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Apple to allow YouTube on Apple TV
Google Desktop gives you easy access to information on your computer and from the web. It's a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, computer files, music, photos, chats and web pages that you've viewed. By making your computer searchable, Google Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and bookmarks. It makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google. Google Desktop doesn't just help you search your computer; it also helps you gather new information from the web with Sidebar, a new desktop feature that shows you your new email, weather and stock information, personalized news and RSS/Atom feeds, and more. Sidebar is personalized automatically, without any manual configuration required (though you can certainly make your own customizations if you want to). We've also improved your desktop search experience. With Quick Find, you can now launch applications and see search results as you type without even opening a browser. We've also extended our Outlook integration, so you can search Google Desktop with the Outlook Toolbar and see results within Outlook itself. Finally, you can search even more stuff, including your Gmail, files on network drives, many Outlook data types (including Contacts, Tasks, Calendar, Notes and Journal) and MSN Messenger chats. And if you yearn for even stronger security, you can encrypt your entire index. Improved Sidebar and Google Gadgets. Add Google Gadgets to customize your desktop and Sidebar, Developers: Create and share your own gadgets. Requires Windows Windows 2000 SP3+/XP/Vista Download: Google Desktop 5.1.0705.14375 | Gadgets |
Facial recognition slipped into Google image search
Google upped its stalker factor this week by adding face recognition abilities to its image search. While currently unofficial and unannounced, users can now search for images that only contain faces by appending a query string onto the end of a search URL. For example, a general image search for "Ars Technica" produces a variety of image results, but when appending "&imgtype=face" to the end of the URL, all new results contain photos of people. The hidden feature was discovered by Google Blogoscoped, and there is currently no way to indicate that you only want to search for faces through the image search interface. However, both "&imgtype=face" and "&imgtype=news" trigger different search results than what is presented by default—the latter showing only images that are associated with news stories. Full article: arstechnica.com |
Google, Yahoo, Facebook Extensions Put Millions of Firefox Users At Risk
Firefox browser users love the myriad of third-party extensions that tweak the open-source browser's performance, but some of the most popular of those extensions have created a security hole so wide even a newbie AOL hacker could find it and millions of Firefox users are at risk of having their browsers hijacked. Third party extensions including the widely used toolbars from Google, Yahoo, Ask, Facebook, LinkedIn, as well as social bookmark extension from Del.icio.us and two anti-hacking add-ons, the Netcraft Anti-Phishing Toolbar and the PhishTank SiteChecker all put users at risk of having their browser infected with malicious code. Full story: blog.wired.com Labels: extensions, Facebook, Firefox, Yahoo |
Google Toolbar for Firefox 3.0.20070420w Beta
Google Toolbar is a popular browser add-on that makes it possible to quickly perform Google Web searches, prevent annoying pop-up ads from appearing, and fill in Web forms with one simple click. Now you can make your Toolbar as unique as you are. You can add buttons and bookmarks; share web pages with friends; get instant search suggestions; and enjoy the web form filler and spellchecker. Features · Enhanced Search Box · Google Safe Browsing · Subscribe to Feed · Send with Gmail · Custom Layouts · SpellCheck · AutoFill · Custom buttons · Google Account Sign-in · Google Docs & Spreadsheets With the Google Docs & Spreadsheets feature enabled in the Google Toolbar, you can open most popular file types right in your browser. · Bookmark frequently visited pages and access them from anywhere · Add buttons to the Toolbar to search your favorite sites. · Send To You can use your Google Toolbar to share web pages via email, text message (SMS), or blog. System requirements: · Windows XP/2000 SP3+, Mac OS X 10.2+, or Linux · Firefox 1.5+ Download: Google Toolbar for Firefox 3.0.20070420w Beta |
Rumor: Google Apps For The IPhone
Since the next few weeks should get the iPhone hype to a fever pitch, we thought we’d kick things off with this lovely rumor. In an interview with the Seattle Times, AT&T’s president of national distribution, Glenn Lurie hinted that some additional Google applications may be headed for the iPhone. Full article: wired.com |
Google launches Street View, Mapplets
This morning Google added Street View, an all new way to browse Google Maps. Launching with five major cities, Street View joins satellite and traffic maps as new ways to view geography. When in an area with a Street View, users can toggle the mode to navigate within a 3-D photograph using their mouse or keyboard shortcuts. Users get their own "person" that shows which direction you're looking at. You can also just click and drag them to new locations. The experience is a mix between Quicktime's VR environment and Microsoft Live Labs' PhotoSynth project since users can zoom in closer in any shot. Google describes it as "immersive photography." Read more: webware.com |
Google buys anti-malware browser virtualization startup
