Amnesty: Web Companies Violating (Human) Rights
Amnesty International accused Yahoo, Microsoft and Google on Thursday of violating human rights principles by cooperating with China’s efforts to censor the Web and called on them to lobby for the release of jailed cyber-dissidents.
The London-based human rights group also called on the Internet companies to publicly oppose Chinese government requests that violate human rights [...]
Google founders spar over ‘party plane’
While the two billionaires agree that they both love colored balls, they can’t agree on what types of beds should be placed in their Boeing 767 wide body corporate jet. Brin and Page broke out in a dispute over whether or not Brin should have a long California King size bed in their plane, according [...]
Google Threatens Telcos with Antitrust Action
In an escalation of the war of words over network neutrality — the idea that all Internet content would not be prioritized for delivery on the basis of fees — a top Google executive said Tuesday that the Internet giant would pursue antitrust enforcement against telecommunications companies if abuses occur.
Google Vice President and noted Internet [...]
Rank outsider sues Google over zero score
Google has defended its right to rank web pages in any manner it likes in a groundbreaking court case over its search engine results.
The search giant is being sued in California by a parenting website which claims it lost most of its traffic when its ranking dropped to zero. The site, Kinderstart.com, claims that it [...]
German experts want search engines to be monitored
German experts at a Berlin seminar this week argued that search engines need to be more regulated. They want companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! to exercise editorial control over their search results and filter out sites with x-rated content or that glorify aggression.
“Mechanisms have to be developed to deal with illegal content and [...]
Google and Its Continuing Dark Fiber Mystery
The market is still guessing about Google’s continued purchases of “dark fiber” and what that will mean to the Internet. Yet another explanation was floated at a recent IT conference: IPv6, the next-generation Internet standard.
During a debate on the adoption of Internet Protocol Version 6 at the Burton Group’s annual Catalyst conference in San Francisco, [...]
N.Y. lawmaker drops Google porn lawsuit
A Long Island politician has dropped a federal lawsuit that had claimed the search engine company Google Inc. profits from child pornography.
Jeffrey Toback, a member of the Nassau County Legislature from Oceanside, filed suit in May claiming Google had “paid links” to Web sites containing child pornography.
Toback said he dropped the lawsuit because “Google has [...]
French rival to Google
The French president, Jacques Chirac, yesterday unveiled what he hopes will be his great legacy to France’s struggle against the global dominance of the US: a series of technological projects including a European search engine to rival Google.
Mr Chirac, who walked out of an EU summit last month when a fellow Frenchman committed the grave [...]
Google preps online word processor
Google has agreed to acquire Upstartle, an early stage start-up which has developed a word processor accessible through a web browser. Upstartle’s Writely application is currently in beta and does not allow any new users to sign-up. The software lets users share and edit documents through a web browser and provides online storage. The software [...]
