Discussion of sovereignty over the Internet has long been a taboo, dismissed in Western media as violation of freedom. The time has come to drag the issue into the cold, hard light of day, and China, with an online population of 670 ...
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The European Commission is likely to require more concessions from Google in an ongoing antitrust probe, the European Union's Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said. The Commission is now analyzing proposals that Google submitted ...
Yahoo will acquire blogging site Tumblr for approximately $1.1 billion, the companies confirmed Monday. Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business, with David Karp remaining CEO. The service will continue to be developed ...
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Microsoft has extended a search revenue guarantee agreement with Yahoo for one more year, amid reports that the Internet company is trying to break its 10-year agreement with Microsoft. The Redmond, Washington, software company, has ...
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Google's rivals have been given one month to assess the search giant's proposed antitrust remedies, the European Commission announced Thursday. The Commission, the E.U.'s regulatory and executive body, has published Google's proposals to ...
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Chinese internet giant Baidu is also developing its own Google Glass-like device that will allow for hands-free Internet searches. But the company has yet to decide if the device will ever reach the market.? The device, called Baidu Eye, ...
Tags: Baidu Eye, Computer Products, software, Internet search
Google is hanging onto its dominant share of the search market, while its competitors inch up and down. Google edged a bit further ahead in January, going from 66.7% of the search market in December to 67%, industry tracker comScore said. ...
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Computerworld - Google confirmed a dropoff in traffic to its sites in China on Friday, echoing an online report that the company's services are being blocked there. All Google services are inaccessible in China, according to the Google ...
Tags: Google Services, China, Communist Party Congress, Bloomberg News site
Mozilla today said that income from search partners climbed 31% last year, hinting at the reportedly lucrative deal the open-source foundation struck with fierce browser rival Google. Royalties, almost all of which come from search ...
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Microsoft and Google are each taking steps to extend the social networking capabilities in their search services, with the goal of making it easier to find or share useful results. Bing search results will now include tips and ...
Tags: Microsoft, Google, social networking capabilities, search services, Bing
Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA), the premier institute engaged in applied R&D, consultancy and training since 1974 has now established its new academic wing, NITRA Technical Campus (NTC) to cater to the manpower ...
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Mozilla said that income from search partners climbed 31% last year, hinting at the reportedly lucrative deal the open-source foundation struck with fierce browser rival Google. Royalties, almost all of which come from search services ...
Tags: Chrome, Google, Google Search, Mozilla, Mozilla Search
Google's services have been riding a bit of a rollercoaster in China over the last several days. Google services were blocked in China for about 12 hours, going from last Friday evening into Saturday morning. Then services were restored ...
Tags: Google, Gmail, search, YouTube site
Google and the European Commission have agreed the outlines of a settlement to end a two-year investigation into the internet firm's alleged abuse of its dominant position in the search market. The news comes a week after Google submitted ...
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The European Commission (EC) has given Google until July to submit proposals to address antitrust allegations about it abusing its dominant position in its online search rankings, or face regulatory action. An investigation into ...
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