items tagged with Google
Microsoft, Google pitching cloud to educators
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-16 20:49:02
The education market has long been an arena for 'hearts and minds' struggles in the IT arena. Now Google and Microsoft are actively pitching their cloud offerings to education.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-16 20:49:02
The education market has long been an arena for 'hearts and minds' struggles in the IT arena. Now Google and Microsoft are actively pitching their cloud offerings to education.
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Uh oh, Google goes all Phorm on your ass
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-03-11 10:00:38
The whole concept of behaviour-based targeting of online advertising is guaranteed to kick up a privacy stink wherever it appears. When that place is Google, though, the stink could quickly become something of a shit-storm.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-03-11 10:00:38
The whole concept of behaviour-based targeting of online advertising is guaranteed to kick up a privacy stink wherever it appears. When that place is Google, though, the stink could quickly become something of a shit-storm.
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Is YouTube doing an iTunes by blocking music videos in royalty row?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-10 06:11:38
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-10 06:11:38
Brits are discovering that decent music content on YouTube is disappearing fast after the online video giant decided to block all premium music videos in a row over a hike in royalty payments to musicians, songwriters, composers and publishers. So is Google copying Apple with the hard man tactics and more to the point will it work?
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Would you let a convicted botnet builder keep his job?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-03-06 07:41:16
As a security consultant gets four years in prison for helping to build a botnet which infected a quarter million computers, his IT company boss says he will give him a job when he is released.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-03-06 07:41:16
As a security consultant gets four years in prison for helping to build a botnet which infected a quarter million computers, his IT company boss says he will give him a job when he is released.
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Google's Tip Jar: does the good oil float to the top?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-03-05 17:41:16
The 'wisdom of the crowd' seems to work, but only if you ask everyone the same question. That's why I don't think Google's Tip Jar will live up to its promise.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-03-05 17:41:16
The 'wisdom of the crowd' seems to work, but only if you ask everyone the same question. That's why I don't think Google's Tip Jar will live up to its promise.
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Can Microsoft's Kumo take on Google's Sumo
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-04 01:01:25
Once again one of Microsoft's worst kept secrets has been leaked, this time a new search engine called Kumo, that is supposed to especially good at searching for images. Is Kumo the saviour that Microsoft has been waiting for to take on Google's 800 pound sumo or is it just a warmed up version of Live Search?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-04 01:01:25
Once again one of Microsoft's worst kept secrets has been leaked, this time a new search engine called Kumo, that is supposed to especially good at searching for images. Is Kumo the saviour that Microsoft has been waiting for to take on Google's 800 pound sumo or is it just a warmed up version of Live Search?
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Android the real Linux desktop threat to Windows
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-01 02:25:14
Microsoft got things seriously wrong when it released Vista and the company knows it. In the past, the absolute market dominance of Windows on the desktop has allowed Redmond to get away with such mistakes. That may no longer be the case now that Google has entered the operating system market with its Linux-based Android platform.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-01 02:25:14
Microsoft got things seriously wrong when it released Vista and the company knows it. In the past, the absolute market dominance of Windows on the desktop has allowed Redmond to get away with such mistakes. That may no longer be the case now that Google has entered the operating system market with its Linux-based Android platform.
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Google adds Panoramio user photos to Street View
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-02-27 00:03:37
Google caused a fuss when it augmented Google Maps with its systematically-taken Street View photos. Will the addition of user-contributed images lead to a further flap?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-02-27 00:03:37
Google caused a fuss when it augmented Google Maps with its systematically-taken Street View photos. Will the addition of user-contributed images lead to a further flap?
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All your Gmail is down, down, down
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-24 16:13:30
Would you trust your vital business data to remain in the cloud? This is a question being asked today following an overnight Gmail outage that left users in many countries stuck without the basic tool of business - email - for something like 2-1/2 hours.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-24 16:13:30
Would you trust your vital business data to remain in the cloud? This is a question being asked today following an overnight Gmail outage that left users in many countries stuck without the basic tool of business - email - for something like 2-1/2 hours.
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Android Asus Eee PC due by year’s end?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-02-20 21:17:44
A news report suggests netbook pioneer Asus has assembled a team to put Google’s Android OS on its popular range of Eee netbook PCs, but as the project is still “in development”, an Android Eee is not guaranteed.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-02-20 21:17:44
A news report suggests netbook pioneer Asus has assembled a team to put Google’s Android OS on its popular range of Eee netbook PCs, but as the project is still “in development”, an Android Eee is not guaranteed.
