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Google Executives Found Guilty in Italian Court

The New York Times reports that three Google executives were convicted today of violating Italian privacy laws in a ruling that the search giant denounced as an attack on freedom of expression on the Internet.

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Survey Results: Google Does Not Make You Dumber

Does Google make you smarter by bringing you access to a wide range of information? Or (as posited by analyst Nicholas Carr in The Atlantic) does having the ability to find anything you want at your fingertips make you lazier and less likely to engage in deep, critical thinking. That was the question posed by the Pew Internet & American Life Project to 895 technology stakeholders and critics through an online poll, and the results were fairly comprehensive – Google is not making us stupider.

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Is Google Censoring Searches on Islam?

When you enter the search terms “Christianity is” or “Buddhism is” into a Google search bar, Google will give suggestions for auto-completing the search. In some cases the suggestions might be offensive to followers of these religions, such as “fake” and “a cult.” However, no such potentially offensive suggestions — or any suggestions at all — come up when entering a search on “Islam is” in Google.

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Google Updates Translator Toolkit

Google has added new features to its Translator Toolkit, making it easier for users to collaborate on translations through chat. Similar to the features in Gmail, users can now send instant messages to colleagues, friends, family and groups and can even save translation chats in Gmail.

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Top Chinese Search Engine Baidu to Venture into Online Video

Reuters reports that Baidu, the top search engine in China, is poised to make a foray into the underserved but potentially lucrative online video market. Sources close to the company claim the Baidu is teaming up with Providence Equity Partners, a major investor in Hulu.com, to create a new online video channel in China.

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New online service offers freedom from social networking sites

While most people enjoy spending time on social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn on a daily basis, others are committing online-presence suicide thanks to a new Web site launched in December–the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine.

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