Google has told about censorship of the services in 25 countries of the world

Google has informed, that their services are blocked in 25 of 100 countries in which corporation Google carries out the activity.

By order of the government...

Access for Internet users to products of Google is limited under the decision of the governments of the states, about this informed the vice-president Rachel Whetstone in the official blog devoted to a state policy of the European countries.

The vivid example of restriction of access to services of Google it's China, they provides obligatory censorship of search inquiries. It became the conflict reason between Google and the Chinese government when the company has refused to carry out censorship in reply to hacker attack to the corporate network.

Authoritative censorship

However besides search restriction, in China other services of the company, for example: Sites, Blogs and service of editing and an exchange of photos Picasa are blocked also. Video hosting Youtube which belongs Google also is inaccessible for the Chinese users.

The company Google has not specified the list of the countries which impose an interdiction for Google services, having underlined, that more often in a role of censors act the authoritative states, such as China and Vietnam.

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Nokia has given to Chineses unlimited access to music

Company Nokia has presented in China service «Comes with Music», is informed in the official press release. This service will be accessible to buyers of some models of phones.

STOP! Digital Rights Management

The Finnish manufacturer has cancelled restrictions on reproduction of tracks, having got rid from technology DRM (Digital Rights Management). In other countries, including to the USA loaded by means of service musical compositions it is possible to reproduce only on one mobile phone and one computer.

Service will be given at purchase of phones Nokia X6 32GB and 16GB, Nokia 5230, Nokia 5330, Nokia 5800w, Nokia 6700s, Nokia E52 and Nokia E72i. The company notices, the cheapest model is on sale for 140 euros, not including local taxes and grants of mobile operators.

The largest catalogue of music

Compositions from catalogues of the largest sound recording labels — Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and EMI Music will be accessible to subscribers to service. Also Nokia has entered into the agreement with a number of local independent labels.

For last one and a half year Nokia has started music service «Comes with Music» in 30 countries. In the nearest plans of the company an exit on the Indian market which is considered one of the world's largest.

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In China has ceased to work Google

The search inquiries sent on March, 30th by inhabitants of China from main page Google, did not give out results. Instead of them at users the empty page with the information on a search error was loaded, writes The Los Angeles Times. Also the error led to connection rupture to the Internet. Thus other services Google continued to work.

The Chinese block

This malfunction has been fixed in territory of continental China. Chinese users Twitter have started to inform on malfunctions in the searcher about five o'clock in the evening on local time. Thus service of microblogs Twitter in territory of China is officially blocked, therefore it is necessary for users "to apply technical cunnings" to publish a content.

Error or Consequence?

Google officially has not commented on a situation, and remains not clear, whether are errors of search a measure accepted by the Chinese government in reply to refusal Google to carry out censorship of search inquiries. Google has made decision to refuse from censorship on March, 22nd, in reply to hacker attacks to the corporate network.

At the moment the Chinese visitors of site Google.cn are automatically redirected on Hong Kong portal Google.com.hk. Further search is carried out by means of the servers also located in Hong Kong. It allows the searcher not to fulfil the requirement of the Chinese government on obligatory censorship of search inquiries.

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Refusal Google of censorship has displeased Chineses

Refusal Google of censorship of search inquiries in China has displeased inhabitants of the country, informs BBC News. According to the Chinese correspondent BBC, many Chineses felt offended by the decision of the American company.

Thinking censorship

Censorship cancellation has provoked growth of nationalist moods at Internet users in China. So, on a popular web portal sina.com.cn there were messages in which Chineses have demanded that Google "left away the country".

Some partners Google in China also have declared the termination of cooperation with the searcher. So, Internet company TOM Online which owns a portal tom.com, has officially declared, that will not prolong the contract with Google. Earlier Chinese government has warned partners of the searcher about necessity independently to carry out censorship in case it will cease to carry out Google.

«Absolutely wrong decision»

However with condemnation of policy Google all inhabitants of China have acted not. At the Peking office of the company people who have expressed support to refusal of censorship have gathered. We will notice, that earlier the representative of the Chinese government named decision Google "absolutely wrong" and has expressed "discontent and indignation" company actions.

Google has stopped to carry out censorship of searcher Google.cn on March, 22nd, having given to the Chinese users possibility to carry out search by means of the Hong Kong version of the searcher. The decision to refuse censorship connect with December attack to corporate network Google which has been made from territory of China. On company Google official statement, personal data of several tens Chinese legal experts which use mail service Google Mail were the purpose of malefactors.

