Yahoo.com Homepage and Search Went Down! “Connection Timed Out” Error Seen
The world’s most-visited homepage on the internet went down on October 14, 2010. Yahoo.com’s website frontpage went inaccessible for some time starting 2:30PM PDT.
Yahoo! home and search page went offline on October 14
Google and NSA Tandem vs. Cyber Attacks
Rumors came out that Google and NSA (National Security Agency) is teaming up for better internet security or safety. According to a newspaper, the giant internet search engine sought the help of the United State of America’s National Security Agency because it is considered the most powerful electronic surveillance organization.
Google and NSA Team-up against Cyber Attacks
Baidu Beats Google in China: Google Threatens to Exit China
Baidu versus Google China: In the battle of search engines used in China, Baidu.com (or BIDU) dominates the market and Google China only stands next to it. The Baidu-Google competition in China’s search engine users has been one of the top news of this week. Since Baidu Chinese Search Engine was launched in January 2000, Google has lost much of its hold on Chinese search engine users or internet surfers. Baidu, being a Chinese company, gets a home court advantage. With that being said, Google threatened to pullout of China.
Baidu compared to Google China's Internet Market Shares