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1. 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 ...

2. 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), ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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.  ...

5. YouTube launches tool for 'citizen journalists'

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   Please don't put us all out of business YouTube is launching a tool allowing so-called 'citizen journalists' to submit clips to news media companies and PR firms to deluge them with even more uninteresting ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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, ...

10. 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 ...

11. 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 ...

12. Google intros Android 2.0 Eclair SDK for Droid smartphones

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    Google has introduced its Android 2.0 software development kit. The SDK - also known as "Eclair" - is expected to power Motorola's new line of Droid smartphones.  Google has introduced its ...

13. 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 ...

14. Google invites comments on web pages

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    Google has released a new tool which allows notes and comments to be posted on web pages for others to read. Google has released a new tool which allows notes and comments to be posted on web pages ...

15. Boxing champion threatens legal fight with Facebook

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 10 September 2009

    ... "We will remove racist content, impostor profiles and copyright violations when they are reported through the links throughout our site." See also Skank blogger demands $15 million from Google Facebook ...

16. Video makers to earn with YouTube

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    ... lucky filmmaker, who will be helped to set up a Google AdSense account. It isn't giving a figure, but the sums aren't likely to be huge. To start with, the company will only be offering 'monetarization' ...

17. Facebook expands reach with FriendFeed acquisition

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 10 August 2009

    ... at FriendFeed to Facebook's 250 million users around the world." Paul Buchheit, another FriendFeed co-founder and the Google engineer behind Gmail, expressed similar sentiments. "As we spent time ...

18. Google takes over video compression firm

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    Search engine giant Google said it will pay an estimated $106.9 million in stock to buy On2 Technologies.Search engine giant Google said it will pay an estimated $106.9 million in stock to buy On2 Technologies. ...

19. T-Mobile announces another Android phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 22 June 2009

    You wait ages for a new smartphone, and then half a dozen come all at once. Now, T-Mobile is announcing its next Google Android device, to be known as the myTouch. Bellevue, Washington – You wait ages ...

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. 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 ...

22. Google tells developers to "bet on the web"

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 27 May 2009

    Google has kicked off its annual I/O conference with a slew of new initatives, including Web Elements, Java Language Support in App Engine and the second phase of Android Developer Challenge. Chicago ...

23. Brits obsessed with social networking

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 13 May 2009

    ... sites of one sort of another - account for 45 per cent of UK internet time. By contrast, the equivalent list for the US is rather less hedonistic, with Google, Microsoft and Yahoo heading the list and ...

24. Android fans eye imminent release of updated OS

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 11 May 2009

    Android fans dreaming of electric sheep and an updated OS won't have to wait long for the latter. Indeed, the official release of Android 1.5 is reportedly imminent and could be available for download ...

25. Google and YouTube bring democracy to Iraq

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 20 April 2009

    Bet you didn't think of Google, YouTube, AT&T and Twitter as humanitarian campaigners, tirelessly fighting corruption and helping to build a more accountable society.Washington, D.C. - Bet you didn't ...

26. Watch out Hulu: YouTube’s coming with video

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 17 April 2009

    Google’s YouTube video streaming site has announced a partnership with Hollywood studios, which will deliver both television shows and movies to United States viewers. Among the partners agreeing to ...

27. Google goes after iPhone 3.0 with Android 1.5

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 14 April 2009

    Google’s Android team releases a sneak peek at the next version of the Android software development kit, which integrates most of the features that were developed by the “Cupcake” development branch: ...

28. Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty Jackalope' release on April 23

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 13 April 2009

    ... if it is not already installed; edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade; and follow the on-screen instructions." Google's ...

29. Should Google dump YouTube?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 13 April 2009

    Analyst Opinion - It’s been two-and-a-half years since Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion. At the time, the 18-month-old online video sensation was struggling to figure out how to convert its immense popularity ...

30. Gmail gets inline images

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 13 April 2009

    ... the image appear where you want inside the message body, you can click it to switch between small, medium, large or original size or remove the image entirely. Google appears to be rolling out new interesting ...

