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China Plays Up Hacker Crackdown February 08, 2010 
Two Monday technology stories, both involving China: Call them the yin and yang of that country's attempts to repair its image following Google's recent hacking allegations and the search giant's subsequent threats to end its business dealings in the country. Chinese police are trumpeting their shutdown of a major hacker training Web site and three related arrests.
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Microsoft to Google: Get Ready to Get Grilled in Europe January 30, 2010 
Microsoft's top lawyer said Monday that Google will inevitably have to answer questions about its huge market share in selling advertisements linked to results from its search engine. Microsoft's general counsel Brad Smith said the search advertising market has become "the fundamental economic engine for content online" and "the gateway to content on the Internet."
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Yahoo Eyes Turnaround in the Making January 27, 2010 
After a painful descent, things may finally be looking up for long-suffering Yahoo. Coming off its best quarterly performance since hiring Carol Bartz as its chief executive a year ago, Yahoo promised late Tuesday to deliver even more meaningful progress this year. For starters, the Internet company expects its revenue for the three months ending in March to rise 3 percent to $1.63 billion.
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MashLogic: Links Done Your Way January 27, 2010 
In the world of venture capital fund-raising, the would-be entrepreneur is usually the party who goes looking for acceptance. However, that's not the way MashLogic got funded. Instead, several partners at Bessemer Venture Partners sought out Ranjit Padmanabhan with seed money and the cofounder title to start up MashLogic in late 2007.
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Is the Ball in Chinese Netizens' Court? January 25, 2010 
The Chinese government issued a series of statements defending the country's Internet censorship policies and accusing the U.S. of having a "double standard" when it comes to online surveillance. The comments, made through the state news agency Xinhua, were in part a reaction to statements made by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton last week on the topic of Internet freedom.
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Google and the Freedom Business January 22, 2010 
We're now in week two of Google's high-profile battle with China, and the stakes have risen high enough to catch the attention of no less than the U.S. Secretary of State herself, Hillary Rodham Clinton. She cheered on Google's stance in a speech Thursday, saying, "Censorship should not be in any way accepted by any company from anywhere, and in America, American companies need to make a principled stand."
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China: US Guilty of 'Information Imperialism' January 22, 2010 
China rejected Friday a call by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for the lifting of restrictions on the Internet in the communist country, denouncing her criticism as false and damaging to bilateral ties. A state-run newspaper labeled the appeal from Washington as "information imperialism."
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Google-China Skirmish Mushrooms Into Foreign Policy Brawl January 22, 2010 
American companies need to take a stand against censorship on the Internet, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Thursday in a speech on Internet freedom delivered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. "Censorship should not be in any way accepted by any company from anywhere," Clinton said.
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Apple May Give Bing Top Billing on iPhone January 20, 2010 
And you thought some of the couplings on "Jersey Shore" and "Big Brother" were tough to follow. Technology companies, who do the love-hate-love thing better than any reality show, may be at it again, according to reports that indicate Apple may be ready to make Bing the default search engine on its iPhone, displacing Google.
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Android, Yahoo Take Hits in Google-China Slugfest January 19, 2010 
Google's latest salvo in its dispute with China came Tuesday, with reports that it's holding off unveiling two new Android phones in that country. However, this move may hurt Google more than it does China, which has a plethora of Android phones from different manufacturers.
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Bing's User-Data Life Span Trimmed to 6 Months January 19, 2010 
Microsoft has said it will change Bing's search data retention policies, promising to hold users' IP address data for only six months instead of 18. The change in policy is due to a number of trends, including growing pressure from regulatory authorities, Bing Chief Privacy Strategist Peter Cullen acknowledged. In particular, he referenced the standards set by the Article 29 Working Party.
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Google Puts Its Foot Down With China January 13, 2010 
The discovery of a series of cyberattacks from China targeting Google and other companies has prompted the Internet giant to threaten that it may pull out of the country. Recent "highly sophisticated and targeted" attacks "have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China," wrote SVP David Drummond on the company blog.
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Baidu Targeted by 'Iranian Cyber Army' Hack Attack January 12, 2010 
China's largest search engine, Baidu.com, said that it was temporarily shut down after a cyberattack Tuesday. Hackers briefly blocked access to China's top search engine by steering traffic to another Web site where a group reportedly calling itself the "Iranian Cyber Army" claimed responsibility.
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France Proposes Web Tax to Subsidize Starving Artists January 08, 2010 
France's Ministry of Culture has issued a report that recommends taxing Internet advertising revenue earned by such companies as Google, Facebook, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft, based on the use of their services in France. France would then use those supplemental tax receipts to support local online cultural content, content creators and artists.
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Mystery Tablet's Not the Only Thing on Microsoft's Slate January 07, 2010 
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday took the stage to deliver a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ballmer showcased products from several partners at the event, including a tablet device made by HP. He also announced a tie-in with HP to promote the Bing search engine.
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Consumer Groups Sound Alarm Over Google's AdMob Buy December 29, 2009 
Google's plan to acquire mobile ad network AdMob in a $750 million deal announced last month is under fire from two consumer groups, Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Digital Democracy. The two have asked the Federal Trade Commission to block the deal, arguing that it would substantially lessen competition in the mobile advertising market.
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