer, head of Google Book Search in Europe, the Middle ...