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1. Microsoft, Murdoch in Google bashing deal

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 23 November 2009

   You scratch my back UPDATED Microsoft has been locked in secret talks with Rupert Murdoch over the weekend as the pair try to work out a Google shafting deal over news searches. Apparently Redmond is offering ...

2. 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, ...

3. 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. ...

4. 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. ...

5. 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. ...

6. 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.  ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...

11. 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, ...

12. 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 ...

13. 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, ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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 ...

16. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... position to train those that follow you into the market. Once you achieve dominance, the lesson learned that negative Ads worked will likely be used against you. You can see this is the recent Verizon/Google ...

17. 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 ...

18. The Delusions of IT Startups

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... which ranks the buzz around some of the hot new firms, largely in the IT market. It uses some sort of Google-like algorithm to create its list of noteworthy companies. It also lets those companies post ...

19. Kindle is no answer to reading books digitally

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Sunday, 18 October 2009

    ... The industry has to work out a way of us being able to do the same with an electronic book without making it free for just about everyone. Google and the internet have lulled many into believing that ...

20. Google draws global bead on Microsoft, IBM

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 18 October 2009

    Search giant Google will today introduce a mass marketing campaign across the world in a bid to draw customers away from Microsoft and IBM office apps into its own application web.Search giant Google ...

21. The best IT vendor CEO of the decade is...

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    ... he's a personal favorite of mine, having worked with him back at Sun in the 1980s.) He brought adult supervision to Google. He's been instrumental in taking a mere search engine company and turning it ...

22. Google to launch electronic bookstore

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    Google has announced plans to launch an online electronic book store. According to reports, Google Editions will initially offer approximately half a million books from various publishers that can be ...

23. AT&T slates Google Voice: nun today, nun tomorrow

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    Giant telephone company AT&T sent a lengthy letter to the Federal Communications Commission yesterday attacking Google by accusing it of double standards for openness.Giant telephone company AT&T ...

24. Google's mobile ad services are laughable

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    Opinion: Not surprisingly, Google wants to own the mobile browser advertising market just as it dominates the desktop browser ad market. Opinion: Not surprisingly, Google wants to own the mobile browser ...

25. Windows 6.5: Living in a Post iPhone World is a Bitch

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... We aren’t a one size fits all world (look at what we drive and wear).   To win this market Microsoft and Google have to create a product that is consistent enough so that buyers ask for it by name ...

26. 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 ...

27. 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 ...

28. Apple App Store downloads pass two million mark

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... list, can the end of days be far away? That Cool List in full: 1 – iPhone 2 – Aston Martin 3 – Apple 4 – iPod 5 – Nintendo 6 – YouTube 7 – BlackBerry 8 – Google 9 – Bang & Olufsen 10 – Playstation ...

29. EU says Google AdWords are fair game

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    While the EU is content to slam Intel and Microsoft for billions in antitrust suits, it takes a rather more relaxed view on fellow US giant Google, presumably on the grounds that it's not evil. While ...

30. Apple totally rejected Google Voice app over duplication fears

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 18 September 2009

    The FCC has published an uncensored letter from Google in which the Mountain-View based company claimed that Apple rejected its Voice application. Apple had previously refuted the allegations and insisted ...

31. British blogger sued for defamation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    In a convoluted international case, a law firm in Sydney, acting for the Chinese owners of the massive multiplayer online game Evony, has filed a case against a British blogger for defamation.In a convoluted ...

32. Microsoft snipes at Google's market share with Visual Search

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    Microsoft has launched a virtual war of attrition against Google by introducing Visual Search for Bing. The Redmond-based behemoth is clearly hoping to lure surfers away from a traditional Google search ...

33. LG to launch first Android mobile in Q4

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    LG has announced its first Android mobile, the LG-GW620, featuring a three inch touchscreen and slide out QWERTY keypad. Up until now, all LG smartphones have used the Windows Mobile OS. LG has announced ...

