Google urges shareholders to permit censorship

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News: Google urges shareholders to permit censorship
News: CEO: SMB to become IBM's 'largest industry'
News: Dell hopes to earn good will with Linux PC
News: Microsoft fails to impress during Bach's keynote
News: First WiMax laptop card approved by FCC, Clearwire says
News: Users force Digg to stand firm over AACS encryption key
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Google urges shareholders to permit censorship
Google Inc.'s board of directors has recommended shareholders next week vote down a proposal that would require the company to legally resist government censorship efforts and to notify users when the company is required by governments to censor search results.


CEO: SMB to become IBM's 'largest industry'
The head of IBM Corp. expects the company's small to midsize business (SMB) operation to become the vendor's biggest industry focus within a couple of years.


Dell hopes to earn good will with Linux PC
Dell Inc. may have won applause from customers Tuesday by announcing it will sell commercial PCs running the Ubuntu distribution of Linux, but if the experience of competitors is a guide, it faces challenges translating the move into financial success.


Microsoft fails to impress during Bach's keynote
The last thing a company wants to do at a keynote speech is clear a room. But that's just what Microsoft Corp. succeeded in doing during Tuesday's keynote at MIX 07 in Las Vegas.


First WiMax laptop card approved by FCC, Clearwire says
Regulators have approved the first WiMax wireless broadband laptop PC card to be offered by Clearwire Corp., and it should be available to users later this year, the company said Tuesday.


Users force Digg to stand firm over AACS encryption key
Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg Inc., threw in the towel on Tuesday night.



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