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Article | 8/07/2010 Google in waiting game for Chinese business license
Google executives may have to wait a while to find out whether Chinese officials will renew the company's license to do business in the country.
Article | 8/07/2010 EC exec says Google antitrust probe continues
Europe's top antitrust official said Wednesday that his office is continuing to investigate antitrust concerns about Google Inc.
Article | 2/07/2010 Google's license to operate Google.cn site still in limbo
The status of Google's China-based website, Google.cn, remains in limbo as the search engine giant waits to see if China will renew the company's oper...
Article | 1/07/2010 Despite compromise, Google partially blocked in China
Just one day after Google made a major effort to work with the Chinese government, the search firm reported that its service is being partially blocke...
Article | 1/07/2010 Google revamps News page
Google on Wednesday is rolling out changes to its News page that give users more ways to customize the kinds of headlines they see and easier ways to ...
Article | 30/06/2010 In its battle with China, Google takes a step back
Google may not be throwing in the towel in its battle with the Chinese government, but it certainly took a step back this week.
Article | 29/06/2010 Google moves encrypted search to a new site
Google's encrypted search engine, launched in May, has moved to a new Web address that isn't as convenient as its original one but that gives organisa...
Article | 28/06/2010 Google moves its encrypted search
If you're paranoid about snoops discovering your Web search terms and results, you'll have to start pointing your browser to another URL to use Goog...
Article | 24/06/2010 Microsoft's Bing turns up the heat in war with Google
Microsoft fired another salvo as its battle against <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136345/Google_Update">Google</a> for <a href="htt...
Article | 25/06/2010 'Is Julia Gillard married?' Google lights up with searches about new PM
Julia Gillard became Australia's first woman Prime Minister yesterday after a swift and brutal leadership challenge. Australians have been following ...
Article | 24/06/2010 Let Bing's New Features Entertain You
To give Bing a boost, Microsoft's bringing in the muscle of its modest entertainment empire.
Article | 23/06/2010 Reports: Google working on news, music services
Google is developing services to let consumers pay for access to news articles and songs through individual purchases and subscriptions, according to ...
Article | 19/06/2010 Microsoft to boost Bing's music, TV, movies, game search
Microsoft will unveil new features next week to enhance the Bing search engine's capabilities to search for entertainment-related content, specificall...
Article | 18/06/2010 Google's Commerce Search gives admins more control
Google will unveil on Thursday what it calls significant improvements to Commerce Search, a cloud-hosted search service that online retailers can sign...
Article | 11/06/2010 Google's new Bing-like look disappears
Only hours after launching vibrant background imagery on its homepage, Google stripped the page back to its usual stark white.