Furthermore, Google is already burdened with many other risks, for instance: (1) increased competition from general purpose search engines and information services (
page 7); (2) dependency on remaining competitive and providing value to advertisers (
page 7); (3) being subject to increased regulatory scrutiny which may negatively impact business (
page 8); (4) being «regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings that may result in adverse outcomes» (
page 8); (5) «Privacy concerns relating to our technology could damage our reputation and deter current and potential users from using our products and services» (
page 12); (6) «Web spam and content farms could decrease our search quality, which could damage our reputation and deter our current and potential users from using our products and services» (
page 13); (7) «Internet access providers may be able to restrict,
block, degrade, or charge for access to
certain of our products and services, which could lead to additional expenses and the loss of users and advertisers» (
page 16); (8) «New technologies could
block online ads, which would harm our business» (
page 16).
Her latest semi-abstract color -
block paintings, reminiscent of those by modernists like Agnes Martin and Ad Reinhardt and Russian Suprematist Kazimir Malevich, both conceal and broadcast various declassified military reports — papers that relate to everything from medical guidelines for detainees to the legality of interrogation methods — in a sense showing by painterly example how
certain words are cut from the
page so the audience doesn't suffer the brutal truth in favor of the prettier surface.
For example, using group policy, a network administrator can
block access to
certain sections of the Windows control panel, or set a specific website as the home
page for every computer on the network.
The latter capability, rolled out Jan. 25, allows you to temporarily
block certain ads, as well as related ones, from being shown on Web
pages that you visit.