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1. Gameloft chooses iPhone over Android

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   Claims Google can't "entice" customers Gameloft has confirmed that is scaling back application development on Google's Android platform. "We have significantly cut our investment in Android platform, ...

2. Mutant Koobface worm attacks Skype accounts

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   Probes Wikipedia, YouTube and Google SophosLabs has identified a mutated Koobface worm that is apparently capable of hacking into Skype accounts. According to researcher Numaan Huq, the new Koobface variant ...

3. We need Chrome

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   Yeah we do, we do Have you seen the demo of the Chrome operating system? It's worth two minutes of your time to get a gander at what Google is cooking up in its labs. Although a big fan of Mac OS X (10.5.8), ...

4. Google rolls out Chrome OS source code

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   Eliminates all "unnecessary" processes Google has released the source code of its long-awaited Chrome OS. According to the Mountain View-based company, the alternative operating system is optimized for ...

5. The world waits for Google's Chrome OS

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   Conference call today Google will hold a conference call today outlining its plans for the operating system. It has invited journalists to a webcast that starts at 10:00AM and goes on to 11:00PM Pacific. ...

6. Microsoft accelerates JavaScript with IE9

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... SunSpider benchmarks measured Google's Chrome as 10 times faster than IE8, while Mozilla's Firefox outperformed the veteran browser by nearly four times. 
"In the past, Microsoft has pooh-poohed JavaScript ...

7. TechCrunch crucified over Google phone rumor

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   Logical and illogical leaps A number of journalists have harshly criticized TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington for publishing a wildly speculative article about a rumored Android-based Google phone. ...

8. Microsoft Bing grows its market share a bit

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   Google does too The latest report from Comscore shows that Bing is edging its way upward in the search engine market in October. But it's not at Google's expense - it appears to be Yahoo that's suffering. ...

9. Phuggers are like chuggers

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... the phugging patience of non x-directory people across the country while they try to watch their Christmas specials. A Google image search for “phugging” returns pictures of Mariah Carey, President Obama ...

10. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Depends on How Smart YOU Are Sometimes I wonder about new companies.   Apple and Google both have this way of bewitching people so that, no matter what they come out with, folks drool and say that’s wonderful.  ...

11. Activision denies Russian ban of Modern Warfare 2

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... was a "fine one." "If Google Translate is to be believed, the game was never actually banned in Russia, although the distinction may be a fine one," wrote Hachman. "GotPS3.ru reported that a PC version ...

12. Google tarts up its Translate tool

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    Looks, feels kind of different Search engine behemoth Google has brought a number of new features to its Translate tool. One major feature is that it will translate instantly while you type, rather than ...

13. ARM accelerates Android mobile development

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ...  Midnight shoppers queue for Droid Smartphone market: Android and iPhone continue to grow Sony Ericsson Android lumbers into view Motorola and Verizon trundle out Droid smartphone Google intros Android ...

14. Switzerland to sue Google over Street View privacy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    Don't look now The Swiss government has lost patience with Google over what it sees as Street View's failure to ensure privacy. The country's federal data protection commissioner, Hanspeter Thur, is now ...

15. Open Book Alliance slams Google Book Settlement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    'Sleight of hand' The Open book Alliance has reacted angrily to Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers' revised e-book settlement proposal, describing it as 'a deeply flawed ...

16. Google: Better ethics than the Vatican?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Saturday, 14 November 2009

    ...  One story has Google offering a free map resource of where to find flu shots in your area. This cost the company money to develop and, to my knowledge, there's no direct revenues the company will generate ...

17. Getting paid to watch porn

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Saturday, 14 November 2009

    ... lowliest career-nonce, has a photo in his My Pictures folder called 'my nob.jpg'. I'm sick of the way people search Google images for stuff like 'Eskimo porn' or 'busty Polish girls on roofs'. Specialized ...

18. Dell touts Mini 3 Android smartphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    ... at iPhone's market share Midnight shoppers queue for Droid Sony Ericsson Android lumbers into view Motorola and Verizon trundle out Droid smartphone Google intros Android 2.0 Eclair SDK for Droid smartphones ...

19. Google buys VOIP company Gizmo5

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    Are you, or have you ever been, a telephone company? Google is continuing its efforts to boost Google Voice with the acquisition of Gizmo5 - a voice over IP software company - for an undisclosed sum.  ...

20. YouTube goes hi-res

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    But most content comes from mobiles YouTube is to start support 1080p high-definition videos from next week. Google-owned YouTube says it will support video playback in the full 1080p HD format, upgrading ...

21. Google preps Mac Chrome beta for holiday launch

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Cross-platform parity Google is reportedly preparing to launch a beta version of its Mac Chrome browser in time for the upcoming holiday season. "The extensions team has been working hard to get BrowserActions ...

22. Microsoft integrating Wolfram Alpha and Bing

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Tanks on Google's lawn On its Bing Blog, Microsoft has revealed it is working to bolt together high-powered search engine Wolfram Alpha and its own Googlealike, Bing. According to MS program manager ...

