Chinese search engine

Baidu, the largest search engine in China, may soon face an anti-trust investigation over allegations that it blocked and degraded search query results for a Chinese online encyclopedia website. The complaint was filed by a company that owns the Wikipedia-like site Hudong.com with China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC). The complaint requests SAIC to begin an anti-monopoly investigation against Baidu and to fine the search giant 790 million yuan (US$120 million).

Chinese leading search engine Baidu starts hiring software engineers directly from the United States next month. The company wants to enhance its technological expertise and experience in a move to improve its global status.

Baidu spokesperson reported that the company plans to recruit 30 mid- to senior-level software engineers from Silicon Valley at a job fair on July 10, to drive new technology projects, the first direct hiring from the United States.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York released an unredacted copy of the complaint filed by the Chinese Internet giant Baidu last month against U.S. domain name registrar Register.com. The Chinese search engine sued the US registrar for allowing a hacker to compromise its account and take down Baidu website.

"This site has been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army," the Baidu complaint alleges.

The complaint says Baidu's service was disrupted for five hours by the hack and seeks millions of dollars allegedly lost in revenue and other costs.