Topic: GOOGLE - on January 30, 2009 at 12:01:00 PM CET
Google Maps Car Hits a Deer, Records Entire Ordeal on Google Maps
Here's a sad one: the Google Maps car took out a baby deer, and it recorded the entire process for all Google Maps users to see. For shame, Google Maps car!
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Topic: GOOGLE - on January 19, 2009 at 12:05:00 PM CET
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Topic: GOOGLE - on January 19, 2009 at 12:01:00 PM CET
Explore the masterpieces of the Prado Museum up close with Google Earth
Today Google launches the Prado layer in Google Earth allowing you to explore highly detailed photographic images of fourteen of the Prado Museum's masterpieces. The Prado Museum in Madrid is one of Spain's most visited destinations and via the Google Earth layer you can view and learn about its most famous paintings such as The Maids of Honor (Las Meninas) or The Three Graces (Las Tres Gracias)
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Topic: GOOGLE - on November 22, 2008 at 2:56:36 PM CET
Google Analytics — Yes, it is a security risk
Judging from some of the comments responding to our story about security sloppiness on Barack Obama’s website, it’s clear a discussion about the risks of third-party javascript is in order. Contrary to what many commentators believe, widgets used by Google Analytics and similar services do represent a threat, especially if you’re a high-profile target.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on November 20, 2008 at 3:13:42 PM CET
Firefox millions - only 12 per cent Google free
In 2007, the Mozilla Foundation received 88 per cent of its revenue from a certain Mountain View sugar daddy. And thanks to its longstanding Google dependence, the organization is facing an IRS audit and questions over its tax exempt status.
Today, the non-profit behind the open-source Firefox browser released its long-delayed 2007 financial report. Revenues hit $75 million, and $66 million of that came from Larry, Sergey, and crew.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on November 4, 2008 at 11:15:00 AM CET
Does Google Know Too Much? - DATA MINING YOU TO DEATH
Google gathers so much detailed information about its users that one critic says some state intelligence bureaus look "like child protection services" in comparison. A few German government bodies have mounted a resistance.
The little town of Molfsee, near Kiel in northern Germany, has three lakes, an idyllic open-air museum and a population just under 5,000. It’s not the likeliest place to declare war against a global power. Yet Molfsee has won the first round of a battle against a powerful digital age opponent.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on October 27, 2008 at 1:10:00 PM CET
Russian Regulators Block Google Online Advertising Acquisition
Russian regulators will not let Google buy a local online advertising company, halting a $140 million deal agreed to in July. Google had planned to acquire Zao Begun, which has a search and contextual video and text advertising business.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on October 23, 2008 at 3:01:00 PM CEST
See Your AdSense Earnings Data in Google Analytics
So the rumor was true. You can now integrate your AdSense account with Google Analytics. The feature is being slowly rolled out but until then, this YouTube video will give you enough hints of what’s in store for you or check the screenshots. Good times.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on October 23, 2008 at 2:55:00 PM CEST
A Look At Google’s Newest Data Center
On Monday we got a look at Microsoft’s “hangar bay” for data center containers inside its new Northlake, Illinois facility. We’ve also been told that one of the Google company-built data centers included in its energy efficiency data “could be a container data center.” So what might one of Google’s container data centers look like?
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Topic: GOOGLE - on October 13, 2008 at 4:53:00 PM CEST
Google's Super Satellite Captures First Image
The 4,300-pound satellite collected the image at noon EDT on Oct. 7 while moving from the north pole to the south pole in a 423-mile-high orbit at 17,000 miles per hour, or 4.5 miles per second. The spacecraft can take photos at a resolution of up to 41 cm -- close enough to zoom in on the home plate of a baseball diamond, according to Mark Brender, GeoEye's vice president of communications and marketing.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on October 8, 2008 at 10:06:00 AM CEST
Google takes aim at drunken messaging
The forward-thinking folks at Google have implemented a novel solution to prevent regretful drunken digital correspondence to friends, family, co-workers, and loved ones.
Gmail engineer Jon Perlow is introducing Mail Googles, a new feature that will tease the bean before ill-conceived late night and weekend emails can be sent out.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on October 2, 2008 at 12:56:00 PM CEST
Google stock plunges more than 93% in "erroneous trading"
Google’s stock was hit by what appears to have been massive "erroneous trading" that caused the stock to drop from a $380 Monday close to as low as $25.80 in late Tuesday trading. The drop happened within the final five minutes of the trading day.
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