news.cnet.com - 12/16/2008
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Recently, Google made a series of changes to its Chrome end-user license agreement, including the removal of language that describes how users can terminate their relationship with Google, as ReadWriteWeb discovered . Evil? Nah. That's likely just lawyers talking.
Or what about ...
online.wsj.com - 12/15/2008
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online.wsj.com —
VISHESH KUMAR and CHRISTOPHER RHOADS The celebrated openness
of the Internet -- network providers are not supposed...
to give preferential treatment to any traffic -- is quietly losing powerful defenders. Google Inc. has approached major cable and phone ...
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Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web
gigaom.com - 12/15/2008
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gigaom.com —
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google, long
a network neutrality champion, is looking to cut deals...
with broadband providers — both cable and phone companies — to get faster access for its own content. The Journal claims it has seen documents ...
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Google Turns Its Back on Network Neutrality [GigaOM]
bennett.com - 12/15/2008
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bennett.com —
I'm shocked. Google has been caught red-handed negotiating
deals with ISPs to host servers inside the building,...
just like Akamai does. The semi-technical press thinks this is some sort of a game-changing event: The celebrated openness of the Internet ...
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Google Gambles in Casablanca
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Google and Chrome: How Much Does the Company Really Care About Firefox? [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
... Sure, everyone's heard the talk about how Google's Chrome browser is really just the first step in a cloud operating system play. I'm not holding my breath on that, but I definitely noticed with interest this item from Matt Asay, where he notes that although Firefox used to be the default browser in the ...
Google and Chrome: How Much Does the Company Really Care About Firefox?
OStatic blogs —
... Sure, everyone's heard the talk about how Google's Chrome browser is really just the first step in a cloud operating system play. I'm not holding my breath on that, but I definitely noticed with interest this item from Matt Asay, where he notes that although Firefox used to be the default browser in the ...
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