News Corp boss hails iPad as potential saviour of newspapers, but says industry must stand up for itself and charge for content
Rupert Murdoch has launched a spirited defence of putting up paywalls around his newspaper websites, while embracing the game-changing potential of Apple’s iPad. The News Corp chairman hailed the new device as a possible saviour of the newspaper industry.
Murdoch renewed his attacks on search engines, such as Google, whom he accused of stealing journalism from traditional media outlets. He told a National Press Club event at George Washington University that the newspaper industry had to stand up for itself and charge for content while using copyright law to defend its journalism from being used without its permission.
Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes.
Concerns that internet giant is unfairly discriminating against rival search engines.
Google says it is facing questions from the European Commission because of concerns that it is unfairly discriminating against rival search engines. But the Commission has denied that it has launched an antitrust probe into the activities of Google.
hina today inflamed the international row with America over cyber-attacks on Google, denouncing Hillary Clinton’s criticism of the country’s internet curbs as “information imperialism”.
The Global Times, an English-language newspaper published by the state, said today that information from the West comes “loaded with aggressive rhetoric against those countries that do not follow their lead”.
“Unlike advanced Western countries, Chinese society is still vulnerable to the effect of multifarious information flowing in, especially when it is for creating disorder,” it said.
he US today threw down the gauntlet to China over its internet censorship of its citizens in a hard-hitting speech by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
She urged China to investigate cyber attacks that led Google to threaten to pull out of the country – and challenged Beijing to publish its findings.
“Countries that restrict free access to information or violate the basic rights of internet users risk walling themselves off from the progress of the next century,” she said, adding that the US and China “have different views on this issue, and we intend to address those differences candidly and consistently”.
.S. intelligence officials have concluded that December’s mass cyber attack against 33 American companies was most likely the result of a coordinated espionage campaign endorsed by the Chinese government.
Google’s revelation that they’d been hit was deemed a “watershed” moment by security industry analysts, but the other 32 companies who were hit have not followed suit and have begged the government to keep their identities a secret. The government has no choice but to protect their identities — even as U.S. policy encourages greater transparency about the scope of such attacks.
wo belated points about the still-unfolding Google/China saga, and then one reader message.
Point one: “soft power” – or lack thereof. In the immediate aftermath of Google’s decision, there was assorted mild carping from Western observers about what Google’s motivation “really” was. Were they escaping a bad business situation? (no), were they just trying to score PR points in the rest of the world? (not really), was there some other motivation apart from the stated one of exasperation at dealing with the intrusions and harassments inside China?
fter Google announced it would quit China unless the nation’s censors eased their grip, the government on Thursday offered an indirect but unambiguous response: Companies that do business in China must follow the laws of the land.
n Tuesday, Google, Inc. unveiled its Nexus One smart phone at a crowded press conference in Mountain View, California. To say the device has caused hyperventilated speculation would be an understatement, with predictions ranging from the dethroning of the iPhone to revolutionizing the phone industry as a whole. Now that two major tech blogs have gotten their hands on the hallowed phone ahead of the masses, the speculation can turn to concrete debate. While TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington says it’s the much-awaited telecom messiah, Engadget’s Joshua Topolsky is more lukewarm.
n Tuesday, Google, Inc. unveiled its Nexus One smart phone at a crowded press conference in Mountain View, California. To say the device has caused hyperventilated speculation would be an understatement, with predictions ranging from the dethroning of the iPhone to revolutionizing the phone industry as a whole. Now that two major tech blogs have gotten their hands on the hallowed phone ahead of the masses, the speculation can turn to concrete debate. While TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington says it’s the much-awaited telecom messiah, Engadget’s Joshua Topolsky is more lukewarm. 
