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Taiwan has become the latest, er, country to go whining to Google Earth - not because the entertaining online service reveals high-res pics of air bases packed with black helicopters, but because those tiresome Americans insist on calling it “a province of China”.

Oh dear, oh dear. A suitably indignant Taiwanese government has therefore asked Google to correct the outrage to read the Republic of Taiwan - despite the fact that, as Reuters notes, the island of 23 million souls is “recognised by only 26 states in the world and has no seat at the United Nations”.

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Google’s partnership with Sun Microsystems

Google’s partnership with Sun Microsystems isn’t about what it is, but about what it could turn out to be.

“Sun and Google set the stage for something that is developing over time,” summarised Jean Bozman, research vice president with analyst firm IDC.

Chief executive Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems took the stage on Tuesday in California together with Google chief Eric Schmidt to announce a partnership between the two companies. Sun in the coming weeks will start bundling the Google Toolbar with its Java Runtime Environment on Java.com.

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Google floats WiFi service

Internet search leader Google is preparing to launch its own wireless Internet service, Google WiFi, according to several pages found on the company’s Web site on Tuesday, reports Reuters from London.

The Google site refers to a product called “Google Secure Access,” which is designed to “establish a more secure connection while using Google WiFi,” according to a frequently asked questions page (http://wifi.Google.Com/faq.Html).

A separate page (http://wifi.Google.Com/download.Html) offers a free download of Google Secure Access. Google declined to comment.

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Google floats WiFi service

A separate page (http://wifi.Google.Com/download.Html) offers a free download of Google Secure Access. Google declined to comment.

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Taiwan huffs and puffs at Google Earth—Taiwan has become the latest, er, country to go whining to Google Earth - not because the entertaining online service reveals high-res pics of air bases packed with black helicopters, but because those tiresome Americans insist on calling it "a province of China".

Google floats WiFi service—Internet search leader Google is preparing to launch its own wireless Internet service, Google WiFi, according to several pages found on the company’s Web site on Tuesday, reports Reuters from London. The Google site refers to a product called “Google Secure Access,” which is designed to “establish a more secure connection while using Google WiFi,” [...]