Reuters - Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe
traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are
turning to the Internet to get their news, according to a new
survey.

PC World - EBay has settled a patent dispute with MercExchange that in 2006 was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, which sided with the online auction house in what is considered to be an important ruling on intellectual property.

Reuters - New York Times Co on Friday reported a
9.8 percent drop in advertising revenue in January from a year
before, hurt by weaker print classified advertising, while
Internet revenue rose.

Reuters - China’s top search engine Baidu.com Inc said it
plans to launch an instant messaging service, called “Baidu
Hi.”

USATODAY.com - Google’s attempt to build a home for personal health records online could potentially make the ads more lucrative than Web search, a top equity analyst says.

USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Online auctioneer eBay settled a seven-year patent dispute Thursday with tech firm MercExchange, ending a legal entanglement that prompted a Supreme Court ruling on intellectual property.

InfoWorld - Seems like everything went down this past week — YouTube, Hotmail, iTunes DRM, and Google’s stock price among them. Can you pick up the pieces in our snarky news quiz? Some questions aren’t as easy as they look. Most answers are worth 10 points, and at least one is impossible to get wrong. Ready? Then let’s begin.

AFP - China’s top Internet search engine Baidu, already targeted by international music firms over alleged copyright infringement, now faces a local piracy suit, state press said Friday.

AP - China’s top search engine Baidu.com has been sued by a local music industry group for alleged copyright violation, the second recent similar action from the industry, the group said.

PC World - Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again.