AOL Recession 2010 in German and French

On Tuesday, US internet company AOL announced that it intends to close its German and French offices as a part of worldwide round of job cuts.

AOL began meetings at its European offices on Monday, when it announced plans to shut down installations starting in Spain and Sweden.

"A plan to close offices in France was presented to staff on Monday,"

No timetable was presented and AOL will first consult with staff representatives as required under French law.

In Germany, AOL will close its offices in Hamburg, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich, cutting 140 jobs, another spokesman said.

AOL, which employed 19,000 people in 2006, will have 4,400 employees after the restructuring plan is completed.

Google May Close China Operations

Google threatened Tuesday to shut down its operations in China after uncovering what it said were "highly sophisticated" cyberattacks aimed at Chinese human rights activists.

China-based cyber spies struck the Internet giant and at least 20 other unidentified firms in an apparent bid to hack into the email accounts of activists around the world, Google said Tuesday.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Beijing to explain the cyberattacks.

Related article: US calls on China to explain attacks

"We look to the Chinese government for an explanation," the chief US diplomat said in a released statement.

"The ability to operate with confidence in cyberspace is critical in a modern society and economy."

The online espionage has Google reconsidering its business operations in China and it said it will no longer filter Internet search engine results in that country.

"These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered -- combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the Web -- have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China," Google chief legal officer David Drummond said in a blog post.

"We are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all," he said.

Drummond said Google realizes that defying Chinese government demands regarding filtering Internet search engine results may mean having to shut down its operations in China.

Google said it detected in mid-December "a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google."

The company said it was notifying at least 20 other large companies of similar attacks including finance, Internet, media, technology, and chemical firms. Related article: Baidu shares up after Google warning "We have no indication that any of our mail properties have been compromised,"

Thanks and kind regards,

Nitin Chauhan | nitin@maximumhit.com | www.maximumhit.com

Hackers paralyze China's top search engine

Today China's largest search engine, Baidu.com, said that it was temporarily shut down after a cyber attack.

Hackers briefly blocked access to China's top search engine by steering traffic to another Web site where a group reportedly calling itself the "Iranian Cyber Army" claimed responsibility.

"Services on Baidu's main website http://www.baidu.com were interrupted today due to external manipulation of its DNS (domain name server) in the U.S. Baidu has been resolving this issue and the majority of services have been restored," Baidu spokesman Victor Tseng said in a statement.

Foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said at a regular news briefing Tuesday that China "opposes all cyber crimes, including hacking."

There was no evidence the hackers are actually linked to Iran.

Baidu, pronounced "by-doo," holds a market value of about $13 billion and dominates China's Internet search like Google dominates the market in just about every other major country in the world. The research firm Analysys International pegs Baidu's share at about 62 percent of China's internet search market compared to 29 percent for Google.

Source:- http://news.smh.com.au

Happy Blogging !

Nitin Chauhan | nitin@maximumhit.com | www.maximumhit.com

http://nitinmaximumhit.blogspot.com "We brand our clients to stand out from the competition."

WiFi Charity -Google and Yahoo

Its time for WiFi Charity, Internet Leader Google announced about providing free WiFi across 47 airports in US by Jan 15 2010, after few hours Yahoo an other Giant of Internet market announce giving free WiFi, Yahoo has partnered with Times Square Alliance to provide free WiFi.

This service will be available in Time Square, New York. It has already started and will continue throughout all of 2010.

Providing free WiFi is actuaaly a good way to promote the use of Yahoo or Google as it start with the customized start page.

This service hopes to see about half a million visitors daily using their Internet accessible devices.

Google Story -All Izz Well

A (very) quick look back at the Google story over the last 11 years. From Stanford to Mountain View and around the world, featuring many different products, starting with BackRub (Search) up to Google Wave, StreetView and Chrome.