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Google Offers $10 Million for Technology Ideas

Google Inc is celebrating its 10th anniversary by offering 10 million dollars for technology-driven ideas that could change the world. Google promises to divide the prize money between the five best ideas that spring from its Project 10 to [...]

Posted On : Sep, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Google denies disassembling Vista code for Chrome

The source code underlying Google's Chrome web browser suggests Google used a reverse-engineering technique called disassembly to figure out how to use a useful Windows Vista security feature, but the company has denied doing this. The Chr [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Google buys Korean blogging software company

Google Inc has bought Korean blogging software developer Tatter and Company, the two companies said on Friday.The companies did not disclose how much Google paid for the acquisition.Tatter co-chief executive Chang-Won Kim announced the deal [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Google Earth Gets A Makeover

Google’s latest release is a new browser plug-in that allows a direct access to the Google Earth program from inside a webpage. The plug-in features a similar Application Programming Interface (API) to Google Maps which permits develo [...]

Posted On : May, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Facebook CEO Wants to Talk With Google on Friend Connect

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to sit down with Google and work out the privacy issues that caused Facebook to block Google's Friend Connect last week, he said Monday. "We want to talk to Google about this and see if there's a way [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Google to launch Friend Connect for the social Web

Google is expected to join the social network data portability crowd with "Friend Connect" on Monday. TechCrunch speculates that Friend Connect will be a set of "APIs for Open Social participants to pull profile information f [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Google CEO Eric Schmidt: Social networks are still too close...

Speaking at IBM's Business Partner Leadership Conference here, Google CEO Eric Schmidt reiterated his position that social networks are still too closed. "If it's not searchable by Google, it's not open, and open is best for the consum [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Google trumpets PageRank for pics

Nearly a decade ago, Google unveiled an algorithm called PageRank, reinventing the way we search for web pages. Now, the company says, it has a technology that can do much the same for online image search. Last week, at the International W [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Google says Microsoft's Yahoo buy might hurt Internet

Google Inc, the world's leading search engine, said on Monday it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft Corp were to succeed in acquiring Yahoo Inc. Last month, Microsoft proposed buying Yahoo in a [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Google Goes After Another Microsoft Cash Cow

Google is adding a new front to its assault on Microsoft’s software applications business. The Internet search giant on Wednesday is rolling out a rival to Microsoft’s SharePoint, a program used for collaboration among teams of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Google Buys Into Undersea Cable

Having outgrown the capacity of telecom companies to provide bandwidth for its online applications and services, Google is buying part of an undersea cable to carry data to and from Asia. On Tuesday, Google said it would join with five oth [...]

Posted On : Feb, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Google expands business options thanks to Postini acquisitio...

When Google acquired Postini in July 2007, we speculated that the acquisition might be part of a move aimed at improving Google's attractiveness to business customers. Prior to its acquisition, Postini was recognized as a leader in business [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Google troubled by Microsoft move

In a blog, Google said the tie-up could unfairly limit the ability of consumers to freely access competitors' email and instant messaging services. It said Microsoft had previously sought "to establish proprietary monopolies". M [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

House Republican targets Google on privacy grounds

PST Wednesday: added response from Google and links to two more letters.A top Republican in the House of Representatives is demanding that Google answer a barrage of questions about privacy, some of which are related to the company's prop [...]