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AFP – A man who went by the Internet pseudonym Devilfish579 has been charged with threatening Hispanic groups in the United States in a series of hostile emails, the Justice Department said Monday.

AP – Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use.

AFP – Google has filed an appeal of a court decision that ordered the US Internet giant to stop digitising French books without publishers’ approval, its lawyers said Monday.

AFP – China has sentenced a man who operated a porn website to 13 years in jail and fined him 100,000 yuan (15,000 dollars), state media said, amid an ongoing campaign to crack down on online sexual content.

AFP – In a rare foray into television advertising, Internet giant Google ran an ad during the Super Bowl.

Reuters – New York Democratic Governor David Paterson is not planning to resign, his spokeswoman said on Monday, calling blog reports entirely fabricated.

PC World – Google doesn’t tend to show itself off. Why would it need to? It’s a household name, often synonymous with search, the go-to search engine. Even if Google didn’t flood the news on an almost daily basis, at this point, it’d be impossible to ignore its influence. Yet still, Google dug deep into the television advertising gambit on Sunday, airing a heartwarming spot during the be-all, end-all destination for ads: the Super Bowl.

Reuters – The Internet is helping older British readers rekindle a love of books and writing, and an overwhelming majority of senior citizens see the medium as a positive development, according to a survey.

PC World – Google wants to pioneer the first smartphone technology to translate foreign languages almost instantly, the search giant told British daily The Times. The technology will be able to convert spoken words into a different language in real time, and could be ready within a few years.

PC World – PayPal, an eBay company, has suspended personal payments to and from India and transfers to local banks in the country.