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Google Takes Blame for China Search Failure; Yahoo Accounts Hacked (Updated)

Google explains that recent errors with search queries for even harmless terms are due to a technical error and not government censorship. From the Financial Times:Users based on the Chinese mainland could still access all Google sites and enter some search words on Tuesday, but from early evening any search in Chinese for words as harmless as ‘dog’ or ‘home’ turned up a browser error. …How