31. UPDATED: YouTube and Universal Music Group to form VEVO music and video site

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 09 April 2009

    ... apparently Google). Universal and YouTube came to strategic content agreements as far back as 2006, when they announced their first partnership. The new site was announced today, and will include the ...

32. China tightens grip, orders more Internet control

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 02 April 2009

    ... the blockage, and Google discovered it on their own when they observed a sharp drop in content viewing following the blockage. The country has issued the new rules to keep dissenting or alternate political ...

33. Google goes HAL with CADIE in April Fool's prank

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 01 April 2009

    A brief press release posted at 11:59:59pm last night has ignited a slew of controversy. Google's announcement was of a new artificial intelligence named CADIE, which stands for Cognitive Autoheuristic ...

34. 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 ...

35. Microsoft kills Encarta: Is society getting dummer?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 31 March 2009

    ... hardly comes as a surprise. Encarta was faced with Wikipedia, Google's search engine and several online business models that predominantly lure users with free premium content. Chicago (IL) - Microsoft's ...

36. 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, ...

37. Google showcases Javascript engine with Chrome Experiments website

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 27 March 2009

    Google's speedy V8 Javascript engine is already hailed as Chrome's biggest competitive advantage. While other browsers also pack byte-code Javascript interpreters, Chrome is better-positioned to ultimately ...

38. China blocks YouTube without an explanation

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 25 March 2009

    YouTube has once again been blocked by the Chinese government. Google has been given no reason for the blockage, but discovered it themselves after noticing a decline in Chinese traffic around noon on ...

39. iPhone OS 3.0: Top 10 user-centric features

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 20 March 2009

    ...  6. Calendar:  Supports CalDav and .ics subscriptions The Calendar application is now enhanced with CalDAV standard used by online calendars from Google, Yahoo and server version of OS X. In ...

40. 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, ...

41. Review: Chrome 2.0 beta is speedy, still falling behind in features

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    Historically, moving from a 1.x to 2.0 version number suggests a host of improvements. Sadly, in Google's case with Chrome 1.0.154.48 moving to 2.0.169.1 -- it's just a marketing trick, like the kind ...

42. Federal courts allow live blogging now more than ever

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 March 2009

    ... something I often refer to as "the great oracle", go to Google, Yahoo, Ask or some other search engine today and find out the step-by-step instructions for knitting a sweater, rebuilding a car engine, ...

43. YouTube viewers in U.S. exceed 100 million for first time

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 06 March 2009

    ... industry. When Google acquired the video site in 2006, they obviously made a great decision as the site now ranks as the most popular provider of online video in the United States. In January alone ...

44. Research: Apple owns mobile web, Google rules mobile search

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 02 March 2009

    ... its desktop dominance into the mobile market), Google has taken its lead as the desktop search engine nicely over into the mobile market, which now leads both -- and the latter by an obscenely large margin.  ...

45. Gmail Tasks for iPhone, mobile Post-it notes

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 03 February 2009

      Google has conducted some interesting research relating to post-it notes and paper scribbles. Their studies found that despite having quad-core PCs and 30" monitors, many people still preferred pen and ...

46. Professional videos could come to YouTube via new agreement

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

    ... would give YouTube a greater presence as a true entertainment source, and this might also deliver the monetary answer Google has been seeking - which is how to make money off all the videos it now hosts ...

47. Apple to ship iLife '09 tomorrow

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 26 January 2009

    ... takes facial recognition technology (first introduced in Google's Picasa application) a step further: When users label a person in a photo, iLife '09 automatically finds that particular person in all ...

48. Macintosh turns 25

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Sunday, 25 January 2009

    ... how much he respects Apple's Macintosh.See the original AFP article republished on Google, and a picture of the original Mac OS desktop.[Note: Ah, the days of monochrome screens, 128KB of memory and 720KB ...

49. The Pope gets his own YouTube channel

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Friday, 23 January 2009

      Google's YouTube website has been a flutter with change in recent weeks. Each U.S. Senate and House of Representatives member has their own channel. President Obama has his own official channel complete ...