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1. DashBoard shows users what Google's got on them

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   Presumably trying to reassure us, Google has launched a new feature allowing users to see which personal data it's storing, and to control or delete some of it. Presumably trying to reassure us, Google ...

2. Sony Ericsson touts sleek and sexy Aino phone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 29 October 2009

   ... GPS that supports photo geo tagging in conjunction with Google Maps. Additional specs include: Matching headset & charging cradle Dimensions: 104 x 50 x 15.5mm Weight: 134g Battery Life: Talk time: ...

3. Motorola and Verizon trundle out Droid smartphone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 28 October 2009

   ... multiple applications simultaneously (up to 6) and is the first device to support Google Maps Navigation with turn-by-turn voice guidance. In addition, the Droid boasts a 5 megapixel integrated camera ...

4. My 10 favorite Windows apps

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 27 October 2009

   ... An exception to my old software rule. But this software is really fab. It does so much and gives so much that I really wouldn't be without it. 7. Google Earth. Such a spooky application. I can zoom into ...

5. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 22 October 2009

   ... the next few months because, traditionally, Microsoft would be vulnerable and not able to fight back. Second Front However this isn’t their only problem. Verizon, Google and Motorola have opened a ...

6. Wesley Chan is the Google Voice Speedy Gonzalez

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Sunday, 11 October 2009

   While the FCC was gazing at the navel of Google Voice last Thursday and last Friday, Wesley "Mr Google Voice" Chan was busy snapping the great and the good at Etre's Gala Night in Paris. While the ...

7. Nokia shrugs off Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry threats

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 06 October 2009

   Oli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia, shrugged off competition from Apple's iPhone  and RIM's BlackBerry today, maintaining that his firm still held 40 percent of the smartphone market. Oli-Pekka ...

8. High tech won't save the economy this time

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Monday, 05 October 2009

   ... capitalists I talk to are in despair. Yes, yes, there are a few big bright spots - Apple, Cisco, and Google come to mind. But these few giants can't spur the overall economy. There is no longer a core ...

9. Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google others sued over patent

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 25 August 2009

   ... Quicklogic, Freescale, Texas Instruments, Google, T Mobile, HTC, Apple, Sony, Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, Philips, LG Electronics, Research in Motion, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Nvidia, AMD, Dell, AT&T, Verizon, ...

10. Google: Ah, Mr Bond. I've been expecting you…

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    Opinion - Once upon a time, writers made phone calls, talked to people and wrote news. Google has stopped all that nonsense. Opinion - Once upon a time, writers made phone calls, talked to people and ...

11. Yahoo to search with Microsoft, report says

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 28 July 2009

    ... Yahoo is apparently ready to make Bing its search technology provider in a move the company has done before with Altavista, Inktomi – and Google. In fact, it is widely believed that Yahoo’s decision to ...

12. Microsoft and Yahoo still working on pre-nup

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 23 July 2009

    Despite reports that Microsoft and Yahoo were close to a Google-worrying marriage deal last week, the two sides are still no closer to consummating their never-ending fairytale romance. Despite reports ...

13. Swine Flu anti-virals more dangerous than disease

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 17 July 2009

    People resorting to Tamiflu and Relenza may well find themselves in a worse state of affairs than just succumbing to Pig Flu, it has emerged.People resorting to Tamiflu and Relenza may well find themselves ...

14. Is Microsoft set up for failure with Windows 7 and Office 2010?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    ... 7 in the near future. 34% said they may use Windows 7 by the end of 2010. What about Office 2010? The big news here is that Microsoft is going after Google with free, lightweight browser versions of ...

15. Microsoft in EU antitrust talks

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

    ... would involve both the browser and Office applications issues, which date back to 2008. Google and Mozilla were invited to submit arguments in the browser bundling case, but it is not clear if any rival ...

16. No kidding: Gmail is out of beta

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

    Google today said that all Google Apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Talk, are officially out of beta. There was no information what suddenly happened to remove the beta label from those products. ...

