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Google Defies China’s Censors; ...

Mar 23, 2010 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
Google Defies China’s Censors; Beijing Plays Hardball In the latest episode of the ongoing Google-Beijing dispute, Google’s attempt to bypass Chinese censors by sending Chinese users of its search engine to an uncensored Hong Kong-based site seems to have failed. Within 24 hours of the rerouting, Beijing has clamped down, restricting mainland users’ access to the uncensored content on the Hong K [...]
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China Censorship: Google’s With...

Mar 21, 2010 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
China Censorship: Google’s Withdrawal and The Case of The Karaoke Waitress On Monday, Google is expected to announce that it will formally withdraw all of its services from China after a two-month stand-off with the Communist government over complaints of internet censorship, reports China Business News. For Google, this means not just walking away from the world’s largest internet market but also a loss of bi [...]
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The Things We Do For High-Speed Inter...

Mar 04, 2010 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
The Things We Do For High-Speed Internet! (We’re Looking At You, Topeka, Kansas) What’s the best way to get the attention of Google, so that the wonder-company will choose to rig your town for experimental high-speed internet? Some people think that shameless groveling might do the trick. That must be why Topeka, Kansas changed its name to “Google” for a month; the city hopes it will be chosen as a test site for Google’s [...]
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Internet Crackdowns: Is Italy The Nex...

Feb 24, 2010 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
Internet Crackdowns: Is Italy The Next China? On Wednesday, an Italian court convicted three Google execs on criminal charges for hosting a video on Google Video–which showed a teenager, allegedly with Down’s Syndrome, being bullied by other kids. The video was not posted by Google and when it received a notification from Italian police, it took it down. But Google still got [...]
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Italian Court Convicts Google Execs f...

Feb 24, 2010 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
Italian Court Convicts Google Execs for Hosting Illegal Video An Italian court in Milan has just convicted three Google executives of criminal charges. The court found them liable for an online video that they did not appear it, film, or have any role in posting, and which the company promptly removed when complaints about it were raised. The Italian court, however, still held them responsible for the v [...]
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This Is Spectacular: A Closer Look At...

Feb 23, 2010 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
This Is Spectacular: A Closer Look At The World’s Largest Airplane Graveyard It is one the most spectacular images that I have seen in a long time. Google Earth has just released hi-res images of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group–which sounds like a mouthful but is probably the most awesome place ever. This is where old decommissioned aircraft from the US military go to die. It’s an en [...]
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Attention: Google Is Not Making You S...

Feb 23, 2010 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
Attention: Google Is Not Making You Stupid. There Might Be Other Factors In Play In 2008, writer Nicholas Carr worried in The Atlantic that the search engine Google and the easy availability of information on the internet is making our brains lazy–and rendering humans stupid. He wrote that the net was destroying his capacity for concentration and contemplation, adding, “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I [...]
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Facebook Vs Google – The Final ...

Feb 17, 2010 ~ Written by Smriti Rao ~ Leave a Comment
Facebook Vs Google – The Final Frontier It’s quite literally the battle of the titans. Facebook vs Google and the race seems to be getting edgier. January data released on compete.com now shows that the social networking site Facebook had a whopping 134 unique visitors in January.  Fb seems to be galloping ahead, collecting not just eyeballs but also engaging its visitors in [...]
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Google Breaks-up With China!

Jan 13, 2010 ~ Written by MajorDomo ~ Leave a Comment
Google Breaks-up With China! Breaking up is hard to do, sing some, but not “Thou-shalt-not-do- any-evil-Google!” The internet giant strutted into China four years ago, lured by the huge growth potential in the white-hot market. Google succeeded for a while, till China’s press censorship and internet hackers wore the giant down. Now, it is bailing out. B [...]
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Google’s New Phone Will Take It...

Jan 05, 2010 ~ Written by MajorDomo ~ Leave a Comment
Google’s New Phone Will Take It One Step Closer To World Domination Haha…no! It won’t..but I like to be alarmist about these things. But take a look at the new phone, the Nexus One. According to people who got an early trial by Google, it’s like an Android Version of the Iphone. The BBC reports: It will be sold via Google’s website and initially be available on T-mobile in America fol [...]
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