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Google Share Loss Amounts to Billions

aCoward writes "Today's full page headline on the UK Independent: £13,000,000,000 in Googlised colours, with the subheading Google shares plummet in one day amid growing fury over censorship and plagiarism. While the company says it isn't worried about the stock price correction, there are other issues at hand." From the article: "Google is under mounting pressure from many traditional industries: telecommunications companies do not like its plan for free internet phone calls, book publishers and newspapers have filed a lawsuit to try to prevent it from digitising library materials, governments are worried about its satellite-imaging service Google Earth and privacy advocates have a growing list of concerns about everything from its e-mail service to its desktop search function, both of which may make it easier for hackers or government agencies to gather information about individuals without their consent."

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  1. Use Mozdex.com by cybrthng · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Sure, it's not really (nearly) large as google, but we're growing. Yes, i'm the founder/operator and the one looking to spread the name.

    Wer don't track your IP's, we don't identify your sessions, we don't flood you with toolbars, we don't inject our apps into everything and we don't aim to be anything but a good search platform built on open source and open ideas.

    Give us a whirl.. feedback is always appreciated.

    You have a choice.. i'd love your support but as long as people choose google no one will be able to replace it and your data/ethics/privacy concerns will be history and what google does will be status-quo

    http://www.mozdex.com/

  2. Re:Now I'm Confused by sbrown123 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ol u only have $1000 in rainy day money?

    He must not be an American since most American's don't have savings.