Google has quietly made its first anti-malware acquisition, snapping up GreenBorder Technologies, a venture-backed company that sells browser virtualization security software. The acquisition gives the search engine a key piece of technology to block Web-based exploits that prey on flaws in the two most widely used browsers — Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox. Read more: dabcc.com Labels: browser, GreenBorder, malware, security |
CDC expands Google, China Mobile deals
NEW YORK (AP) - CDC Corp., a maker of software and operator of the China.com site, said Tuesday it expanded its partnerships with Google Inc. and China Mobile Ltd. Under the agreement with Google, the search engine launched video ads, called Video Adsense, in the English language portion of the site. Google will also place ads on the China.com portal to promote its search engine. Read more: hemscott.com |
Google Earth 4.1.7087.5048 Beta
Google Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. Features: • Fly to your house. Just type in an address, press Search, and you’ll zoom right in. • Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions. • Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings. • Save and share your searches and favorites. • Sophisticated streaming technology delivers the data to you as you need it. • Imagery and 3D data depict the entire earth - Terabytes of aerial and satellite imagery depict cities around the world in high-resolution detail. • Local search lets you search for restaurants, hotels, and even driving directions. Results show in your 3D earth view. Easy to layer multiple searches, save results to folders, and share with others. • Layers show parks, schools, hospitals, airports, shopping, and more. • KML – data exchange format let your share useful annotations and view. thousands of data points created by Google Earth users. • Free for personal use. Use it for: - Planning a trip - Getting driving directions - Finding a house or apartment - Finding a local business - Exploring the world Download: Google Earth 4.1.7087.5048 Beta Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X, Linux |
Can Google and Linux Topple Microsoft?
Compatibility issues always exist with any new release of an operating system, said Steve Gillmer, Microsoft's business manager of collaborative technologies. He added that Microsoft works with software developers to reduce incompatibilities and with customers to manage the movement to new operating systems. The story had a certain flair. In early March, the chief information officer of the Federal Aviation Administration , David Bowen, was reportedly considering forsaking Microsoft Windows and Office in favor of the Linux operating system and the Web-based Google Apps Premium office suite. Could this be true? Might an office suite upstart topple the giant of giants? Does a Web-based suite of applications have enough punch to do the job? Full story: technewsworld.com |
BERLIN: In the latest example of a U.S. technology giant potentially being called on the carpet in Europe, Google has been warned that it may be violating European Union privacy laws by storing data on its users for up to two years. An advisory panel of data protection chiefs from the 27 EU countries sent a letter last week to the Internet search engine company asking Google to justify its policy of retaining data on Internet addresses and individual search habits, said Friso Roscam Abbing, a spokesman for European Union's justice commissioner, Franco Frattini. Privacy experts said the letter was the first salvo in what could become a determined effort by the European Commission to force Google to change how it does business in the EU, whose 400 million consumers outnumber the U.S. population. Any EU effort to impose limits on Google, which as a U.S.-based company operates under U.S. law, would be the latest in a series of aggressive actions taken by European policy makers to rein in global technology companies. Frattini called the working group's query to Google "pertinent, appropriate and legitimate." Full article: iht.com |
Google Wants To Go Horizontal In The Applications Market
Almost all my experience with the investment community is from the research side, but I did once work on the propaganda side: investor relations [IR]. For a short time after the troubles began, I was ambushed into doing IR for the ill-fated shared-memory processing manufacturer Kendall Square Research. And if you know the story of KSR, you know why I did IR only once and for a short time. So based on this meager IR experience, it was with wonderment that I noticed that Google (GOOG) was letting two engineering VPs loose at a Goldman Sachs conference. By just being there, Alan Eustace and Jeff Huber answered my question posed on seekingalpha on March 7: Is Google a media play or an IT investment? (And with the pending DoubleClick acquisition, add to that question the possibility that it should be measured like a large advertising/communications agency). Full article: seekingalpha.com Labels: applications, DoubleClick, market, technology |
GPL 3 author wants companies like Google to open up internal-use patches
Addressing an audience at the Open Source Business Conference, Free Software Foundation (FSF) lawyer Eben Moglen discussed the upcoming version 3 of the General Public License (GPL 3). Moglen anticipates broad adoption of the license even among open-source projects that do not use the current version of the GPL. Moglen also took the opportunity to nudge Google and encouraged the company to release the source code of open source application improvements used internally. Full article: arstechnica.com Labels: companies, GPL, Open Source, Software |
Oh Google, Is There Anything You CAN’T Do?
