It seems that Google has ended its boycott of CNET:
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has had a phone interview with CNET, the article says. That comes after Schmidt himself had supposedly imposed a year-long ban on the organization for publishing personal information about him that was easily retrievable with Google’s search engine. More interestingly, the article is written by Elinor Mills, the author of the original article that Schmidt took offense to.
This was really childish of Google to begin with. Glad they finally got with the program and decided to be nice. It’s best to lead with a carrot guys. The stick just doesn’t work.
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