34. Microsoft says "We are not pornographers"

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... the keyword "pornography" in Google.  This means that Microsoft had to have paid for to be associated with the world 'pornography”. Cnet penned an article pointing out its suspicions that surrounded ...

35. Palm launches Pixi in time for holidays

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... application will be available. And as well as linking information from Google, Facebook and Exchange ActiveSync, Palm Pixi adds Yahoo! and LinkedIn integration through its Palm Synergy feature, assembling ...

36. Report forecasts one billion mobile cloud users by 2014

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 04 September 2009

    ... to a wide range of mobile subscribers, including collaborative document sharing, scheduling and sales force management apps. Beccue added that some or all of the major PaaS platforms — such as Google, ...

37. Scifi writers powering weapons against Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    ... to countering the evil empire of Google's Book Settlement. San Francisco, Earth - US science fiction and fantasy writers have joined forces with Microsoft and Amazon in an unlikely coalition of librarians, ...

38. Apple announces press conference, world faints with excitement

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    ... front pages of blogs around the world. As hacks jostled for position on Google News with speculation on what Apple might be announcing - an iPhone identical to but incompatible with earlier models, a ...

39. Sony gets Google Chrome plated

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    All Sony Vaio PCs sold in the USA will come pre-installed with Google Chrome, the company said today.All Sony Vaio PCs sold in the USA will come pre-installed with Google Chrome, the company said today. ...

40. Opera 10 adds web turbo boost

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 31 August 2009

    ... system. The tab bar can be resized by pulling down on it or double-clicking the handle, and users can view full thumbnails of all open tabs. Speed Dial (as seen in Google's Chrome browser) has been improved, ...

41. Infamous hacker to serve 15 years behind bars

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 28 August 2009

    An infamous computer hacker has agreed to plead guilty to a number of charges, including conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to the Associated Press, Albert Gonzalez will ...

42. Antitrust cops probe Google Italy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 28 August 2009

    The Italian antitrust watchdog is snuffling around Google Italy over claims that it is discriminating against newspapers that don't want their content linked on Google's news site. Rome, Italy - The ...

43. FCC kicks off mobile wireless Inquisition

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 27 August 2009

    ... consumers in the communications marketplace. In addition, the Commission is expected to review the current state of wireless innovation and investment. See also Apple, AT&T deny Google Voice discrimination ...

44. FCC targets wireless industry in 'empowerment' probe

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 21 August 2009

    ... Apple's rejection of Google's iPhone voice application. In addition, the Department of Justice (DoJ) launched a wide-ranging review of major telecommunications companies over possible anti-trust violations, ...

45. Mozilla finally loses all credibility

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 21 August 2009

    ...  Why are you not moaning about Apple and its monopolistic bundling of Safari? Why are you not whining about Google's upcoming Chrome OS? Any company that uses lawyers rather than technical excellence ...

46. Microsoft won't give up on Mobile OS

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    It must have spent tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars promoting the Windows Mobile OS, but Microsoft is not going to quit fighting the Google Android and iPhone competition.It must have spent ...

47. Updated: Sony hopes $300 PS3 will boost sluggish sales

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    Sony has unveiled a slimmed down Playstation 3 at the Gamescom conference in Germany. The upgraded console will feature a 120GB HD and is expected to retail at $300 on September 1. San Francisco (CA) ...

48. Dell’s mobile nightmare: The dumbest move yet?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    ... Precisely what that mobile product is remains to be seen, but reports of a Google Android-based smartphone seem to be the most plausible. If history means anything here – and I believe it does – things ...

49. Apple still dominates in PC market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 18 August 2009

    ... Compaq models. Recent sales are up, and HP's share value has more than doubled relative to the market since the beginning of the year." In the online portal and search engine field, Google stands at 86, ...

50. Everybody loves Google

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    Google is one of the most popular companies in the US, according to a survey released today. Google is one of the most popular companies in the US, according to a survey released today. The company ...