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  • A significant tech monopoly trial reached a high point with Google's CEO Sundar Pichai on the stand. The Department of Justice alleges that Google has used its monopoly power to thwart competition.
  • A Senate panel is looking to see if the company is keeping conservative media and bloggers out of top search results. Google has previously denied political bias.
  • Google will allow patent holders to "tell Google about patents they're willing to sell at a price they set." Tech firms have been targeted by "trolls" who own patents and charge them licensing fees.
  • People who work to assure the quality of Google search results are asking for labor rights.
  • Google enters the already crowded field of instant messaging, with a new service, Google Talk. Integrated into Google's e-mail program, the tool allows users to type messages and speak to each other over their Internet connection. But it currently does not work with AOL, Yahoo or MSN instant message services.
  • In the first day of trading in shares of the Internet search engine company Google, the stock rises to above $100. After much anticipation over the public offering, Google set its initial price at $85 for Thursday's debut. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.
  • The long-awaited "Google phone" has arrived. The G1 phone carries Google's Android software and runs on T-Mobile networks. Though its touch screen and online integration make the G1 analogous to Apple's iPhone, the Android platform is open for use by multiple phone developers.
  • Google has launched a new version of its search engine Web site in China. The site censors material about Tibet, human rights and other topics considered sensitive by the Chinese government. The move comes shortly after the company was praised for not complying with a U.S. federal subpoena for its records.
  • After buying the company last year, Google decided to stop printing Frommer's travel guides. The founder of the brand now says Google has agreed to sell the company back to him. Arthur Frommer says he will continue to print the travel guides — in addition to publishing them electronically.
  • Google.com, the top Internet search engine, has a new legal battle on its hands -- this one from angry writers. Noah Adams talks with Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin about a lawsuit that claims that Google's effort to make books searchable and findable on the Internet violates copyright law.
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