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- Snuffing out Goofy's cigarette
Jens F. Laurson and George A. Pieler explain the Janus-like impact of technology when companies make dumb decisions. - Stirring GE's Ecomagination
Lorraine Bolsinger, who heads a major energy-efficiency initiative at General Electric, says companies can make green while being green.
Photos: Inside GE's clean-tech labs - China accused of rerouting search traffic to Baidu
Google confirms reports that users attempting to access popular American search engines have been redirected to China-based Baidu. - Debating the morality behind software development
IBM's Grady Booch says the days when developers could dash off code without considering the larger implications are--and should be--coming to an end. - At Microsoft, seeking the next billion computer users
Bill Gates gave Will Poole a not-so-simple job: figure out how to connect the rest of the world's inhabitants to computer technology.
Video: Microsoft's MultiPoint for emerging markets - Barbie comes out swinging
Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains why the doll's corporate parent decided it had to take on a China-based cybersquatter. - Yahoo files to dismiss China human rights suit
Two Chinese journalists allege the Internet giant "willingly" handed over information that led to their arrest and prosecution. - Companies need guidance to face censors abroad
How should tech companies deal with nations that oppress their citizens? Professors Jonathan Zittrain and John Palfrey lay out their ideas. - Shareholders blast CEO Semel for Yahoo performance
But they follow board recommendations to reject pay-for-performance and censorship proposals. - Web 2.0 madness grips China
Cheap start-up costs and increasing penetration of Net-enabled devices are fueling a rush into Web sites, online games and novel ad approaches.
Photos: Web 2.0 mania in China - China's new weapon: Low executive pay
Factory workers make less in China than in the U.S., and so do CEOs. But the impact on the market remains unclear. - Google shareholders vote down proposal on censorship
Resolution that would have forced Google to dump its self-censored Web search site in China is rejected. - The free-speech fundamentals of Freewebs
Created by young men who fled persecution in Afghanistan, the Web site publisher has made user rights a key business principle.
Photos: The Freewebs family - MarketWatch's Bambi Francisco resigns
Veteran business reporter steps down after her ties to start-up raise questions about conflicts of interest. - Kodak leaves Better Business behind
Council of Better Business Bureau says Kodak resigned because it was about to be expelled for not adhering to its standards. - 'Best practices' for antispyware makers finalized
Anti-Spyware Coalition documents are designed to help companies identify malicious software and overcome conflicts with each other. - Dictatorships catching up with Web 2.0
Reporters Without Borders' Julien Pain warns that ethical blind spots surrounding technology may usher in a world where all our communications are spied on. - Web giants ask for feds' help on censorship
Google, Yahoo and Microsoft say government should stand behind global Internet freedom, but not all support legislation. - Why Apple can't send Jobs packing
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the appearance of impropriety won't be enough for the board to force out the CEO. - China signs licensing pact with U.S., U.K.
Memorandum of understanding with four American and British trade associations aimed at enforcement of copyright.