Track-It Internet & Online

TOKYO — Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday. Read more

MILWAUKEE — A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's. Read more

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics... Read more

LOS ANGELES -- All this week at the Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft has talked about cloud computing, what many consider the next frontier. Read more

NEW YORK — Air Canada said Thursday it has begun trial offers of Internet service onboard some flights between Los Angeles and the cities of Toronto and Montreal. Read more

NEW YORK — AOL LLC, an Internet company struggling to adapt to an advertising-driven economy, is looking to shed as much as 36 percent of its work force as it prepares to spin off from Time Warner Inc. next month. Read more

Nov. 19--If this week's big news on the Web startup scene sounds a lot like last week's, think of it as the forward march of a mega-trend: Social networks, online games and virtual goods are reaching more and more people and dipping more deeply into... Read more

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google expects lightweight computers powered by its new operating system to be on sale in time for next year's holiday season. Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently. Read more

WASHINGTON — Think of it as closed captioning for the new media world.

Google Inc. said Thursday it is introducing automatic, machine-generated captions for videos on its YouTube site. The new service, being launched this week, is intended to make online videos accessible to the deaf and hearing-impaired. Read more