Topic: GOOGLE - on August 20, 2007 at 3:27:00 PM CEST
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Can't quite master the finicky multi-touch Nintendo controls in NES.app?
Then take advantage of those crisp high-resolution fonts on your iPhone to relive the glory days of the Great Underground Empire, or play any of hundreds of great works from the Interactive Fiction archive.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on August 17, 2007 at 11:45:00 AM CEST
Google Gears
From Mountain View, Calif., the Computer History Museum and MashUp CampIV - a.k.a. The Unconference for the Uncomputer comes a relaxed presentation by Aaron Boodman about Google Gears beta.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on August 1, 2007 at 11:17:00 AM CEST
YouTube video-fingerprinting due in September
YouTube will unveil FBI-quality video-fingerprinting technology in September. Well, that's what Google hopes. Or, rather, Google wants a judge to think that's what it hopes.
On Friday, with Google facing a three-pronged copyright trial at a federal court in New York City, a company lawyer told the presiding judge that its YouTube video-sharing site would unveil a long-delayed video recognition system this fall, "hopefully in September." According to the lawyer, Philip Beck, the system will be as sophisticated as fingerprinting technology used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Associated Press reports. That would be the fingerprinting technology the FBI uses for fingerprints - not low-quality web videos.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on July 24, 2007 at 11:37:00 AM CEST
Google nabs aerial camera company
If you were getting worried that a full two weeks had passed without Google acquiring yet another company, you can now rest easy. Today, the lord of the acquisitions bagged ImageAmerica - a company that takes aerial photographs with its own airplanes and high-res cameras - as it looks to beef up imagery on its Google Earth and Google Maps services.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on July 17, 2007 at 11:28:00 AM CEST
The Man Who Could Kill YouTube
Bob Tur is the little guy who is suing one giant (Google) to do what another giant (Viacom) probably never will -- shut YouTube down.
A single bottle broke the calm, shattering in the late-afternoon sun. Then another...and another. A few men walked into Tom's Liquor and walked out quicker than would be possible if they'd paid. A family followed, tossing groceries into the intersection of Florence and Normandie in the heart of South Central Los Angeles. Bob Tur, a pilot and photojournalist, hovered above the unfolding chaos in his helicopter, along with his copilot, his camerawoman wife, his lawyer, and a 9mm semiautomatic pistol. Fifteen years later, he still recalls the details of the scene with the precision of a war memory. There was Larry Tarvin, who was pulled from his truck and kicked in the ribs, shoulder, and face. That's when the shots started. Tur's chopper began taking hits as the throng below pummeled another trucker, Reginald Denny, with a cement block, a tire iron, and a fire extinguisher.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on July 17, 2007 at 10:47:00 AM CEST
Google cookies will 'auto delete'
Google has said that its cookies, tiny files stored on a computer when a user visits a website, will auto delete after two years.
They will be deleted unless the user returns to a Google site within the two-year period, prompting a re-setting of the file's lifespan.
The company's cookies are used to store preference data for sites, such as default language and to track searches.
All search engines and most websites store cookies on a computer.
Currently, Google's are set to delete after 2039.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on July 6, 2007 at 1:54:00 PM CEST
Google loses “Gmail” trademark case
A court in Germany today banned Google from using the name "Gmail" for its popular webmail service following a trademark suit filed by the founder of G-Mail.
Daniel Giersch (33), started using the name G-Mail in 2000, four years before Google released "Gmail".
"Google infringed the young businessman's trademark that had been previously been registered," said the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in its judgement.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on July 3, 2007 at 12:28:00 PM CEST
Surfers frolic amongst sharks
ENJOYING the waves on a sunny Sydney day, these unsuspecting surfers have no idea there are killers lurking just metres away.
But, as these amazing satellite photographs show, the surfers were not the only creatures in the water when the cameras captured some of Sydney's most popular beaches.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on June 26, 2007 at 1:53:00 PM CEST
Google's Hypocrisy Hits a New High [Video]
The company that helps the Chinese government trample freedom of speech and expression by willingly censoring the search results of Chinese citizens, now wants the U.S. government to treat Internet restrictions around the world as "international trade barriers."
When will they get the moral courage to do the right thing?
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Topic: GOOGLE - on June 20, 2007 at 2:06:00 PM CEST
Google cookie cuts $600m data center in Iowa
Iowa's Governor Chet Culver – you can't make a name like that up – bragged today about his state's good fortune. Google will set up shop in Council Bluffs, Iowa on a 55-acre site. The data center announcement follows similar recent deals in North Carolina, South Carolina and Oklahoma for Google centers. And, when we say "similar," we mean it.
Google seems to have picked $600m as it default data center figure to hand to the press. That price, according to information provided by the company, includes the cost of the land, the construction of the building and the purchase of all the computer gear. Google has handed out the same $600m figure in all four states, which seems odd since it's creating new buildings in some locations, while retrofitting buildings in others.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on June 13, 2007 at 11:37:00 AM CEST
Google backs green computer plan
Search engine giant Google and US semiconductor firm Intel have thrown their weight behind a massive scheme to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
The ambitious plan sets out an industry-wide target to cut the amount of energy computers consume by 2010.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on June 4, 2007 at 11:04:00 AM CEST
List of Google acquisitions
This is a listing of Google's corporate acquisitions, including acquisitions of both companies and individual products.
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