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Google plans home entertainment system

Google's planninng to launch an own-brand home entertainment system, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Report: Google working on a Dropbox killer

Of all the big trends in cyber space, there's one that Google has been notably left out of - cloud storage.

Microsoft and Google make patent promises

Microsoft is promising that it will negotiate to license patents, rather than resorting to the courts - in a barely-disguised stab at Google, which made its own patent promises yesterday too.

Google users sell their privacy cheaply

An offer from Google to pay users up to $25 to give up their privacy has been swamped by takers.

EPIC sues FTC over Google privacy changes

The Electronic Privacy and Information Center has launched a lawsuit against the US Federal Trade Commission, aiming to force it to stop Google going through with its planned changes to its privacy policy.

Google praised by Greenpeace for energy record: Apple, not so much

Google's support for a stronger US clean energy policy and EU clean energy targets has seen it leap to the top of Greenpeace's annual Cool IT Leaderboard.

Google rolls out Chrome for Android



Google has introduced a beta version of its flagship Chrome browser for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) smartphones and tablets.

'Solve for X' to tackle world's biggest problems

Google's launched a website aimed at solving some of the big problems facing humanity - something like TED, or a sort of X Prize without the prize.

India gets tough over 'objectionable' content

Running out of patience, an Indian court has given Google, Facebook and other internet companies just 15 more days to remove 'objectionable' content - although the companies say they've already done all they can.

Google introduces country-specific takedowns for Blogger blogs

Google is following Twitter's lead in introducing a country-by-country blocking system for its Blogger blogs.

Microsoft launches anti-Google privacy ad campaign

Whenever a company has some sort of privacy snafu, it's a great opportunity...for that company's competitors.

Industry giants team up to fight phishing

Microsoft, Google, Facebook, PayPal and others have announced a new joint effort to combat spam and phishing.

School districts snap up 27,000 Chromebooks

We’ve certainly been hearing quite a lot about Chromebooks in the tech world. 

However, when the machines finally started to hit the virtual and retail store shelves, they didn’t actually sell very well.

Google consolidates user data with new privacy policy

Google's launching a new privacy policy, bringing together all the information it holds on individual users into a single place.

Is Amazon's Kindle Fire cutting Google out of the loop?

When Google initially offered its Android OS for "free," I wonder if Mountain View ever envisioned the sort of ecosystem that exists today.