Category Archives: Google

Government By Google

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Government By Google”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail This is why the ACLU had a booth at Netroots Nation pushing updated electronic privacy legislation. Via HuffPo: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. is gearing up to sell its e-mail and other Web-hosted … Continue reading →

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Will Google Books Kill The Novelist?

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Will Google Books Kill The Novelist?”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I sincerely doubt it. Writers who wish their work to live in perpetual print, but only if it comes through approved agencies and paid royalties — all long after they have … Continue reading →

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Google vs. China

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Google vs. China”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailJames Fallows weighs in at The Atlantic: In a strange and striking way there is an inversion of recent Chinese and U.S. roles. In the switch from George W. Bush to Barack Obama, the U.S. … Continue reading →

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The Emperor’s New Map

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Emperor’s New Map”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe AP has stirred my inner map geek at exactly the right time. A million-dollar map is on rare public display: The map created by Matteo Ricci was the first in Chinese to show … Continue reading →

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Google May Leave China

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Google May Leave China”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail After a spate of cyber-attacks aimed directly at Chinese human rights advocates and their foreign contacts, Google has had enough: These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the … Continue reading →

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Google Image Results

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Google Image Results”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailA couple of months ago I posted Washington Times: NSF is NSFW, a takedown of the Rev. Moon’s publication for a lame attempt to whip up nontroversy. The post keeps appearing in my daily stats, … Continue reading →

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