Archive for the ‘Industry News’ Category

Google Android Netbooks on Their Way (Linux Today)

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

EeePC: “Google is planning to use Android for any device — not just the mobile phones. Don’t be surprised if netbooks will come pre-installed with Google’s Linux OS. “

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Daily Tidbits: Google hides features and reveals them (CNET)

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Google’s Mobile App with Voice Search has some extra features and you too can engage in a “selfless” resolution.

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Activate The ?Bells and Whistles? On Google?s iPhone Mobile App (Search Engine Land)

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Google released the Google Mobile App for the iPhone about six months ago. They recently added voice recognition features to the app, which is loved by many American?s. But many missed a hidden feature in the App, named ?Bells and Whistles.?

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Sharapova Tops Yahoo! Athlete Searches for 2008 (WTA Tour)

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Despite missing almost half of the season due to a nagging right shoulder injury, Maria Sharapova topped the Yahoo! Most Searched Athletes of 2008 list. She was followed by two more superstars of women’s sports, mixed martial arts star Gina Carano and IndyCar race driver Danica Patrick.

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Google Releases Web Security Book (Slashdot)

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

northern squirrel writes “As reported by Security Focus, Google had publicly released their 50-page Browser Security Handbook (under a CC BY license, too). To quote, the document is ‘meant to provide developers, browser engineers, and information security researchers with a one-stop reference to key security properties of contemporary web browsers,’ and features a comparison of security features …

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Google Tells Users To Drop IE6 (Slashdot)

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Kelly writes “Google is now urging Gmail users to drop Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) in favor of Firefox or Chrome. Google recently removed Firefox from the Google Pack bundle, replaced it with Chrome, then added a direct download link for Chrome on Google and YouTube. Google’s decision to list IE6 as an unsupported Gmail browser does not affect just consumers: Tens of thousands of small- and …

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Google snaps secret Porsches (Stuff)

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Google’s all-seeing roaming cameras have captured images of a clandestine high-altitude road test featuring a fleet of new Porsches.

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Yahoo, Intel have high hopes for Internet TV (CNN)

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Yahoo and Intel built their success upon widespread use of personal computers, but the two companies hope products to be shown at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show will mark the beginning of their Internet-fueled expansion to the world of TV as well.

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Google Crowd-Sources For Ideas (WebProNews)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Google nearly sneaked this one by us. Probably for the best. They wouldn?t want word to get out their actually listening to people?the comments would never cease. In mid-December Google launched the Google Product Ideas blog, focusing initially on ideas for Google Mobile. The initial blog post reads: read more

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What 2009 May Bring for All Things Google (PC World)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Google Subnet’s Top 5 predictions for the coming year.

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