Google has begun testing with in-stream video ads from a small group of U.S. advertisers and publishers using AdSense. Ad creative will be less than 30 seconds and made skippale by the users. Publishers will be able to choose which videos to monetize as well as their ad’s location within the video, and track their results using AdSense. Participating sites within the network will test using each publisher’s Flash player as opposed to Google video-hosted forums. In the tradition of AdSense deals, the ad revenue will be split between Google and the website publisher. Full article: adotas.com Labels: ads, Adsense, Publishers, video |
Google Buys Feedburner for $100 Million: Expect more Monetization Options
According to TechCrunch, Google has just acquired Feedburner, a web feed management company for $100 million. This was previously a rumor but now has been confirmed by Michael Arrington, who says that the deal mostly involves upfront cash payment by Google. Interesting news for publishers currently running Feedburner’s advertising program because it’s likely that Google might integrate its Adsense contextual ad network with Feedburner. Read more: doshdosh.com Labels: Adsense, advertisements, Feedburner, rss |
If Google really wants to put its 'Do No Evil' mentality out there, they should lead by example and buy Internet radio service Pandora. While Pandora is wildly popular, it runs the risk of being forced to shutdown entirely (it's already down in much of Europe and Asia) if the recent RIAA ruling goes into effect that drastically ups the royalty rates they will have to pay for the music they play. Pandora simply doesn't have the funds to pay the increased rates and still maintain a viable business - but Google certainly does. Full story: parislemon.com |
'Big Brother' row over plans for personal database Google, the world's biggest search engine, is setting out to create the most comprehensive database of personal information ever assembled, one with the ability to tell people how to run their lives. In a mission statement that raises the spectre of an internet Big Brother to rival Orwellian visions of the state, Google has revealed details of how it intends to organise and control the world's information. The company's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, said during a visit to Britain this week: "The goal is to enable Google users to be able to ask the question such as 'What shall I do tomorrow?' and 'What job shall I take?'." Full article: independent.co.uk Labels: database, Eric Schmidt, information, personal |
Just launched! Increased attachment limit-- 20 MB! Now you can start sharing more of those home videos, large presentations and files you just can't seem to get smaller. We have doubled the allowable attachment size to 20 MB to make your Gmail space even more useful. Read more: About Gmail Labels: attachment, Gmail, mail, space |
Google's Generous Wedding Gift
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has bestowed quite a wedding gift to company co-founder Sergey Brin and his new wife. The company has taken a $3.9 million minority stake in 23andMe, which is described as an early stage biotech company that just happens to have been co-founded by Brin's new wife, Anne Wojcicki. (I wish I hadn't edited out my planned joke in last week's wedding take, wondering about the possibility for some biotech search product. Ah, the missed opportunities!) Full story: fool.com Labels: 23andMe, biotech, Sergey Brin |
Google to scan 800,000 manuscripts, books from Indian university
Need to dig up some information from a centuries-old text on ayurvedic medicine? Soon you'll be able to do so from the comfort of your living room. Google has agreed to index and digitize 800,000 texts stored at the University of Mysore in India as part of its attempt to broaden the Google Book Search program, according to the Indo-Asian News Service. "Written in both papers and palm leaves, there are around 100,000 manuscripts in our library, some dating back to the eighth century," said the vice chancellor of Mysore. "The effort is to restore and preserve this cultural heritage for effective dissemination of knowledge." He also added, cryptically, that the University plans to "patent them before making them available on public domain." Full article: arstechnica.com Labels: books, library, manuscripts, university |
Legless Chihuahuas Prove Google Hot Trends Not So Hot
Google has launched a new addition to its growing lineup of…well everything, Google Hot Trends. Google Trends takes the idea behind Google Zeitgeist to the next level. Instead of providing weekly details of top Google searches, Google Hot Trends provides similar data daily and goes as far as providing “hot” search results via state, city and country. Read more: Techcrunch.com |
Google increases its grip on search market
Microsoft's share falls despite recent resurgence Google continues to dominate the search sector commanding over 55 per cent of the market share and gaining ground at the expense of rivals Microsoft and Yahoo. Figures for April from Nielsen/Netratings show that Microsoft's minor resurgence in the market in recent months seems to have come to a halt. Microsoft experienced its first market share increase for over a year in February, another in March, but has slipped from 10.1 per cent to nine per cent in April. In the same period Google increased its share by two per cent gain. Read more: computing.co.uk |
Google to FCC: Get the Rules Right For Spectrum Auction
As the FCC considers which rules will govern one of the last great spectrum auctions in February 2009, some of the most interesting proposals are coming from startups and companies outside the wireless business. The latest suggestion comes from Google, which thinks the FCC should adopt an auction process much like the one it uses to sell advertising via its AdWords. That way winning bidders who end up not using as much spectrum as they pay for could reaction it to other companies. That would certainly make for a more efficient use of the spectrum. Full story: blogs.business2.com |
Rumour: Google to buy Feedburner
I have just heard from a VERY trusted source that Google is buying Feedburner in order to get into the rapidly evolving RSS Ad market. The delay in announcing the deal, I am told is solely due to the delay in closing out the DoubleClick deal. If true this deal makes a lot of sense for both parties. Today many of us predominately read blogs via our RSS readers and thus never actually visit the original blog source and/or see the sites supporting adverts. Full story: vecosys.com Labels: ads, DoubleClick, Feedburner, market, rss |
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