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The largest registrar of domains will leave China

The world's largest registrar of domain names company GoDaddy.com will leave from the Chinese market, writes The Washington Post.

The total control

Such decision in GoDaddy have accepted because of toughening of rules of registration of domains. According to the new requirements which have appeared in December, 2009, at registration it is necessary to give about itself the extensive information and to load a colour photo.

In particular, it is required to give number of registration of the legal person and the questionnaires filled by hand. All should be informed it in the special organisation closely connected with the government. Representatives of the registrar consider, that these rules "will freeze" the market. Usually from clients of registrars the name, the address, a phone number and an e-mail address is required only.

Casual coincidence

GoDaddy has decided to stop work in the domain market of China shortly after corporation Google has refused a filtration of results of search and has redirected all inquiries from the Chinese servers on Hong Kong where censorship is not made. However, in the registrar deny any interrelation of own decision with actions Google.

Company GoDaddy is engaged in registration of domains since 2000. In total it is registered over 40 million domain names.

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YouTube has renewed work after five-hour failure

The largest videohosting YouTube has renewed work after debugging. On a site the main page and the majority of sections, however videoclips were not displayed were accessible on direct links.

Without explanations of the reasons

YouTube yet has not explained the reason of malfunctions. The representative of a video hosting has informed, that YouTube has understood an essence of the arisen problem, and engineers were engaged in restoration of working capacity of a site.

The Chinese trace

In the beginning of week of a malfunction also have concerned site Google. Users from the different countries told, that the information on company management was displayed in the Chinese language. Many bloggers have connected it with refusal Google of censorship in China and have put forward assumptions, that the site has undergone to hacker attack, writes The Guardian.

Subsequently Google in the microblog on Twitter has informed, that the malfunction has been caused by an error, instead of hacker attack, and that the error is already corrected. We will notice, that Google owns videohosting YouTube.

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To partners Google in China have reminded about censorship

The Chinese government has informed partners Google the prevention of necessity to carry out censorship, writes The New York Times referring to anonymous sources. Officials have asked to prepare these companies the spare plan for a case of refusal Google from censorship of search inquiries. What exactly means under the spare plan, the edition does not specify.

The Chinese impasse

According to The Financial Times, Google has practically definitively decided to close the search business in China. As has told to the newspaper the anonymous source close to Google, negotiations of the company with the Chinese government were at a deadlock. Thus Google would like to keep presence at the country and to continue business development in other directions. In particular, the company is interested in preservation of the research centre which settles down in Beijing, and the agency which are engaged in sale of advertising in the Chinese language on site Google.com.

The Chinese threat

Relations between Google and the Chinese government have become aggravated in January, 2010. Then Google has informed on planned refusal of censorship of Chinese version Google.cn in reply to hacker attack to the corporate network. According to representatives Google, attack was conducted from China, and personal data of the Chinese legal experts which use post service Google Mail were the purpose of malefactors.

According to analytical company Analysys, on share Google 36% of profit of all search business in China are necessary. For comparison, the share Chinese Baidu makes 58%. The Internet audience in the country exceeds 330 million persons.

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On the Internet is 115 million Chinese schoolboys

115 million Chinese schoolboys — 33,8% of an Internet audience of the country — regularly leave in the Internet, informs Xinhua. These data have been published by results of Internet interrogation.

Negative and positive

During research experts have come to conclusion, that the Internet renders both positive, and negative influence on teenagers. They have noticed, that the Internet is help in study and promotes growth of dialogue with contemporaries. As negative aspect researchers have cited data on growth of number of crimes of the violent character made under the influence of the Internet.

339 million Internet users

Interrogation of schoolboys at the age from 11 till 18 years and their parents was carried out in 9 provinces, autonomous regions and cities of the central submission of the country from April till September, 2009. According to research data, the Internet audience in China makes approximately 339 million persons.

The broadband Internet in the summer of 2009 was accessible to 93,5 million inhabitants of China.

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Burglars have cracked networks more than 100 companies

The purposes of the hackers who have cracked in December, 2009 computer systems Google, were over hundred companies, informs IDG News referring to an estimation of analysts of the company iSec Partners, specialising on IT safety.

The planned hacker attack

Researchers have found out 68 servers belonging to hackers, allowing to operate the infected computers. The analysis of all of one of them has found out penetration into networks of 34 companies.

Breaking Google which has been carried out through vulnerability "Aurora" in browser Internet Explorer, has taken place in the middle of December, 2009. Later it was found out, that to breaking also have undergone Intel, Adobe, Symantec and a number of other large companies.

