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China warns google of 'consequences' - From www.singaporenews.net - 3 day 11 hrs 1 mts ago Google will have to bear the consequence if it insists on violating Chinas laws and regulations, a senior official warned Friday.

Sushi chef charged with serving illegal whale - From www.google.com - 4 day 14 hrs 14 mts ago

Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat. Typhoon Restaurant Inc., which owns The Hump restaurant, and sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, were charged with illegally selling an endangered species product, a misdemeanor. According to a search warrant, marine mammal activists were served whale during three separate visits to the restaurant. Federal labs confirmed the meat came from a Sei whale, an endangered species protected by international treaties, documents said. (AP)

Li firm sues google, facebook over patent infringement - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 4 day 15 hrs 21 mts ago joseph.mallia@newsday.com An East Islip company has sued tech giants Google Inc. and Facebook Inc., saying their mobile phone-based social networks improperly infringe on a patent.Wireless Ink Corp. ...

Spores voiceroute in google apps store - From business-times.asiaone.com - 4 day 16 hrs 24 mts ago (SINGAPORE) Home-grown technology start-up Voice- route is among the first wave of software developers featured in the eye-catching Google Apps Marketplace.

Google opens online apps store - From business-times.asiaone.com - 4 day 16 hrs 24 mts ago (SAN FRANCISCO) Google Inc, owner of the most popular Internet search engine, opened an online store that helps developers of business software sell their own programs.

Crown prince of japan visits ghana - From www.google.com - 7 day 15 hrs 58 mts ago

Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan on Sunday began a three-day official visit to Ghana at the head of a 30-strong delegation. He was welcomed at Kotoka international airport by Vice President John Dramani Mahama to traditional Ashanti drumming and dance, an AFP reporter saw. The visit is at the invitation of Ghana and is aimed at boosting ties between the two countries, officials said. (AFP)

China vows to punish hackers if google complains - From business-times.asiaone.com - 7 day 15 hrs 58 mts ago (BEIJING) China has pledged to punish hackers who attacked Google if there is evidence to prove it, but said it has yet to receive any complaint from the worlds top search engine.

Google takes aim at microsoft with start - From business-times.asiaone.com - 7 day 15 hrs 58 mts ago (SAN FRANCISCO) Google Inc stepped up its assault on Microsoft Corps MSFT.O productivity software business with the acquisition of a small start-up company that allows Microsoft users to edit and share their documents on the Web.

Google to insert automated captions on youtube - From www.singaporenews.net - 9 day 21 hrs 26 mts ago San Francisco, March 6 (DPA) Google is to add automatic captions to the tens of millions of English-language videos it hosts on YouTube, the web search giant said Friday.

Microsoft to launch social networking phone in us - From www.singaporenews.net - 9 day 21 hrs 26 mts ago San Francisco, March 6 (DPA) Software giant Microsoft is to launch its own mobile phones in the US later this year as it aims to challenge the growing smartphone dominance of its main rivals Apple and Google, the technology blog Gizmodo reported Friday.

Small is beautiful: japans hand - From www.google.com - 11 day 14 hrs 53 mts ago

While auto manufacturing giants spend millions to develop environmentally-friendly electric cars, one Japanese company has taken a more low-key approach, crafting hand-made green cars. Takeoka Jidosha Kogei may be the antithesis of the worlds Hondas and Nissans. The family-run business makes its cars from scratch in a garage workshop in the snowy foothills in the northwest of the country. There are no industrial robots or assembly lines in sight. Instead just a dozen mechanics crafting each model by hand, right up to the finishing touch of adding a set of beady headlights to their Milieu range. (AFP)

Windsor wants google to redo street view images shot during strike - From feeds.singaporenews.net - 11 day 17 hrs 50 mts ago The City of Windsor, unhappy with the image of itself that appears on Google Maps Street View, is seeking a reshoot. After successfully working to rid Windsors streetscape of a bloody murder scene o...

Google wants us to take china to wto - From business-times.asiaone.com - 11 day 20 hrs 15 mts ago (WASHINGTON) The Obama administration is weighing the merits of taking Chinas censorship of Google Inc to the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an unfair barrier to trade, a move that could further raise diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Htc shares fall in trading after apple lawsuit - From business-times.asiaone.com - 11 day 20 hrs 15 mts ago (TOKYO) HTC Corp fell the most in three weeks in Taipei trading after Apple Inc filed a patent-infringement complaint seeking to stop imports of the companys handsets running Google Incs Android software into the US.

Scientists defend warning after tsunami nonevent - From www.google.com - 14 day 21 hrs 21 mts ago

The warning was ominous, its predictions dire: Oceanographers issued a bulletin telling Hawaii and other Pacific islands that a killer wave was heading their way with terrifying force and that urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property. But the devastating tidal surge predicted after Chiles magnitude 8.8-earthquake for areas far from the epicenter never materialized and by Sunday, authorities had lifted the warning after waves half the predicted size tickled the shores of Hawaii and tourists once again jammed beaches and restaurants. (AP)

Google may spend hundreds of millions on broadband - From business-times.asiaone.com - 14 day 21 hrs 21 mts ago (SAN FRANCISCO) Google Inc said it may spend as much as hundreds of millions of dollars on an experimental broadband service that offers Internet speeds 100 times faster than current networks.

