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“The People’s Republic of China has apparently barred its citizens from visiting a host of Google properties, including the main search engine, Google Apps, Google Reader and Gmail. A search on Twitter (preferred hashtag seems to have become #fuckgfw) reveals that many Chinese are complaining, particularly about not being able to use the search engine, although it appears Google.cn can still be reached at this point.” Link
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“Google China’s website has not installed filters to block pornography in accordance with the laws and regulations of our nation,’ the China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre (CIIRC) said in a statement. ‘A lot of overseas Internet pornographic information has spread into our nation by way of this website, seriously violating laws and regulations.’” Link
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AOL said today that Tim Armstrong, a Google exec who ran the search giant’s advertising business in the Americas, will become its new CEO. In a statement, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes called him “the right executive to move AOL into the next phase of its evolution.”
“Leading VoIP service Skype goes from strength to strength, with revenues rising by 26 per cent last quarter. Yet despite this success, parent company eBay is rumoured to be looking to offload its cash-cow to none other than Google. The rumours seem credible when you consider that eBay’s latest financial results were pretty poor ” [Link]
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“Liskula Cohen, a 36-year-old former Vogue cover girl and model for Armani and Versace, is suing Google in order to uncover the person behind a blogger site that named her the ‘#1 skanky superstar.’ ‘It’s petty, it’s stupid and it’s pathetic,’ says Cohen. ‘And when I do find out who did this, at least I’ll know who my enemies are. … I’m tall, I’m blond, I’ve been modeling for many years, and people get jealous.’” [Link]
