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Google “99.9 Percent” Likely To Pull Out Of China

15 March 2010 | 10:24 am EST | No Comments
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“Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world’s largest search engine, is now ‘99.9 percent’ certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday.” [Link]

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Dept: Tech

Bing Could Be Default Search On iPhone

20 January 2010 | 10:07 am EST | No Comments
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“BusinessWeek is reporting and solidifying what was previously an almost unthinkable rumor: that Bing might become the default search engine on the iPhone (and iPod Touch). The way BusinessWeek frames it this becomes a case of ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend.’” Link

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Dept: Tech / World

Google In Secret Talks With Chinese Government

18 January 2010 | 11:34 pm EST | No Comments
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“Google Inc. said it has begun talks with the Chinese government about the company’s plan to stop censoring results from its search engine, after saying it may quit the country because of cyber attacks.” Link

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Dept: Tech / World

Chinese Government Struggles To Deal With Possible Google Pullout

18 January 2010 | 8:04 am EST | No Comments
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“Google Inc.’s threat to shut down its China-based site Google.cn over censorship and e-mail hacking alarmed a Internet-connected public that has tolerated a gap between rapid economic and technological progress and a closed, secretive political system.” Link

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Dept: Tech

Google Threatens To Quit China Over Censorship

13 January 2010 | 8:06 am EST | No Comments
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“China has not made any significant comment since Google, the world’s top search engine, said it will not abide by censorship and may shut its Chinese-language google.cn website because of attacks from China on human rights activists using its Gmail service and on dozens of companies, including Adobe Systems.” Link

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