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Facebook: wake up, there is no free lunch
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-17 20:44:36
In the brouhaha which has broken out after Facebook changed its terms of use to bring in a clause whereby it would own or at least share ownership of content created within its portals, a couple of questions have eluded most people.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-17 20:44:36
In the brouhaha which has broken out after Facebook changed its terms of use to bring in a clause whereby it would own or at least share ownership of content created within its portals, a couple of questions have eluded most people.
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More job cuts ahead at Google
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-12 16:29:24
It might be avoiding the splashy announcement of thousands of retrenchments in one hit a la Microsoft, but Google is steadily paring back its workforce.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-12 16:29:24
It might be avoiding the splashy announcement of thousands of retrenchments in one hit a la Microsoft, but Google is steadily paring back its workforce.
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Google syncs to iPhone, Windows Mobile using Microsoft technology
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-09 20:12:52
A beta version of Google Sync provides two-way calendar and contacts synchronisation between Google Calendar and Gmail on one hand and iPhones and Windows Mobile devices on the other. Google has licensed Microsoft's patents covering ActiveSync for this service.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-09 20:12:52
A beta version of Google Sync provides two-way calendar and contacts synchronisation between Google Calendar and Gmail on one hand and iPhones and Windows Mobile devices on the other. Google has licensed Microsoft's patents covering ActiveSync for this service.
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Google, NASA add planet Mars to Google Earth 5.0
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-02 17:48:16
On Monday, February 2, 2009, NASA announced its collaboration with Google to bring a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of Mars. The Google Earth 5.0 will provide maps of the Red Planet so you can explore the planet just like NASA robots on its surface and NASA spacecraft orbiting above.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-02 17:48:16
On Monday, February 2, 2009, NASA announced its collaboration with Google to bring a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of Mars. The Google Earth 5.0 will provide maps of the Red Planet so you can explore the planet just like NASA robots on its surface and NASA spacecraft orbiting above.
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Google Earth takes a dip in the ocean
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-02-02 14:43:00
Afficionados of Google Earth who are tired of visiting all the landmarks on the planet can now go for a virtual swim in the ocean. The new feature Ocean in Google Earth lets people explore 3D underwater terrain, and browse ocean-related content contributed by marine scientists and explorers.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-02-02 14:43:00
Afficionados of Google Earth who are tired of visiting all the landmarks on the planet can now go for a virtual swim in the ocean. The new feature Ocean in Google Earth lets people explore 3D underwater terrain, and browse ocean-related content contributed by marine scientists and explorers.
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Revealed: why Google went down as quick as a slash
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-01-31 18:06:52
Earlier today Google had a hiccup where it reported every search result as potentially malware. This continued for about an hour and brought the world's searching to its knees. Google has explained what caused this issue.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-01-31 18:06:52
Earlier today Google had a hiccup where it reported every search result as potentially malware. This continued for about an hour and brought the world's searching to its knees. Google has explained what caused this issue.
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Google crashes; says all Internet is bad
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-01-31 08:53:48
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-01-31 08:53:48
As I write this, Google is reporting every search result as being harmful. With Google being the de-facto home page for many people will Febrary 1st go down as the day the Internet died? Pictures included!
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Gmail goes offline
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-01-28 09:19:28
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-01-28 09:19:28
Google has had great success with the Gmail email service, but it has always had one major drawback: you need to be online to use it. Until now, that is.
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Ruslan Kogan speaks on Chinese “Agora” clone
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-20 22:15:40
A curious “G8000” Google Phone on sale at Alibaba.com has raised the curiosity of tech sites around the world, wondering if the G8000 is the Agora being sold off through Chinese channels, but Kogan founder Ruslan Kogan says “no”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-20 22:15:40
A curious “G8000” Google Phone on sale at Alibaba.com has raised the curiosity of tech sites around the world, wondering if the G8000 is the Agora being sold off through Chinese channels, but Kogan founder Ruslan Kogan says “no”.
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Kogan Agora phones end up for sale at Alibaba.com?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-20 18:22:13
A “Google Android” powered phone that looks remarkably like the Kogan Agora is now available for sale, in bulk (100 piece order minimum) from the Alibaba.com site. A dodgy clone, or the real discontinued deal?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2009-01-20 18:22:13
A “Google Android” powered phone that looks remarkably like the Kogan Agora is now available for sale, in bulk (100 piece order minimum) from the Alibaba.com site. A dodgy clone, or the real discontinued deal?
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