Siljaline's Blog : google

Google acquires ReCAPTCHA

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:43:00 GMT

Google has acquired a Carnegie Mellon University spinoff that seeks to cut down on spam and fraud at websites while digitizing books. ReCAPTCHA offers simple word puzzles that users must solve when registering at a website or completing an online purchase...(read more)

YouTube moves further into living room with widescreen video

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:26:00 GMT

YouTube is taking another step in transitioning from computer monitors to television screens by displaying its videos in full widescreen format. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/25/tech-youtube.html...(read more)

Google axes ad deal with Yahoo

Randy Knobloch — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:18:00 GMT

Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. have scrapped their internet advertising partnership, abandoning attempts to overcome the objections of antitrust regulators and customers who believed the alliance would give Google too much power over online commerce. http...(read more)

Yahoo options limited after Google ad deal unravels

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:38:00 GMT

Without Google's muscle behind it, Yahoo's chances for digging out of a long slump are looking even poorer, making it appear more likely that the company will turn to Microsoft or AOL to help weather the economic downturn. http://www.cbc.ca/technology...(read more)

Google-Yahoo deal may be on verge of falling apart

Randy Knobloch — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:12:00 GMT

Google Inc. may decide to scrap its proposed partnership with Yahoo Inc. rather than accept government-imposed antitrust restrictions on it, according to two sources familiar with the companies' discussions. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008...(read more)

Android: Why Google's cellphone software is making waves

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:01:00 GMT

What is Android? Google's Android is an operating system for mobile phones, similar to how Windows or Leopard are operating systems for PC and Macintosh computers. Android provides the base on which other software on the phone works. Design of the...(read more)

Google needs to be more open, author of new book says

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:12:00 GMT

In a short 10 years, Google Inc. has become one of the most valuable companies in the world, and certainly the hottest commodity on the internet. Along the way, the company that started out as a simple search engine provider has expanded into other businesses...(read more)

Goo-Hoo! faces EU anti-trust probe

Randy Knobloch — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:21:00 GMT

The European Union's Competition Commission is investigating the proposed search advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo!. "In mid-July, we decided to open a preliminary investigation on our own initiative into potential effects of the Google...(read more)

Justice Department signals challenge to Google-Yahoo deal

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:10:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - In a possible blow to Yahoo Inc.'s hopes for an advertising partnership with Google Inc., the Justice Department has hired an antitrust litigator to review evidence for what could become a legal challenge to the deal. The Wall Street...(read more)

Google goes after 3 billion with super satellite

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:26:00 GMT

Hella lotta Gmail Google has hooked up with Liberty Global and HSBC Principle Investments to start funding a satellite network aimed at connecting the three billion people who still can't get access to the internet, at least those living near the...(read more)

Google rolls out free newspaper archives

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:45:00 GMT

In its continuing quest to digitize all of the world's information, Google Inc. is looking to incorporate back issues of newspapers — in some cases going back hundreds of years — into its web search results. The company announced Monday...(read more)

EU concerned about privacy with Google-DoubleClick deal

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:42:00 GMT

European lawmakers plan to take the unusual step of pressing antitrust regulators next month to look at privacy concerns raised by Google Inc.'s intended takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick. The $3.1-billion US deal has spurred rivals and consumer...(read more)

Google publishes Chrome patch details

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:49:00 GMT

Carpet-bombing fix looks threadbare Google has belatedly released details of a security update to its newly released Chrome browser, days after it actually pushed out the patch. The update was published on Friday and users of Chrome were automatically...(read more)

History shaped Google's Trojan Horse

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:25:00 GMT

Analysis When people buy software - buy it in seriously large amounts - it isn't just today's binary they're choosing. They're buying what they think is a bit of the future - they're buying a piece of risk insurance. This explains...(read more)

Google restores Chrome's shine

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:10:00 GMT

Polishes up its EULA Google has acted with speed and retracted the objectional sentences in Chrome's EULA, so that any content you post via Chrome is yours and yours alone. The ruckus was caused by our old friends, the paralegal firm Cut 'n'...(read more)

Burned by Chrome

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:04:00 GMT

Burned by Chrome Your copyright goes up in smoke Astute Reg readers have pointed out a Chrome condition of service that effectively lets Google use any of your copyrighted material posted to the web via Chrome without paying you a cent. Here's the...(read more)

Google Chrome

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:13:00 GMT

A fresh take on the browser At Google, we spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And like all of you, in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends - all using...(read more)

Carpetbomb bug tarnishes Google Chrome

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:27:00 GMT

Carpetbomb bug tarnishes Google Chrome Shiny new vulnerabilities winkled out already Google Chrome isn't officially out yet, but security researchers have already picked the browser apart to discover a security vulnerability. The WebKit engine used...(read more)

Google's Austro-Hungarian ambitions laid bare

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:23:00 GMT

Chrome recruits Maximilian von Hapsburg Our shock revelation yesterday that Google had redrawn the map of Europe to apparently cede several European nations to a Greater Germany provoked a flurry of comments suggesting what on God's Green Earth the...(read more)

Google cedes Belgium to Germany

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:32:00 GMT

We've got some rather shocking news this afternoon for those of you who've spent years believing you're Austrian, Belgian, Danish or Dutch - you're not. In fact, you're German, as this map from Google's comic book guide to Chrome...(read more)