The Chinese indirect participation

According to the analysts, the corresponding harmful program has been created in China. Having promulgated this information, Google at which hackers have stolen some objects of intellectual property, has threatened to refuse censorship of results of the Chinese search and to leave from the local market.

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Chineses have accused Apple of plagiarism

Chinese company Shenzhen Great Loong Brother has declared, that corporation Apple has copied design of tablet computer P88 and used for the device iPad.

Chinese iPad

P88 Already half a year is on sale in China and reminds big iPhone. Representatives Shenzhen Great Loong Brother, however, notice, that their tablet and phone Apple belong to different categories of devices and carry out different functions.

In spite of the fact that outwardly devices are similar, the configuration iPad completely differs from P88. In iPad processor Apple A4, not less than 16 Gb flash and the 9,7-inch screen is installed. iPad works under management iPhone OS.

iPad $499 VS P88 $525US?

Processor P88 presumably is Intel Atom, and the store — 250GB a hard disk. Besides, P88 it is equipped by the 10,2-inch screen, 1,3 Mpix as the chamber and works under control of Windows.

Time of independent work P88 makes one and a half hour, and iPad — ten (10 hours!). Besides, at P88 not multitouch, but the usual resistive touch screen. The prices also differ — the base model iPad costs $499US, and P88 — $525.

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In China have blocked access to IMDb

Since January, 13th the Chinese authorities have blocked access from country territory to site Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com), belonging to company Amazon and being the world's largest database of the film industry. On it informs British edition The Register. The Chinese administration motivated with nothing the actions.

International film portal

The resource content is accessible in 5 languages — besides the English version is available also German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese copies of a site. Besides news of cinema base IMDb contains data almost about all films which ever were acting in film in the world, some of which are officially forbidden to distribution to China. Also the site allows the users to accept active participation in filling and cataloguing of a database of films, that too could serve as an occasion to access closing to a resource in territory of the Peoples Republic of China.

The Chinese authorities in large quantities block access to the Internet

Lately in China access to many large foreign resources has been closed, including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Also the authorities have toughened registration of domain names by citizens of the country and have blocked access to certain sites.

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Adobe has confirmed message Google on network attack

On January, 2nd network Adobe has undergone to attack. On it it is informed in a corporate blog of the company. At the moment incident is investigated by experts Adobe.

Gmail the Chinese legal experts

The message on an attack on network Adobe has followed in some hours after the message in official blog Google about the Chinese attack. According to corporation, to attack has undergone not only Google, but also at least other 20 large companies (on other sources — more than 30). As the Overall objective of these attacks Google considers access reception to accounting records Gmail of leading Chinese legal experts. Experts of corporation also underline, that malefactors have not reached the purpose.

According to experts of division on network safety iDefense companies VeriSign, for attack hackers used vulnerability in Adobe Reader. About hole existence in the popular program for reading of documents in format PDF Adobe warned still on December, 15th. During same time there was an attack on which corporation Google today has informed.

PDF vulnerability

The dangerous code thanks to which the malefactor could receive the control over the computer of a victim, extended by means of the electronic letter with a PDF-file. Vulnerability was present at all versions Adobe Reader and Acrobat up to 9.2.

Despite lacking direct charges to Beijing in message Google, scandal already left on the international level. Under last message AFP, US State Secretary Hillari Clinton has demanded from the Chinese authorities of explanations.

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Offended Google has decided not to filter the Chinese sites

Corporation Google has decided to refuse practice of censorship of the Chinese segment of the Internet in connection with scandal about which it became known on January, 12th.

To intellectual property theft

This day in official blog Google there was a record that in the middle of December the company has gone through directed and rather refined attack from China, led to intellectual property theft.

According to corporation, to attack has undergone not only Google, but also at least other 20 large companies. As an overall objective of these attacks Google considers access reception to accounting records Gmail of leading Chinese legal experts. It is thus underlined, that malefactors have not reached the purpose.

Besides, Google it became known, that accounting records of tens the American, Chinese and European users supporting struggle for human rights in China, have been cracked by means of viruses.

In Google have noticed, that these attacks were carried out against constant restriction of a freedom of speech in China. In this connection the company has decided, that more does not wish to censor results of search through Google.cn (Chinese version Google) about what with the Chinese authorities the company had an arrangement. In Google have underlined, that understand risk of closing in this connection Google.cn and the Chinese offices of the company.

