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Google chief likes China growth, not censorship
Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt on Friday expressed his company's dislike of China's censorship policies, even as it pursues opportunities to remain in the country without censoring its search engine.
Tech stocks mixed after-hours; Microsoft, Amazon.com report solid earnings
After being hammered in the regular session, the tech sector is showing modest recovery in after-hours trading.
Microsoft profit bolstered by Windows 7 sales
Microsoft Corp posted a 60 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of its new Windows 7 operating system, and said it expected business technology spending to recover this year.
Google rolls out 'social search'
Google is rolling out a 'social search' initiative that will allow users to see photos and information from their friends related to their search.
Key infrastructure often cyberattack target: survey
Every second critical infrastructure supplier has been a target of a cyberattack, a survey of security software firm McAfee showed on Thursday.
Startpage launches anonymous Web search service
Search-engine company Startpage launched a service allowing users concerned about privacy to carry out Web searches and click on linked pages without being identified, tracked or recorded.
Motorola posts profit but rev misses Wall St view
Motorola Inc posted a small quarterly profit versus a year-earlier loss but revenue missed Wall Street estimates for its first quarter selling phones based on Google Inc's Android software.
Clinton to press China FM on Internet issue
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will press China's foreign minister on the issue of Internet freedom, a growing irritant in ties between the two powers, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.
China says no curb on Google mobile technology
China sought to head off concerns about curbs on Google phone technology on Wednesday, as U.S. business groups urged Washington to tackle alarming measures against foreign high-tech companies in China.
Google's older sister in China urges it to stay
A Google knock-off has surfaced in China to compete with the world's largest search engine, while at the same time pleading with it to stay in the country despite censorship and hacking allegations.
Yahoo sees possible Q1 revenue growth
Yahoo Inc said revenue could grow for the first time in six quarters in the first three months of 2010, noting that demand for premium display advertising had improved significantly.
Internet companies voice alarm over Italian law
Internet companies and civil liberty groups have voiced alarm over a proposed Italian law which would make online service providers responsible for their audiovisual content and copyright infringements by users.
Google works around Apple's restriction over Google Voice
Google announced Tuesday a revised mobile Web site for its Voice application that makes it easier to be used on Apple's iPhone, just months after Apple rejected Google's original submission to its App Store.
Google releases new Google Voice for iPhone
Google Inc unveiled a new version of its Internet phone service on Tuesday in its latest effort to bypass Apple Inc's gatekeepers and make Google Voice a popular service on the iPhone.
Chinese media scorn U.S. over Google dispute
Chinese state media stepped up their war of words with the United States over Internet control on Tuesday, with a top newspaper claiming a U.S. conspiracy and saying China can live without Google.
Android to eclipse iPhone and WinMo by 2013
Android will rise to be the second most used mobile OS in the world by 2013, eclipsing the iPhone and others, according to a new IDC estimate.
China steps up defense of Internet controls
China widened its attack against U.S. criticisms of Internet censorship on Monday, raising the stakes in a dispute that has put Google in the middle of a political quarrel between the two global powers.
Bill Gates says Internet needs to thrive in China
Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates on Monday said the Internet needs to thrive in China as an engine of free speech and described official online censorship by Beijing as very limited.
Corrected: China steps up defense of Internet controls
Corrects city where Cisco CEO spoke in paragraph 11
New cyber-attack highlights increasingly sophisticated censorship
Websites run by Chinese human rights activists were hit by cyber-attacks over the weekend, highlighting increasing sophistication of efforts to censor dissident voices in China.
Cisco CEO confident China, Google spat will be resolved
Cisco Systems' chief executive said on Monday he expected the spat between Google Inc. and China to be resolved, saying the issue was part of a natural give and take.
Google founders Brin and Page to sell 10 mln shares
Google Inc founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin plan to sell about 10 million of the company's shares over the next five years, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday.
China says it needs no Internet lessons from U.S.
China needs no lessons about its Internet from the United States, the head of an online media association said through official media on Saturday after the United States rapped Beijing over information freedom.
China, U.S. spar over Internet censorship
China hit back at U.S. criticism of Internet censorship and hacking on Friday, warning that relations between the two global heavyweights were being hurt by a feud centered on web giant Google.
EU queries impact of Microsoft/Yahoo deal on Google
EU regulators are seeking market views on whether a Microsoft Corp plan to use Yahoo Inc's search technology would help the U.S. software firm compete against dominant search engine Google Inc.
China says U.S. Internet accusations baseless
China hit back at U.S. criticism of Internet censorship and hacking on Friday, warning that relations between the two global heavyweights were being hurt by a feud centered on web giant Google.
Google downplays Apple tension
Google said that it has a stable relationship with Apple even as the company slowly encroaches into its cross-town peer's market-space.
China dismisses Clinton's call for Internet Freedom
China on Friday rejected criticism by the Hillary Clinton over Internet censorship and warned the US not to allow the issue to damage bilateral relations.
Lenovo Android phones unaffected by Google China spat
Lenovo Group, the world's No.4 PC brand, said on Friday its mobile phone based on Google's Android platform will not be affected by an ongoing spat between the search giant and the Chinese government.
Microsoft issues emergency Google attack patch
Microsoft Corp on Thursday released a patch to protect users of its Internet Explorer browser from attacks similar to those directed at Google Inc's operations in China last week.