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Chromebooks go on sale in the U.S to mixed reviews
Chromebooks go on sale in the U.S to mixed reviews
The first official "Chromebook" has gone on sale in the United States today, via Samsung. ChromeOS-based netbooks do not have standard operating ...... 16 Jun 2011 - 8 comments
DOJ approves Google's bid for Nortel patents
DOJ approves Google's bid for Nortel patents
Google's $900 million "stalking-horse" bid for 6000 Nortel patents has been approved by the Department of Justice, meaning an auction is set ...... 15 Jun 2011 - 1 comment
Google buys AdMeld for $400 million
Google buys AdMeld for $400 million
Google has acquired the large advertising optimization platform for publishers AdMeld for $400 million in cash this week. The company launched ...... 10 Jun 2011
Google killing off support for old browsers
Google killing off support for old browsers
Starting on August 1st, Google will drop support for old browsers. Such browsers include Internet Explorer 6 and 7, Safari 3 and Firefox 3.5 (or lower). ...... 04 Jun 2011 - 6 comments
Google points finger at China in GMail hacking case
Google points finger at China in GMail hacking case
Google halts effort to access content in hundreds of GMail accounts. Google Inc. revealed earlier this week that an attack on its GMail service ...... 03 Jun 2011 - 9 comments
Privacy group gets cut of Google privacy settlement
Privacy group gets cut of Google privacy settlement
A privacy group that complained about being left out of Google's Buzz settlement gets a share. The Electronic Privacy Information Center ...... 01 Jun 2011 - 1 comment
Google sued by eBay, PayPal over trade secrets
Google sued by eBay, PayPal over trade secrets
PayPal and its parent eBay have sued Google and two executives today over trade secret misappropriation. The trade secrets were related to ...... 27 May 2011 - 3 comments
Facebook, Google use e-G8 to warn about Internet regulation
Facebook, Google use e-G8 to warn about Internet regulation
Two-day forum in Paris highlights rift in philosophy between tech giants and policy makers. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and ...... 26 May 2011 - 3 comments
Google to unveil mobile payment tech on Thursday?
Google to unveil mobile payment tech on Thursday?
Reuters cites sources in reporting that Google will unveil its mobile payments service on Thursday. The Internet giant has teamed up with ...... 25 May 2011 - 1 comment
Google's Schmidt: Piracy blocks harm free speech
Google's Schmidt: Piracy blocks harm free speech
Eric Schmidt, executive chairman at Google Inc., has said proposed anti-piracy blocks on websites such as The Pirate Bay would be a disaster ...... 25 May 2011 - 2 comments
Google blocks rooted users from renting movies from Android Market
Google blocks rooted users from renting movies from Android Market
Google has confirmed today that Android users with rooted devices will not be able to rent movies via the Android Market. The search giant ...... 22 May 2011 - 8 comments
Google halts its newspaper digitization operations
Google halts its newspaper digitization operations
Google has confirmed that it will stop digitizing old newspapers, blaming publishers who were looking to make money off the archives instead ...... 21 May 2011 - 3 comments
Google to fix Android security flaw
Google to fix Android security flaw
Google has announced today that it is currently fixing an Android security flaw that was brought to the public's attention last week by German researchers. ...... 18 May 2011 - 2 comments
Facebook admits to smear campaign against Google
Facebook admits to smear campaign against Google
Facebook has come clean this week, admitting to secretly hiring a PR firm that planted negative stories about Google in newspapers and websites. ...... 12 May 2011 - 9 comments
Obvious alert: Record labels angry at Google over Google Music launch
Obvious alert: Record labels angry at Google over Google Music launch
As reported this week, Google has launched the beta of their Google Music cloud service. To nobody's surprise, the record labels are not ...... 12 May 2011 - 4 comments
Security firm exploits serious Google Chrome browser bug
Security firm exploits serious Google Chrome browser bug
VUPEN Security has announced the discovery of a vulnerability in Google's Chrome browser software. Google Chrome has survived assaults at ...... 11 May 2011 - 4 comments
Google I/O conference: Streaming movie rentals headed to Android Market
Google I/O conference: Streaming movie rentals headed to Android Market
Following our ongoing coverage of Google's I/O conference, the search giant has announced streaming movie rentals for the Android Market, giving ...... 10 May 2011
Google I/O conference: Activating 400,000 Android device every day, Android 3.1 rolling out today
Google I/O conference: Activating 400,000 Android device every day, Android 3.1 rolling out today
Speaking at their I/O conference today, Google has said they are activating 400,000 Android devices daily. Overall, activated Android devices ...... 10 May 2011 - 1 comment
YouTube adding 3000 movie rentals to catalog
YouTube adding 3000 movie rentals to catalog
Google has confirmed that it will be adding 3000 movies to its YouTube movie rental service. It is unclear what films will be available but ...... 09 May 2011 - 1 comment
Apple now has highest 'brand value' in the world
Apple now has highest 'brand value' in the world
According to the annual BrandZ Global Top 100, Apple is now the most valuable brand in the world, beating out perennial winner Google. Apple ...... 09 May 2011
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