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Google’s plans to create the world’s largest digital library moved closer this week with settlement of a 2005 copyright infringement law suit. The Financial Times reports that Google is paying $125 million to the Author’s Guild and members of the Association of American Publisher and will “fund the creation of a Book Rights Registry modelled […]
ArsTechnica reports that the District of Columbia local government is moving its “office” tools from the desktop to the cloud. The $500,000 agreement involves migrating 38,000 employees (less than $15/employee) to Google Apps, which includes Gmail, Google Docs and Google Video for business. There are also intranets and wikis (Google Sites).