The international scandal

In spite of the fact that direct charge of Beijing in message Google is not present, this scandal already left on the international level. According to AFP US State Secretary Hillari Clinton has demanded from the Chinese authorities of explanations. Reactions of China has not followed yet.

As informs AFP, promise Google to cancel censorship of the search results already has come into force. In particular, search of the well-known photo of "the unknown rebel", forbidden in China, returns relevant links.

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The American manufacturer of web filters has accused China of plagiarism

Company CyberSitter — the manufacturer of web filters — has submitted to the American court the claim to the government of the Peoples Republic of China, two Chinese software developers and seven large manufacturers of computers, informs PC World. Claimants assert, that at creation and distribution of Chinese state web filters Green Dam Youth Escort workings out CyberSitter have been illegally used, copyrights were broken and the unfair competition was conducted.

Will answer all!

In the claim on which CyberSitter demands 2,2 billion dollars, such companies as Sony, Lenovo, Toshiba, Acer, Asustek, BenQ and Haier appear respondents. All of them have appeared are involved in scandal as on request of the Chinese government without fail to instal Green Dam on the computers which were on sale in territory of the Peoples Republic of China. Besides, among respondents — manufacturers of software Zhengzhou Jinhui Computer System Engineering and Beijing Dazheng Human Language Technology Academy, developed Green Dam.

According to the claim, it has been in total widespread 56 million copies of the program containing illegally copied fragments of program code CyberSitter. "This claim urged to strike blow on extended among foreign manufacturers and distributors of the software to error that they can break with impunity intellectual property rights of the small American companies", — lawyer Greg Fayer representing interests CyberSitter — the company naming the product "has declared the Internet filter №1". The company claim is submitted to federal court of the USA to California.

The governmental compromise

The decision on obligatory installation of filters Green Dam blocking access to "undesirable" web resources, was accepted the Chinese authorities in the summer of 2009 and has caused the considerable criticism — both from fighters against censorship, and from the experts considering the program imperfect. Under the pressure of the public all large manufacturers by September have refused to instal on the computers of copy Green Dam, and the Chinese government has made a compromise: the scandalous filter remained obligatory only for schools, Internet cafe and other public establishments, and to private citizens have left a freedom in choosing.

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Apple has blocked the Buddhist leader

From bashful blocking of programs with sexual or simply physiological content Apple has passed to political censorship, having blocked in China objectionable to the appendix government, informs The Industry Standard. Users Chinese App Store have lost possibility to buy the appendices connected with the enemy of the country — the spiritual leader of Buddhists Dálài Lamā.

Inaccessible appendices

In shop five appendices, connected with Dálài Lamā (supports branch of Tibet from China) and Rebiya Kadeer (the leader of Uigur separatists) are presented at least. These appendices, however, are inaccessible in Chinese version App Store, and not at will of developers. The Chinese authorities of these companions for the clear reasons strongly do not love, considering as criminals and «devils with human faces».

It is not known, whether blocking is connected with instructions "from above" or it is gesture of "good will" most Apple. In the company declare, that Apple it is necessary to consider local specificity in the different countries, and not everywhere it is possible to sell all. Founders of appendices have not been notified, that their creations have been closed in China, but as a whole understand motivation of actions Apple.

Blocking of the Nobel winner

It is remarkable, that as a result of self-censorship Apple has blocked including the appendix concerning Dálài Lamā only indirectly: it is a question of the program devoted to the Nobel winners — and Dálài Lamā has received the world award 20 years ago.

Tractability Apple is easy for understanding — for all strict rules of the Chinese authorities are known, to which the largest western brands are obliged to follow to get access to the Chinese economy.

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China has toughened rules of registration of domains

The Chinese authorities have toughened rules of registration of domain names. About it writes Reuters referring to the representative of the Ministry of industrial and information technologies of China. As he said, it has been made with a view of struggle against distribution of a pornography and an illegal content.

China updates "the black list"

Also the authorities will update "the black list" former owners of the forbidden resources to prevent repeated registration of the sites by them.

While it is not clear, whether new rules will be applied only to the Chinese resources or restrictions will concern also the sites located outside of China, writes the edition. However, many of foreign resources, such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter in China are blocked for a long time already.

To private persons have forbidden registration of domains

Since December, 14th in China registration by private persons of domain names has been forbidden. All wishing to register in a zone.cn a domain name have obliged to receive the permission in the Chinese information Internet centre, having given the licence for commercial activity.

Besides, in December of the power have founded for Internet users the award in 10 thousand yuans (1465 US dollars) for a denunciation of a resource extending a pornography.

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