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Sunday, November 22, 2009 6:21 AM/EST
Boycotting Microsoft Bing Is No Funny ThingNicholas D. Kristof at the New York Times claimed Bing filters results for searches conducted outside of the People's Republic of China (PRC) using Simplified Chinese characters for their query. He wants a boycott of Bing; I'm just not sure targeting a search engine -- the No. 3 one at that -- with the self-righteous measure is worthwhile.
Friday, November 20, 2009 1:59 PM/EST
Maybe Google Should Give Up the Google Book Search GhostNew York District Court Judge Denny Chin granted preliminary approval to the new Google Book Search settlement. But if the DOJ requested more changes, they would likely be of the sort that would be unsatisfactory to Google, which has its own stubborn ideas of how to do things. Larry and Sergey are right; anyone who disagrees is wrong.
Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:15 PM/EST
Google Video Explains What Chrome OS IsGoogle Nov. 19 made developers happy by releasing Chrome Operating System to open source. Chrome OS is a Web operating system intended as an alternative to Microsoft Windows, allowing users to run Web apps much more quickly. Read more... | Comment (0) | del.icio.us | digg.com
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:11 AM/EST
Yahoo Search Now Indexing Twitter Tweets for Breaking NewsYahoo Nov. 19 began indexing Twitter tweets, photos, and videos pertaining to breaking news stories on its Yahoo News Shortcut, which is displayed on our the company's search results page when users search for fresh news.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:29 PM/EST
Google Chrome OS Preview Comes as Microsoft Preps AzureGoogle isn't going to let Windows Azure have all the high-tech news glory this week. No, the search engine giant has other plans: The rumored Chrome Operating System preview is coming. Google's Chrome OS announcement is well timed, but it has a lot to live up to, in my opinion. Azure appears to be so far along, raising the question, What will Google have to wow us with? Read more... | Comment (0) | del.icio.us | digg.com
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:19 AM/EST
Google Image Swirl Renders Results Like Google Wonder WheelGoogle Nov. 17 launched Google Image Swirl from Google Labs, sets of animated image clusters that borrow from the graphical representation of Google's Wonder Wheel view of related search results. Google Image Swirl renders similar images in stacks on a Web page, not unlike the concept of a set of photos in a user's hand.
Monday, November 16, 2009 7:01 PM/EST
Google Translate Gets New Look, Text to SpeechGoogle Translate Nov. 16 got a lot more useful with some new features, including instant translation, read/write accessibility to languages written in some non-Roman characters and scripts, and text to speech.
Monday, November 16, 2009 9:55 AM/EST
What the Google Voice Team Will Do with Gizmo5How will Google use Gizmo5? VOIP watcher Andy Abramson outlines a scenario where Google would serve phone-based ads to Google Voice subscribers. Google would offer users to pay $40 a month for conference call, or $10 per month with conference calls supported by commercials.
Saturday, November 14, 2009 4:13 PM/EST
Switzerland Drops Legal Hammer on Google Street ViewSwitzerland is suing Google over its Street View feature in Google Maps, which provides 360° horizontal and 290° vertical panoramic street-level views of 100-plus cities all over the world.
Friday, November 13, 2009 8:10 AM/EST
Google Chrome for Mac, Chrome OS Coming SoonWhat do you want from Google for the holidays? If you're a fan of Google's Chrome projects to dethrone Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows, you may see a couple of big wishes fulfilled: Chrome for Mac and an early build of Chrome Operating System.
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