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Google may offer Chrome detailing on new PCs

Google has big plans for Chrome, and they don't involve keeping the browser in a perpetual beta twilight. The search giant intends to seize a significant chunk of the browser market in 2009, and could offer competition the likes of which Internet Explorer has never faced. Read More...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 11-21-2008
Google Reveals Wireless Vision — Open Networks

Anti-Globalism writes with this excerpt from CNet: "Google's vision of tomorrow's wireless network is in stark contrast to how wireless operators do business today, setting the two sides on a possible collision course. Earlier this week, the search giant filed a patent application with the...

Posted to Hardware by Anonymous on 09-27-2008
Can Google out-cool Apple?

Can Google out-cool Apple? No, but the Mountain View search giant might be able to out-geek the Cupertino center of cool. Today T-Mobile announced the first cellphone that will run Google’s Android OS. Android-based cellphones are considered by many to be the first real competitor to Apple’s...

Posted to Hardware by Anonymous on 09-23-2008
A Look At the Workings of Google's Data Centers

Doofus brings us a CNet story about a discussion from Google's Jeff Dean spotlighting some of the inner workings of the search giant's massive data centers. Quoting: "'Our view is it's better to have twice as much hardware that's not as reliable than half as much that's more...

Posted to Hardware by Anonymous on 05-31-2008
Google is looking for paedophiles

Sylvie Barak the Inquirer , Tuesday 15 April 2008. 11:07:00 Maybe just a bit evil SEARCH ENGINE GIANT Google has revealed that its boffins have been working closely with the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), adapting software to help hunt down paedophiles through image patterns...

Posted to Hardware by Anonymous on 04-15-2008
Google helps Brazil combat child porn

Sylvie Barak the Inquirer , Thursday 10 April 2008. 08:05:00 Google searches and finds its conscience SPEAKING TO A panel of Brazilian Senators yesterday, Google's Brazilian chief said that the search engine giant would make much greater efforts to curb child pornography and racial incitement on...

Posted to Hardware by Anonymous on 04-10-2008
Real estate site offers Google Street View

Trulia builds a Google Street View into its real estate search results in areas where it's available, letting people check the neighborhood of a property for sale. (Credit: Trulia) Trulia , a residential real estate search engine, has incorporated Google Maps Street View into its Web pages, the company...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 04-09-2008
South Africa: Google Goes Mobile

South Africa will host the FIFA World Cup in 2010, for which large numbers of people are expected to visit the country. Naturally there will be a great demand for information from these visitors before undertaking the trip. Keeping this in mind search giant Google has decided to concentrate on providing...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 03-04-2008

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