China attacks on google may have hit 100 companies - From business-times.asiaone.com - 14 day 21 hrs 21 mts ago (SAN FRANCISCO) The Chinese cyber attacks that Google Inc reported in January may have targeted more than 100 companies - a larger number than previously thought, according to security research firm ISEC Partners Inc.

News media business model must change - From business-times.asiaone.com - 17 day 17 hrs 43 mts ago AS social media and search aggregators such as Google continue to grow in popularity, the business model for traditional news media must evolve as well.

China says us should be cautious in laying blame - From www.singaporenews.net - 18 day 18 hrs 15 mts ago Chinese military figures have warned the US that it is igniting long dormant tensions by selling arms to Taiwan and allowing Internet search engine Google to make allegations about China hacking into its system.

Life gets back to normal for google - From business-times.asiaone.com - 18 day 22 hrs 5 mts ago (BEIJING) Google Incs China business is hiring and advertisers are returning, as concerns ease that the government will shut the companys operations after it threatened to defy censorship rules.

Brussels confirms anti - From www.singaporenews.net - 19 day 12 hrs 41 mts ago Brussels, Feb 24 (DPA) The European Unions executive Wednesday confirmed that it had received three anti-trust complaints about internet search engine Google, and that it had asked the company to comment on the allegations.

Google executives found guilty in landmark case - From www.singaporenews.net - 19 day 12 hrs 41 mts ago Milan, Feb 24 (IANS/AKI) In a landmark ruling, an Italian court Wednesday found three Google executives guilty of violating the privacy of an autistic child after abuse by his schoolmates was posted on the Internet.

Japan airlines to raise fuel surcharge - From www.google.com - 21 day 31 mts ago

Failed flagship carrier Japan Airlines (JAL) said Monday it planned to raise fuel surcharges for its all international flights from April 1. The Japanese airline, which went bankrupt a month ago with six billion dollars of debt, applied for the charge with the transport ministry, citing recent rises in fuel prices, the company said in a statement. JAL is going through a government-backed turnaround plan to rebuild itself under a new management team. (AFP)

Calls flood school in google row - From business-times.asiaone.com - 21 day 32 mts ago (BEIJING) A Chinese school accused last week of links to cyberattacks on Google that have strained Sino-US ties has since received a flood of calls from students interested in attending.

China schools deny hacking charges: report - From business-times.asiaone.com - 22 day 1 hrs 27 mts ago (SHANGHAI) Two prominent schools in China have disputed allegations that hacking attacks on Google and other firms originated from them, a report said.

Turning fruits of research into viable products - From business-times.asiaone.com - 22 day 1 hrs 27 mts ago WHAT do Google, Gatorade and a pacemaker have in common? These innovations were all first developed within a university, and later released into the market when their commercial potential became obvious. It is new technology inventions like these that are changing the world as we know it, making it a better place.

Chinese school denies involvement in google cyber attacks - From www.singaporenews.net - 23 day 2 hrs 8 mts ago Jinan (China), Feb 20 (IANS) A Chinese vocational school blamed for staging cyber attacks on Google and other firms said Saturday the allegations are unfounded.

18 hurt as plane hit by turbulence: japan police - From newsonjapan.com - 23 day 2 hrs 10 mts ago

Eighteen people were injured, with one breaking a leg, when a passenger plane hit turbulence en route from Washington to Tokyo, Japanese police said Saturday. The United Airlines Boeing 747-400 was carrying 245 passengers and crew when it hit turbulence over Alaska, seven hours from Tokyos Narita airport, a police officer at the airport said. Police initially said more than 20 people were hurt, but later revised that figure down to 18, including at least one person who suffered a broken leg. (AFP)

Google hacked from china schools: report - From business-times.asiaone.com - 23 day 2 hrs 10 mts ago THE Internet attacks that may end up driving Google Inc out of China originated from two prominent schools in the country, according to a report published late on Thursday.

I couldve been a yakuza: japan film maker takeshi kitano - From www.google.com - 24 day 2 hrs 6 mts ago

Japanese actor-director Takeshi Kitano, who brought the yakuza gangster genre to a global public, says he could have made his life in the underworld had it not been for his mother. After making his acting debut on the stage of the French Theatre in Tokyos working-class district of Asakusa, Kitano quickly clinched a spot in a television show under the name Beat Takeshi. Takeshis television persona is often the opposite of the characters he plays in his movies. Instead of the cool gangster, Kitano plays the obnoxious kid whose bawdy remarks reveal his comedic side. (Channel NewsAsia)

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