23. Google slashes price on Picasa storage

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    Picture this Google said it's dramatically reduced the price of Picasa storage - that's where your cherished family pictures are all in a cloud. In a blog posting, Google said that it's "dramatically" ...

24. Group takes control of dozens of Facebook sites

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... People have even lost their jobs over Facebook content. We wanted to do something about this." Using a quick Google search, the group found a number of sites that had been left without an administrator ...

25. Google Latitude reminds you where you've been

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    But can it tell me what I had for breakfast? Can't remember where you've been? Google, naturally, has the answer. Apparently users of Google Latitude have been pleading for a feature to allow them to ...

26. Motorola Droid snipes at iPhone's market share

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... demand - they've taken the right steps and picked a good partner with Google on the Android side." However, MKM Partners analyst Tero Kuittinen sounded a more cautionary note during an interview with ...

27. Google gives away free wi-fi at 47 airports

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    There is such a thing as a free launch Search behemoth Google will offer free wi-fi across the US to travelers at 47 airports over the holiday period. And Burbank and Seattle airports will start offering ...

28. Firefox 'most insecure browser'

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... 65 percent of the market, followed by Firefox with 24 percent, Safari with 4.4 percent, Google's Chrome with 3.6 percent and Opera with 2.2 percent. Perhaps, in the interests of consumer choice, the EU's ...

29. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo others sued over mapping software

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... for the Eastern Distric of Texas, Marshall Division. That's a fast tracking patent court. The defendants include Expedia, Google, Microsoft, the Washington Post, Ticketmaster, Travelocity, Tripadvisor, ...

30. Chinese government attacks Yahoo over porn

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... attached blogs. China has been going great guns in closing down websites that it deems unacceptable. The last high-profile offender was Google, which has since changed the algorithm on its local search ...

31. Nook put into shade by delays

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... Google Android technology and has a wi-fi function. But Barnes & Noble is being coy about sales of the Nook, that competes with Amazon's Kindle and the Sony reader. Analysts have predicted that sales ...

32. Murdoch plans to block Google News

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    Antipodean media magnate throws toys out of pram Mega-publisher Rupert Murdoch says he will pull stories from Google's news index to encourage people to pay for online content. In an interview with Sky ...

33. Tool stops search engines gathering your data

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Big Brother won't be able to watch any more Just a day after Google said it was to let users see the information it gathers on them, a team of Catalan researchers has announced a new protocol to stop search ...

34. Twitter turns UI thinking on its head

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ... better. I could go on. But it really doesn't matter because there will be many more clients to choose from soon enough. With the recent arrival of Windows 7 and the Verizon/Google Droid phone this week, ...

35. 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 ...

36. Apple's small-minded strategy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... from other sources, such as Amazon or (maybe?) Google. And they will gladly chuck their iPhones for the next cool thingamajig. So, why is Apple, full of many smart people, being so strategically small ...

37. Sony Ericsson Android lumbers into view

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... of app stores, such as PlayNow and the Android Market. Additional specs include:
 Size - 119 x 63 x 13 mm. Weight - 135 grams. Memory - 8GB microSD memory card. Operating system - Google Android Donut, ...

38. Google Earth invents a town

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    Google Earth seems to think that England does not have enough towns and has decided to put one of its own in. Google Earth seems to think that England does not have enough towns and has decided to put ...

39. Why Apple should license Windows 7

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... Office and it currently is the most at risk of competitive displacement from Google Apps. The server business, for much of the last decade, has been Microsoft's strongest unit and it is built on their ...

40. Gmail users lose service all weekend

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    Gmail users are complaining that they have been left without service for long periods over the weekend, with no help from Google. Gmail users are complaining that they have been left without ...

41. 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: ...

42. Google launches OneBox music service

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    Google is getting into the online music business with a service allowing people to find and hear tracks by searching on song titles, artists or snatches of lyrics. Google is getting into the online ...

43. Google simplifies GPS navigation for Android 2.0 smartphones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    Google has announced its Maps Navigation beta for Android 2.0 devices. The application, which supports hands-free voice searches, offers 3D views, turn-by-turn guidance and automatic rerouting.Google ...

44. 10 reasons why analog is better than digital

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... than cold fish. Humanoids are better than Androids. Giggles are better than Googles. That's an analog judgement. So there.    ...

45. 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 ...

46. Google finds partners for PowerMeter monitoring

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    Some people might feel that Google knows quite enough about them already. But for those that aren't too bothered, the company has now signed up utility firms to offer smart monitoring of domestic ...

47. Ex AMD CEO named in insider trading scandal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... $25 million profit on deals made between 2006 and 2009 involving companies such as AMD, Google and Sun in return for monetary reward. Wire taps were put on the suspects after an anonymous tip-off. The ...

48. 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 ...

49. The Majors: Google

    (Category)