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Tech news - September 2008

• Google launches internet browser
  ON THE WEB, 1 September 2008 (BBC)
  Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox. The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications
• Google hits double digits
  BURLINGAME, Calif, USA, 5 September 2008 (Forbes)
  Google turns 10 on Sunday. In the corporate world, it's still just a baby — but the Internet king's meteoric rise makes this birthday a milestone.
• China to make foreign firms reveal secret info about digital products
  ON THE WEB, 19 September 2008 (Yomiuri Shimbun)
  The Chinese government plans to introduce a new system requiring foreign firms to disclose secret information about digital household appliances and other products starting from May, sources said Thursday. The envisaged system is likely to target products such as
• NSA teams up with PRC to limit internet anonymity
  ON THE WEB, 18 September 2008 (Schneier.com)
  A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government,