Baidu Reports Positive Second Quarter

While that Microsoft-Yahoo business stole the show for a while, Baidu's found its way into the spotlight again.  The Chinese search engine company had an admirable second quarter, beating analysts' estimates in some important respects.

China Cracking Down On Online Dissidents

Chinese police have arrested a well-known online dissident for violating his terms of probation, as the country seeks to crackdown on critics in the run up to the Olympic Games.Du Daobin, from the central province of Hebei, received a suspended sentence for what the Chinese government says was subversion in 2004 and was detained by police for posting online essays in support of another dissident.