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"Well, Google has taken the next step in its world domination plan, banning Microsoft Windows from internal use.

Employees will be given the choice between Apple's Mac OS and Linux.

Adding insult to injury, Google is also publicly citing Windows security problems for the decision and blaming Windows vulnerabilities for the China hacking incident.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/05/31/businessinsi...

It looks like for now, China is allowing people to access google search, just not the contents of the resulting suggested pages.  My hope is that these kinds of courageous actions can show people what they're missing, and breed resentment and change.  Stay strong, Google!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/technology/24google.html?hp=&pagewante...

"Google said it is now redirecting its Chinese users to Hong Kong site google.com.hk, which offers uncensored search results, according to its company blog.

"Company CEO Eric Schmidt said last week the company plans to make its announcement "soon." Internet companies operating in China face a March 31 deadline to renew licenses to operate in the country, according to the Beijing Communications Administration.

The letter received wide coverage after it was posted earlier this week on a Web site for CCTV, a state-run media site.Meanwhile, a Chinese government Web site has removed a letter purported to be sent from 27 of Google's partner firms in China as suspicions grow whether all the companies listed authored the letter.

Looks like Google stepped up from its talk and started action - they're now returning full results for everything from Tibet to Tiananmen!  Go google!  It'll be interesting to see the response...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35886780/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Change in mobile operating systems over the last quarter:

Apple: Up .3%

Microsoft: Down 4%

Google Android: Up 4.3%

Go google!

http://hothardware.com/News/Android-Crushes-the-Competition-iPhone-Stand...

Something that's frustrated me with other companies and prevented me from using their products is lock-in... I don't want to spend months creating something in a software package only to find I have no way to get it out if I want to move to a competing package.  Google is the only company I'm aware of that proactively helps its customers leave whenever they want.  Yay google!

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/why-google-makes-it-easy...

More on the google book scanning case, and Good on Obama for backing the right horse!

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/google-books-fosters-intellectu...

Interesting thoughts on the google-china controversy...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/21/zakaria.google.china/index.html?hp...

Some big Chinese news portals initially carried a short dispatch on Google’s announcement, but that account soon tumbled from the headlines, and later reports omitted Google’s references to “free speech” and “surveillance.”

The only government response came later in the day from Xinhua, the official news agency, which ran a brief item quoting an anonymous official who was “seeking more information on Google’s statement that it could quit China.”

Btw, isn't it ironic that a woman named "Bing" is mourning the loss of google?  :o)