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Google’s share of the Chinese search engine market fell in the second quarter while the US Internet giant was embroiled in a public battle with Beijing over censorship, a research firm said Wednesday. (c) 2010 AFP

A stand builder fixes a logo at the Google stand at the CeBit 2010 exhibition in Hanover. US Internet giant Google launched a charm offensive for its controversial “Street View” navigation service, aiming to soothe the privacy doubts of a sceptical German public. US Internet giant Google Tuesday launched a charm offensive for its controversial [...]

Google has filed an appeal of a court decision that ordered the US Internet giant to stop digitising French books without publishers’ approval, its lawyers said Monday. (c) 2010 AFP

File photo of a Chinese flag flying over the company logo outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing. Google has warned a copycat Chinese website to stop using a logo that resembles the US Internet giant’s or face possible legal action, state media reported Monday. Google has warned a copycat Chinese website to stop using [...]

Pedestrians pass the Google logo outside the web titan’s Beijing headquarters. The Internet giant is checking whether any of its China staff helped hackers lead a major cyberattack against the firm, which is now mulling whether to leave the country, a report has said. Google is checking whether any of its China staff helped hackers [...]

France has agreed to work with Google to digitally scan French library books but insists it will not surrender legal control of its cultural heritage to the US Internet giant. France agreed Tuesday to work with Google to digitally scan French library books but insisted it would not surrender legal control of its cultural heritage [...]