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Despite very strained relations, the Chinese government have renewed Google’s licence to operate in China.
Although I support Google’s stance re censorship and human rights, I must admit to feeling glad that these two are still holding hands.
Read the full story here

Never one to complain about Google in the past, I must admit to hating the new Google home page.
The beauty of Google was always its simplicity – with the option to search sites from the UK when performing the initial search. Now one has to make a worldwide search just to get the option to [...]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/apr/20/google-google-street-view

I have nothing but admiration for Google when I read this morning that they have pulled out of China and will be online from Hong Kong. Too many western companies turn a blind eye to China’s human rights record so as not to jeopardise their profits – and that is a disgrace.
It is a brave [...]

Ha ha ha ha ha
Do it Rupert – go on, you know you want to…

Just read in the San Francisco Chronicle that, after many false starts, Microsoft and Yahoo have finally struck a deal to pool their expertise on search.
Taking on Google was never going to be easy, but the combined power of the second and third largest forces on the search market might actually stand a chance.
I hope [...]

In an article on the Guardian website, Mark Sweney tells how a case brought against Google by Metropolitan International Schools for defamation has been ruled in favour of Google.
In a judgment in the high court on Friday, Mr Justice Eady ruled that Google was  not the publisher of the content, merely a “facilitator”.
Good news for [...]

When news that singer Michael Jackson had died hit the web, Google thought they were under attack with the number of related queries.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8120324.stm

Bigmouthmedia – traditionally the holders of the number one spot at Google for search engine optimisation,  seem to be on the missing list this morning – with TBPR0.
For years now Bigmouthmedia have held the competition at bay and have made their reputation as king of the heap in the field of search engine optimisation – [...]

UK based Wolfram Research are attempting the holy grail of search – the ability of an Internet search engine to understand questions in natural language and deliver relevant answers.
Most associated with Ask, this technology has long been the dream of the information retrieval scientist. Whether or not it can be done remains to be seen. [...]