
** FILE ** In this Sept. 28, 2012, file photo, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt arrives for a seminar at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Schmidt is preparing to travel to one of the last frontiers of cyberspace: North Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Eric Schmidt (left), executive chairman of Google, and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (right) arrive in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Mr. Schmidt wants a first-hand look at North Korea's economy and social media in his private visit to the communist nation, his delegation said, despite misgivings in Washington over the timing of the trip. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Eric Schmidt (left), executive chairman of Google, and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (right) arrive in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Mr. Schmidt wants a first-hand look at North Korea's economy and social media in his private visit to the communist nation, his delegation said, despite misgivings in Washington over the timing of the trip. The man in the center was not identified. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, on Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader's business practices. (Associated Press)

**FILE** Vic Gundotra, Google senior vice president of engineering, talks June 27, 2012, about Google Plus at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. (Associated Press)

** FILE ** In this Sept. 28, 2012, file photo, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt arrives for a seminar at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Schmidt is preparing to travel to one of the last frontiers of cyberspace: North Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

** FILE ** In this Sept. 28, 2012, file photo, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt arrives for a seminar at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Schmidt is preparing to travel to one of the last frontiers of cyberspace: North Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will travel to North Korea as early as this month on a humanitarian trip led by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. (Associated Press)