Google Cyberattacks: China denies any state involvement
Filed under: News
The whole Google and China thing will not go away, the latest is that China has denied any state involvement in the cyberattacks against the search engine giant. They have also accused the U.S. government of double standards as the row over Internet freedom became much worse. Read more
Google Ends China Censorship: What’s next?
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We have recently heard the massive news that Google have pulled the plug on censoring China’s search results, this is said to be “a response to surveillance by the state”.
It is thought that this may lead to Google being kicked out of China altogether, however it is too early to say anything definite.
In 2006 Google.cn was launched, at the time Google stated “”we will carefully monitor conditions in China, including new laws and other restrictions on our services. If we determine that we are unable to achieve the objectives outlined we will not hesitate to reconsider our approach to China.”
It now seems that Google have had to ‘reconsider their approach’ as the country has now further limited free speech on the web.
As we hear more updates on the situation we will keep you posted, for more details check out guardian.co.uk.
Google and Apple: The Battle for World Domination
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2010 has kicked off in style with the release of the new Google Phone, the Nexus One. This will then be followed by CES 2010 and then at the end of the month an Apple event, which is when the company is rumored to launch their tablet device, the iSlate. Read more
Sir Isaac Newton Birthday: Google’s Doodle
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The default homepage for most of us is Google, this is because is it a simple page to load as well as the search engine of choice. Their logo is normally Google with the letters made up of different colors, but they often change this to a doodle when an event takes place. Read more
HTC / Google Nexus One: Unconfirmed Specifications
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
Earlier today we posted an article which looked into the possible pricing of the upcoming HTC /Google Nexus One handset, there are now a lot of stories surrounding the handset, therefore we thought we would try put together a likely spec listing for the handset. Read more
Google Nexus One: Pricing Details
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
One of the hottest topics within the last 24 hours has undoubtedly been the Google Nexus One handset, we have posted a couple of articles now, most recently showing a high-res image of the handset’s display. Read more
Google Living Stories Project: Ally for the Newspapers
Filed under: Computers, Software
There seems to be no stopping Google at the moment, not only have they launched Goggles and Real Time Search but also Living Stories as well. This new feature from the search engine giant allows them to present news online from partners such as, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Read more
Google Chrome OS: Available on Bit Torrent
Filed under: Computers, Software
Last week we heard some more details regarding Google’s Chrome OS, for me the biggest shock was that the OS would not be openly downloadable for users, instead you would have to buy a device with the OS pre-installed on it. Read more
Google Earth: Application Updated for iPhone
Filed under: Cell Phones, Phone Software
It seems that Google have recently updated their Google Earth application for iPhone, the main difference with this new version is that there are now more languages supported and new features. Read more
Google Go: New Open Source language for programmers
Filed under: Computers, Software
Google’s ever expanding ‘empire’ has a new addition, this new addition is called Google Go, Google Go is a new open source programming language for developers. Read more
Google Dashboard Review: Quicker Access to Personal Information
Filed under: Computers, Software
Google in their quest to offer a software solution for everyone has just launched Google Dashboard. The new privacy dashboard will give Google users quicker access to their personal data, they will also have much more control over their data that is stored on Google’s databases. Read more
Android 2.0 (Eclair): Official Launch Video
Filed under: Cell Phones, Phone Software
Google have recently posted their official launch video of Android 2.0 (Eclair) on Youtube, this video has recently shown up on SlashGear and can also be seen at the end of this post. Read more
Google Wave: Review
Filed under: Computers, Software
You may have read our post almost two weeks ago which showed Google Wave in action, at the time of that article the product was in the process of being released to beta testers, now a fortnight on we are beginning to see a few reviews of the “Wave”. Read more
Bahama Botnet Robbing Google and Advertiser’s Income
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The Bahama Botnet that was designed to facilitate click fraud has been defrauding advertisers, as well as denying revenue to Google and other search engines. This bot is a collection of thousands of computers that have been compromised and defrauding these online advertisers. Read more
Make your own barcode and celebrate its birthday
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Following on from our earlier report which informed you all about Google’s celebration of the 57th Anniversary of the Barcode, we have found a great site which will let you create your own barcode and join in the celebrations too!
Simply head over to BarCodesInc to create your own barcode. It’s pretty easy to do so, following the guidelines given.
Don’t be surprised if you suddenly venture out and find people celebrating the 57th birthday of the Barcode by holding various events.
Just for fun, we tried out the DIY barcode method ourselves, you can see our result below. Do it yourself now and let us know how you got on.
Do you have anything to share on Barcode day?
Gmail Phishing Attacks: Confirmation and Details from Google
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Yesterday we confirmed that Google were aware of the recent phishing attacks and exploitations affecting Gmail accounts, however we did not really expand on what Google had to say on the matter, nor did we have much to say on what Google were going to do about it. Read more
Google’s Bar Code: 57th Anniversary of Barcode
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Once in a while Google changes the logo on their homepage, this often happens to celebrate a holiday, a birthday of an important figure from history, or in this latest case an invention that has made an impact on our lives. Today is the 57th Anniversary of the Barcode, the first patent on the bar code was back on 7 October 1952. Read more
HG Wells: Google reveals reason for the doodles
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You may have noticed recently that Google have a new logo on their search engine website, these logos are quite often are changed and are referred to as Google Doodles, however the latest change has been a mystery to many. Read more
Google Buys reCAPTCHA
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Google have announced that they will be teaming up with internet fraud prevention firm reCAPTCHA, in a move that will help protect Google’s range of online product services. Read more
Google release social ‘Updates’ to take on Facebook and Twitter
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Google has just released a series of social updates to it’s iGoogle home page, which will allow users to share their activities with other friends. The two main features are titled ‘Friends Group’ and ‘Updates’, which the company are hoping will rival the likes of Facebook and Twitter in the social department. Read more