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"Google is getting serious about cyber security in the wake of an attack that targeted its own computer networks and resulted in the theft of intellectual property," writes Jon Brodkin. "Google is teaming up with the National Security Agency to help analyze the attack and hopefully devise better defenses against future ones. The agreement has sparked some controversy, and not unreasonably so. The NSA is a federal agency whose broad powers to spy on Americans has been challenged by the ACLU. Google is the world’s largest search company and its internal records, if accessed by a savvy computer hacker, could reveal a lot about your personal Web surfing habits and mine (excuse me while I delete some digital pictures from my hard drive)."

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  • DOJ does the right thing by refusing Google Books deal Submitted by Google Subnet on Fri, 02/05/2010

    In a surprise blow to Google's massive efforts to corner the fledgling digital books market, the DOJ has given the thumbs-down to Google's settlement with the Author's Guild and Association of American Publishers. I, for one, couldn't be more delighted.

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  • Google's reports blockbuster Q4 but modest FY09 growth Submitted by Google Subnet on Thu, 01/21/2010

    Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) raked in $6.7 billion in revenue in its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31, and finished 2009 with $23.7 billion in revenue. Its fourth quarter was a whopping 17% increase over Q4 2008 yet its year-end came in at a modest, single digit 8% increase.

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