17. S1 phone withstands elephant attack

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 03 July 2009

    It's been stomped on by an elephant, dunked in mud and baked in an oven, so for once we're going to go with the PR hype and say, yes, it probably is the world's toughest mobile phone. Gaydon, UK - It's ...

18. God is out on whether Google is good or evil

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 29 June 2009

    The New York Times ran a spirited little piece yesterday talking about whether Google was a goodie two shoes or a scheming little monopolistic rat.The New York Times ran a spirited little piece yesterday ...

19. Intel + Nokia: In search of relevance

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 25 June 2009

    ... Apple or a partnership with RIM, Palm, or Google would be vastly more powerful, because they are all seen as major players in the targeted segment today.    Strategically for Nokia, this is ...

20. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... Google Chat. The driverless installation makes the Eyeball easy-to-use by simply connecting the USB cable to either a PC or Mac.  Using a custom-designed monitor adapter, Eyeball is easy to position ...

21. Bing to define Microsoft’s capability to innovate

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... with the “market leader”, Ballmer’s term for Google. “We’ve got our mojo now going,” he said. Ballmer sees Microsoft’s opportunity in the fact that “the market leader” cannot “experiment as much” as ...

22. Universities and schools hacked to sell Viagra and porn

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 15 June 2009

    ... concerned, according to Patrick Altoft, director of search at Branded 3. "As soon as these hacks are detected, Google automatically downgrades their search results, so if there's a security hole that website ...

23. BBC and YouTube may launch international iPlayer site

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 01 June 2009

    ... the service would be supported by video sharing site YouTube, owned by Google. It would be free, accessed via the internet. However, a BBC spokesperson told the Telegraph that there were significant ...

24. Time Warner to spin off AOL

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 27 May 2009

    ... is keeping tight-lipped. One issue that will need to be resolved is what to do with Google's five per cent stake in AOL. Google paid a cool $1 billion for the stake back in 2003, but has ...

25. Microsoft accused of fear, uncertainty and antitrust doubt

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 21 May 2009

    ... it can’t cope with questions that it, Google, Mozilla, and Symantec might ask. That’s a charge that Microsoft hasn’t taken lying down.  David Heiner, deputy pleader at Microsoft wrote a lengthy ...

26. Google "won't buy newspaper"

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 20 May 2009

    The CEO and chairman of megafirm Google told the Financial Times the company is not interested in buying a newspaper.The CEO and chairman of megafirm Google told the Financial Times the company is not ...

27. Apple, Marvell and the promise of changing the world

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Opinion)

    Thursday, 07 May 2009

    ... Google were all developed by kids fresh out of school. Some who never even finished college. Citris was designed to be a mega incubator. What makes it different is it doesn't just house engineers or technology ...

28. Google is a monster, it's true

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 06 May 2009

    Opinion - The news that the US antitrust authorities are taking a renewed interest in Google highlights the fact that Google is huge. Opinion - The news that the US antitrust authorities are taking ...

29. Wolfram makes bid to topple Google

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 30 April 2009

    Is Google unstoppable? Is Google unstoppable? We would have asked that question of Wolfram, developed by British physicist Stephen Wolfram. But the Alpha version doesn't want to give you any answers ...

30. Why Apple needs Microsoft to survive the coming OS battle

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 28 April 2009

    Analyst Opinion - With Google coming to market, the OS environment is very similar to what it was in the late 80s with Microsoft in IBM's position, Apple in Apple's, and Google in Microsoft's. Windows ...

31. Yahoo drop in profits means 700 will go

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 21 April 2009

    ... about such talks. An alliance would certainly give rival Google a tiny migraine, but we doubt it would essentially change the search landscape.  Dominant Google, although affected by the global ...

32. Microsoft and Yahoo in ad alliance talks, again

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 13 April 2009

    ... will need each other in one or the other capacity to be able to better compete with Google’s overwhelming market reach. According to Comscore, Google currently holds a search market share of 63.3%, while ...

33. Google says it does not hurt newspapers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 08 April 2009

    In a response to a claim made by the Associated Press regarding unfair use of AP stories on newspaper websites, Google’s Alexander Macgillivray said that the AP and newspapers got it all wrong. While ...

