Microsoft Plays By China's Rules To Block Free Speech
When it comes to doing business in China companies still have to play by the governments rules no matter how big they are and Microsoft is no exception
Much to the dismay of the computer giants critics and human rights activists the company based in Redmond Wash has been agreeing to abide by the Chinese governments regulations on restricting freedom of speech on its own Web site in that country
Late last month Microsoft launched a Chinese languagebased Web portal China as a joint venture with Shanghai Alliance Investment...
Microsoft plays by China's rules to block free
Technology News hen it comes to doing business in China companies still have to play by the governments rules no matter how big they are and Microsoft is no exception
Much to the dismay of the computer giants critics and human rights activists the company based in Redmond Wash has been agreeing to abide by the Chinese governments regulations on restricting freedom of speech on its own Web site in that country
Late last month Microsoft launched a Chinese languagebased Web portal China as a joint venture with Shanghai Alliance Investment...
Chinese Target Web's 'Prohibited Language'
Users of the Spaces section of Microsoft Corps new Chinabased Web portal get a scolding message each time they input words deemed taboo by the communist authorities such as democracy freedom and human rights
Prohibited language in text please delete the message says
However the restrictions appear to apply only to the subject line of such entries Writing them into the text with a more innocuous subject heading seems to be no problem
Microsofts Chinese staff could not be reached immediately for comment...
AOL's Portal Entrance Afoot
When America Online Quote Chart shifts
from being an oftperceived dusty dialup subscription service to a onestopshop Web portal there may be one area where they jump right in and compete video search
As the media conglomerate moves to an adsupported model hoping to snatch revenue from the growing online advertising market it is pushing the upcoming launch of its portal
Click for a larger view of s portal...
Technology News: Internet : Yahoo Opens Window to 'Deep Web'
By Susan B Shor
TechNewsWorld
Danny Sullivan editor of Search Engine Watch told TechNewsWorld it is very difficult to pin down how much of whats on the Web is hidden He said that some experts estimate the figure to be as high as 90 percent of all content and he believes the new search option is very valuable Anything that helps people be exposed to more information is great he said
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