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Google Is Leaving China
The Next Web 2008 &bull 2 Hours Ago
After Friday's announcement that China would not cave on censorship regulations for Google, which came after Google announced that they would not censor their searches, this showdown seemed imminent. With neither party prepared to cave, the Financial Times is reporting… Full Story »
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- Eric Schmidt
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10 Reasons Why Microsoft Bing Is Gaining on Google
Dzone &bull 4 Hours Ago
News Analysis: Although Google still controls a significant portion of the search space, evidence suggests that Bing is gradually gaining ground on the search giant. It still has a long way to go. But if things keep up as they… Full Story »
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Hewlett Packard Pavilion dv4-2160us (WA683UA) PC Notebook
sponsored listing • Shopping.comHP Pavilion dv4-2160us to edit photos and videos easily, burn files onto CDs and DVDs, plus burn labels onto discs using LightScribe Technology. With this Laptop PC, you can also lighten the weight by removing the optical drive from the HP SmartBay....Full Story »
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Eight Reasons Why Free US Broadband Should Be Spelled M2Z, Not AT
The Next Web 2008 &bull Today
To anyone that's looked, the fact that 30% of Americans remain offline is a huge and immediate concern. Market research has shown overwhelmingly that the reason why most of these Americans are still offline is because of price concerns. As M2Z CEO John Muleta said in… Full Story »
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Hunch gets $10 million from Khosla Ventures, others
Cnet News &bull Today
Hunch was co-founded by Caterina Fake, who founded Flickr and sold it to Yahoo in 2005, and Chris Dixon, who built SiteAdvisor and sold it to McAfee in 2006. Hunch is still a modest-sized site--its internal numbers put it at… Full Story »
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Microsoft races to plug IE hole after exploit code released
Cnet News &bull Yesterday
Microsoft said on Friday it is testing a patch to fix a new hole in Internet Explorer 6 and IE 7 following the release of exploit code on the Internet. Microsoft included workaround information in its initial advisory on the… Full Story »
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Hewlett Packard Pavilion dv6-2170us ((WA778UA)) PC Notebook
sponsored listing • Shopping.comFor those who want an all-in-one performance notebook with rich multimedia features, the HP Pavilion dv6 Entertainment series delivers excellent mobile performance that looks as great as it runs. Powered by the latest processor and graphics technologies, it delivers the features you need to support your...Full Story »
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Biz Break: Apple iPad orders begin; plus: tough Google talk
Silicon Valley &bull YesterdayToday: Apple begins taking iPad reservations. A Chinese official has tough talk for Google. Plus: Online '.xxx' domain delayed. Video game sales fall in February. Full Story »
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Facebook turns out to be a pretty good friend to Foursquare
Venture Beat &bull Yesterday
In fact, the world's largest social network drives the largest share of the location-based game's web traffic, accounting for 33 percent of all upstream visits last week, according to web research firm Hitwise. Google follows closely behind, with a 22… Full Story »
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Threadbox launches a slick new real-time collaboration tool (invites)
Venture Beat &bull Yesterday
About a month ago, email assistant startup Cc:Betty renamed itself Threadbox and said it was rebuilding the product into a more work-focused collaboration tool. At 5pm Pacific today, users will get a chance to try out the new app, as Threadbox… Full Story »
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Is Google Finally Ready To Make Its China Move?
Paid Content Industry Moves &bull Yesterday
China has now reiterated its position in its stand-off with Google (NSDQ: GOOG)-and it looks like all that remains is for Google to finally make its move. China says it won't let Google operate an unfiltered search engine in the… Full Story »
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- Cnet
- Eric Schmidt
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Will Shatner Creates Sci-Fi Social Network Site MyOuterSpace
Daily Tech Internet &bull Yesterday
William Shatner has been a pitch man for a host of companies, including Priceline.com. However, he is best known, of course, for his contributions to the science fiction genre for his time spent playing Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise on the originalStar Trek.… Full Story »
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Week in review: Game on for Sony
Cnet News &bull Yesterday
The entertainment and technology giant this week unveiled the Move, a small device that looks like a microphone and represents Sony's bid to gain control over the motion controller wars. Those wars are currently led by Nintendo, with its Wii… Full Story »
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When malware strikes via bad ads on good sites
Cnet News &bull Yesterday
Matt Drudge and Michael Arrington found themselves this week in an unpleasant position when visitors to their respective Drudge Report and TechCrunch sites were targeted by malware that appeared to have come from ads. While Drudge vehemently denied it and blamed accusers of playing politics, Arrington acknowledged on Thursday that there had been malware-laden ads on TechCrunch on Wednesday. It's unclear which ad network… Full Story »
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Google ponders split decision on China
Cnet News &bull Yesterday
That's according to The Wall Street Journal, which appears to float a trial balloon on behalf of the company by reporting Friday that "there will be a way for Google to not pull out 100 (percent)" if the Chinese government… Full Story »
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Free Maps From Google and Nokia Drive Vodafone To Shut Down Wayfinder
Paid Content Yahoo &bull Yesterday
The first victim of the free navigation wars: Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is shutting down Wayfinder, the Swedish mapmaker it purchased for $30 million in late 2008. Clearly, the market has gotten a lot more complicated since Vodafone's acquisition. Google (NSDQ:… Full Story »
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- Nokia
- Navigation
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Google dispute: China says company must obey the law
Silicon Valley &bull YesterdayBEIJING - China's top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences," giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking. Full Story »
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China's stern warning to Google
BBC News Technology &bull Yesterday
Google began operations in China in 2006 to widespread criticism. While many argued Google was complicit in the censorship imposed by Chinese government, Google insisted it was nevertheless serving the public interest even though it was furnishing censored results. Relations… Full Story »
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- Eric Schmidt
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Beijing official warns Google to obey China's laws
Cnet News &bull Yesterday
A Chinese government minister has issued a stern warning to Google in the event the company stops filtering search results at its Chinese Web site: Follow our laws, or else. Speaking to reporters at the National People's Congress on Friday, Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong said he hopes Google will respect China's rules and regulations.… Full Story »
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Google tests revamped Blogger layout design tool
Info World News &bull Yesterday
Google will begin on Thursday a public test of a Blogger layout customization tool that the company says significantly broadens publishers' ability to modify the look of their blogs. The Blogger Template Designer includes ready-to-use professional designs, pre-built templates that… Full Story »
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Google vs China: Claws Come Out, Search Giant Sounds Like Sovereign Nation
FastCompany: Technology &bull Yesterday
The warning came today from the Minister of Industry and IT, Li Yizhong, who was speaking to reporters at the annual National People's Congress meeting. Li was, of course, diplomatic about the matter and noted that the government does actually… Full Story »
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Why no one cares about privacy anymore
Cnet News &bull Yesterday
Google co-founder Sergey Brin adores the company's social network called Google Buzz. We know this because an engineer working five feet from Brin used Google Buzz to say so. I just finished eating dinner with Sergey and four other Buzz engineers in one of Google's cafes," engineer John Costigan wrote a day after the Twitter-and-Facebook-esque service was announced. You might call Brin's enthusiasm premature, especially since privacy criticisms prompted Google… Full Story »
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- Flickr
- FriendFeed
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