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Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown like China if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities.

Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a Delhi court directive warning them of a crackdown like China if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities.

Facebook realized it needed to strike a more cooperative tone with Madison Avenue ahead of its initial public offering and the accompanying intense scrutiny on profit growth.

Google has hired a senior director at Apple to work on company’s top secret project, according to the latest report.

If you're troubled by the new privacy issues involved with Google's new policies, you may be thinking of boycotting them. If you are, here's how to use the the four best Google alternatives.

Google will no longer support the Verizon CDMA/LTE version of Samsung's flagship phone - Galaxy Nexus. Verizon's CDMA enabled phones such as Motorola XOOM and Nexus S 4G too have lost Google support.

Tech-forward U.S President Barack Obama has indicated that the government will try to find out a workable approach on the controversial SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (PROTECT IP Act) issues. The president made that suggestion in reply to selected questions in the first-ever completely virtual interview from the White House, via Google+ Hangout.

Google now scans apps in the Android Market for security issues, and the makeover now has a sort of watchdog looking over the system. It's called Bouncer, and it combs through existing apps, new apps and even developer accounts. Security in the open source Android Market has long been a weak point in the Android system, and Google has finally begun to address it.

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a state of Washington library district for blocking access to porn on its computers. The policy means that websites such as Google images and YouTube are affected by the blackout.

Microsoft, the No.1 software company, is hitting back at Google, No. 1 in search, by insinuating new Google policies may inadequately protect consumer privacy.

Having filed for its initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday, Facebook has the potential to debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with one of the largest IPOs ever. Check out this slideshow to see which were the largest IPOs in U.S. history.

Google paid tribute Thursday to the world record for largest observed snowflake on the 125th anniversary of its supposed sighting with a pastoral wintry banner, depicting a massive snowflake 10 times the size of a perplexed cow off to the side. The actual snowflake, witnessed by a rancher in Fort Keogh, Montana, in 1887, was said to be 15 inches in diameter-closer to a cow's head than a flying saucer, but that really wouldn't make for a very interesting banner.

With all the talk surrounding the Facebook IPO, besides Mark Zuckerberg, one other name stands out: Sheryl Sandberg. Sandberg is the company's chief operating officer and with the approximately $31 million she made last year, she is the highest-paid employee at the social networking site. Sandberg is a married mother of two who has an excellent academic track record.

A group of European regulators has written to Google Inc calling on it to halt the introduction of its new privacy policy, saying it needs to investigate whether the proposals sufficiently protect users' personal data.

It's the year's hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients.

Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.

A TV advert that uses a Steve Jobs impersonator dressed in wings and a halo to sell an Android tablet computer has been criticized for its poor taste. In the ad, Taiwanese comedian and impersonator Ah-Ken, dressed in Jobs' trademark black turtle neck sweater and blue jeans, extols the virtues of Action Electronics Co.'s combined tablet PC and multi-language dictionary, which runs on Google's Android.

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The latest Google bomb is Define British Person. A Google bomb, or Google bombing, refers to practices, such as creating large numbers of links, which causes a search term to turn up unrelated results.

Assuming the $100 billion initial public offering by Facebook proceeds as planned, investors will likely clamor for shares and snap them up, just as in earlier Web frenzies for Netscape Communications, Yahoo and Google. But there are dangers.

Punxsutawney Phil's prediction is in the minority

Facebook aims to connect all two billion Internet users. So far it has captured 845 million of them. Of the rest, nearly 60 percent live in Asia and hooking them is going to be a daunting challenge.

Photos of Sheryl Sandberg's $8 million home in Atherton, Calif.

We all know that social media allows one to share their words on the Web in a matter of seconds. Networking giants Facebook and Twitter are known to be frontrunners in that field, but a relatively new Internet craze may be a worthy competitor.

Investors jumped on Facebook's regulatory filings on Wednesday for a glimpse into the company's inner workings ahead of one of the hottest initial public offerings in recent history. But there are also potential downsides.

As Facebook hurtles toward one of the largest initial public offerings in U.S. history, its honeymoon with investors may already be over.

Facebook aims to connect all two billion Internet users. So far it has captured 845 million of them. Of the rest, nearly 60 percent live in Asia and hooking them is going to be a daunting challenge.

Facebook filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday, for the first time doing a public financial strip tease.

Now that the Facebook filing is available, it's pretty clear that before he turns 28, CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be a billionaire. Maybe, if the IPO is as successful as hoped, he'll be worth about $28 billion.