World’s internet population to pass 2bn, says report
Last Updated on Thursday, 21 October 2010 03:21 Written by External Post Thursday, 21 October 2010 03:21
Having doubled over the past five years, the global internet population is now set to pass the 2-billion mark this year, according to the latest report from the International Telecommunication Union. The number of people with access to the web at home is
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Sergey Brin on Google and China
Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 March 2010 03:00 Written by External Post Wednesday, 24 March 2010 03:00
yuhong writes ‘The NY Times has interview with . A few quotes from it: ‘Mr. Brin lived in the Soviet Union until he was nearly 6 years old, and he said the experience of living under a totalitarian system that censored political speech influenced his
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Microsoft to offer European users alternatives to Internet Explorer
Last Updated on Monday, 22 February 2010 11:00 Written by External Post Monday, 22 February 2010 11:00
Microsoft is to give Windows users in the European Union the option of choosing another web browser to replace the default Internet Explorer (IE) from 1 March.The move is in line with a December 2009 agreement with EU competition authorities, who ruled
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Justice Dept. clears Microsoft, Yahoo search deal
Last Updated on Thursday, 18 February 2010 05:45 Written by External Post Thursday, 18 February 2010 05:45
Microsoft and Yahoo have cleared the final hurdles to their search outsourcing deal–approval from the European Union and the U.S. Justice Department. On Thursday, the EU officially announced its nod to the deal under which Microsoft becomes the
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