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Google might have to filter piracy-related searches in France

Google might have to filter piracy-related searches in France
  • Posted July 19, 2012, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web
  • Google might be required to filter filesharing-related search terms in France, pending a decision by the nation's Court of Appeal. In early 2010, French recording industry group SNEP sought legal action in an effort to have terms like "torrent," "Rapidshare" and "Megaupload" censored from...

Chrome 17 released with "instant" browsing, improved security

Chrome 17 released with "instant" browsing, improved security
  • Posted February 8, 2012, 6:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Software
  • Keeping with its snappy development cycle, Google has released the latest stable build of Chrome. The update comes nearly two months after the launch of Chrome 16, a month after Chrome 17 entered beta and only a day after Chrome…

Google adds more sites to Autocomplete blacklist

Google adds more sites to Autocomplete blacklist
  • Posted November 24, 2011, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web
  • Earlier this year, Google quietly began blocking filesharing-related search terms from certain features. Queries such as "BitTorrent," "RapidShare," and "Megaupload" still produced valid results if you completed a full search, but disappeared...

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