34. Twitter remains blurry about possible Google acquisition

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 06 April 2009

    Speculation of a Twitter acquisition by Google dominated headlines in the social networking realm last week. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone addressed the rumors stating that the micro-blogging website ...

35. Google getting serious about Twitter?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 03 April 2009

    Google is apparently close to acquiring Twitter, if we believe industry sources who were talking with TechCrunch. So, if Facebook’s offer was not good enough, and if the talks with Google are in fact ...

36. YouTube blocks GEMA music videos in Germany

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 01 April 2009

    ... the German YouTube platform -- similar to what happened in Britain two weeks ago." The shutdown follows several others recently where the Google-owned YouTube video viewing website has leveraged its ...

37. Skype's mobile assault: iPhone client due tomorrow, Blackberry in May

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 30 March 2009

    ... or Google's Gtalk. While such solutions enable basic support for free or paid Skype-like calls on cellphones, they usually lack the more sophisticated features found in the desktop Skype application, ...

38. Mount Redoubt erupts four times in three hours

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Monday, 23 March 2009

    The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the aviation color code to red on Saturday March 21 at 10:38pm (its highest level) and is now reporting that on late Monday and early Tuesday of last week Mount Redoubt ...

39. The second Android cellphone arrives by Easter

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 19 March 2009

    ... It has slightly better talk and standby time than its predecessor. Powered by Google's Android OS, Magic sports tight integration with Google properties like Gmail, Calendar, Talk, YouTube, Maps (with satellite, ...

40. Why Sun makes a whole lot of sense for IBM

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    ... discussion here at TG Daily: Which companies would we buy if we were Google or any other company with a little cash on the side. We closely watched 23 tech stocks ranging from companies such as Nortel, ...

41. Security whiz spells Safari's doom in upcoming hacking contest

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 06 March 2009

    When Apple took Safari into the Windows world, it also exposed the browser to the scrutiny of unforgiving security experts whose personal pleasure it is to hack into browsers, even holding contests ...

42. Researchers tap supercomputers to find interesting language trends

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    ... printed media and recorded broadcasts. We now have a great oracle at our disposal, which is Google and the other search engines. These tools allow us to research and find information quickly that was not ...

43. Microsoft reducing contractor pay rates, forcing 100-day breaks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    ... in talks with several of the temporary employment agencies it gets its estimated 40,000 to 60,000 worldwide contractors from, however the company will "continue to pour money into competing with Google" ...

44. Phishing attack scams users following a Gmail outage

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 25 February 2009

    Yesterday morning, Google's e-mail service, Gmail, was smacked with an outage lasting several hours, and then later in the evening the company was hit with a phishing scam making its way around Google ...

45. Cell phone battles in Barcelona

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 17 February 2009

    ... with their renamed Windows Mobile platform going up against the Apple only iPhone, but you have Palm emulating Apple, and Google emulating Microsoft as well. You also have Nokia who appears to be trying ...

46. Claim: Google Latitude is dangerous, a tool for the sinister

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 06 February 2009

    Only about 48 hours have passed since Google launched Google Latitude, a feature designed for Google Maps on mobile devices which allows users to find and track their family and friends via a laptop, ...

47. Google Latitude lets you track movements of others

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 04 February 2009

    The engineers at Google have developed a new way people can find one another using Google Maps. It's a little feature they call Google Latitude and you can install it for free on a variety of platforms. ...

48. Review: Internet Explorer 8 improves with age

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 28 January 2009

    ... been run over by a train, one the company had no idea was coming. The current market share losses Microsoft is experiencing can be directly tied to much better browsers released by Mozilla, Google ...

49. Windows 7 vs. the World: Change is in the Wind

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 January 2009

    ... But HyperSpace is already targeting PCs and Google is rumored to be getting ready to make a run at Netbooks and you'd have to think, if they are successful, the others might rethink where they draw the ...

50. Climate Hackers dump iron into ocean, tests global warming solution

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 12 January 2009

      A three month study began last Wednesday as a geoengineering expedition set sail for the waters off Antarctica. Despite UN objections, the Indian-German expedition is seeking to validate one theory on ...