Technology
China's Censorship Policy May Force Google to Shutter Local Search Engine China is unlikely to allow Google
Inc. to provide uncensored Internet search results, potentially
forcing the company to close its operations in the country, two
people familiar with the matter said.
Google May Trade Nexus One Sales for Free Speech in Standoff With China Google Inc.’s decision to stop
censoring search-engine results in China and potentially shut
down its local Web site may prevent it from selling its new
mobile phone in the world’s largest market.
Google Hacking Attacks in China Presage Battle With U.S. to Shape Internet Google Inc.’s threat to pull out of
China because of hacking and censorship may strengthen the
Communist government’s resolve to shape the Internet to its
advantage rather than accept the “unrestricted” Web advocated
by President Barack Obama.
Moviegoers in U.S., Canada Spend $1 Billion on 3-D Movies, Led by `Avatar' Moviegoers spent $1 billion to see
3-D films at U.S. and Canadian theaters last year, as features
including News Corp.’s “Avatar” drove total box-office revenue
to a record.
Google's Chinese Fans Commiserate at Makeshift Shrine Amid Threat to Leave Google Inc. users in China gathered
to place flowers and candles outside the Beijing office after
the company said it may withdraw from the world’s biggest
Internet market.
Google's China Exit Would Give Baidu Control of Biggest Internet Market Google Inc.’s possible departure
from China may become a defining pronouncement that the world’s
biggest Web market is an inhospitable place for foreigners.
Cybersitter's Law Firm in Piracy Case Reports Web Attack From Within China Gipson Hoffman & Pancione, the law
firm representing software maker Cybersitter LLC in a $2.2
billion software piracy action filed last week against the
People’s Republic of China and seven major computer
manufacturers in connection with distribution of the Green Dam
censorware program, has come under a cyber attack directed from
within China, the law firm said in a statement.