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According to Google, a sophisticated algorithm tells the company there are more than 129 million books in the world.

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.

Google is losing its black and Latino workers at higher rates than any other demographic, according to the company's annual diversity report released last week. But it is far from alone in Silicon Valley.

By a 6-to-2 vote, the justices said Google's use of Oracle code did not infringe copyright laws.

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.

The Grammy Awards telecast is airing Sunday evening. The Recording Academy says that nothing should overshadow the night, but allegations from its ousted female president and CEO suggest otherwise.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Paul Boutin of Slate about Google.com's newest service: software that allows you to search your desktop in the familiar way you search the Web. Boutin says the device works well, but raises some privacy issues.

NPR's A Martínez talks to NASA scientist Armin Kleinboehl about the space agency's Cloudspotting on Mars project, which asks for the public's help identifying Martian clouds.