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China’s Tencent buys Google-backed social networking firm (AFP)

AFP – Mainland Internet company Tencent Holdings has bought Google-backed Chinese social networking firm Comsenz for more than 60 million dollars, the companies and a media report said.

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Microsoft now fueling Yahoo’s search engine (AP)

AP – Microsoft is now powering the search engine on Yahoo’s website in the U.S. and Canada.

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Google’s China answer page inaccessible (AP)

AP – A Google question-and-answer page for Chinese users was inaccessible from mainland China on Tuesday less than a month after the search giant’s Internet license was renewed amid a dispute over online censorship.

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Google’s Hong Kong question page blocked in China (Reuters)

Reuters – A question-and-answer page on Google Hong Kong’s website became inaccessible to some mainland Chinese users on Tuesday, underscoring Beijing’s sensitivity about the Internet.

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Microsoft patches "critical" crack in Windows (AFP)

AFP – Microsoft released an emergency patch for a “critical” crack in Windows operating system software that could let hackers take control of computers over the Internet.

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Firefox Falls Further Behind in Browser Wars (PC World)

PC World – Linux user, how many different Internet browsers do you have on your system?

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Baidu hacker lawsuit can proceed in US court (AFP)

AFP – A US judge ruled Thursday that Baidu has a “plausible” legal case against a domain registry firm that let hackers commandeer the Chinese Internet search giant’s website.

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Summary Box: New York Times posts revenue growth (AP)

AP – GROWTH: The New York Times Co. posted its first quarterly revenue growth since 2007 on Thursday, with a jump in online advertising sales offsetting further declines in print.

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Amazon profit soars but stock price sinks (AFP)

AFP – Online retail giant Amazon.com reported Thursday that its profit soared 45 percent in the recently-ended quarter, driven by its Kindle e-reader and popular Web Services.

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Alcatel-Lucent announces Internet contract in China (AFP)

AFP – French-US telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent said on Wednesday it had been chosen by mobile operators China Mobile and China Telecom to install a fiber optic network in China enabling high-speed Internet access.

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