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June 11, 2007

Monday, June 11, 2007 12:53 PM/EST

Privacy International's report illustrates European concerns

London-based watchdog group Privacy International castigated Google for the company's inattention to privacy concerns, and the blog world -- led by Googler Matt Cutts -- lept to Google's defense. As well they should. The report is shoddy. PI isn't concerned...

May 14, 2007

Monday, May 14, 2007 4:08 PM/EST

Analyst downgrades Google stock, warns of "Googlephobia"

First Global issued a research note today downgrading Google from "market outperform" to "perform." The note reads like a rehash of the latest headlines:"Of late, "Googlephobia" has increased significantly, which we believe is a cause for concern. Viacom has sued...

April 4, 2007

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 11:21 AM/EST

Google Stockholders Propose Anti-Censorship Policy, Board Demurs

A group of Google stockholders has proposed that Google adopt an anti-censorship policy but Google's board is against the idea, according to a statement filed with the SEC.The Office of the Comptroller of New York City, custodian for several city...

April 3, 2007

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 2:34 PM/EST

On NPR Now: The Viacom-Google Debate

NPR's "To the Point" program is airing right now on WYNC, NPR's public radio station in New York, and the subject is Viacom v. Google. A very lopsided argument, since there are no reps from Google, and actual producers of...

February 20, 2007

Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:36 AM/EST

Google sponsors code class at university

Google recently wrapped up its first sponsored class at the University of Washington. The class, dreamed up by engineer Chistophe Bisciglia, was a five week course designed to teach students how to code the Google way.The course teaches students how...

February 16, 2007

Friday, February 16, 2007 10:45 AM/EST

A love letter to Sergey Brin

Everybody's linking to this profile of Sergey in Moment magazine today, which reads like a love letter. If you've ever found yourself searching for the right way to describe your favorite Google co-founder, here are a few suggestions from the...

January 26, 2007

Friday, January 26, 2007 11:56 AM/EST

Google and YouTube Among Top Brands in 2006

Was a time when being interested in technology also meant being socially ostracized, sequestered from the mainstream and blessedly removed from everyday events. Oh well. Reuters points today to yet another survey that confirms Google is the borg. According to said...

Friday, January 26, 2007 11:35 AM/EST

Googlebombs Away

Google has made several small algorithm changes that may minimize the impact of user campaigns to make a specific site rank well for a meaningless or biased query. According to Google's Matt Cutts, writing in Google's Webmaster Central blog:People have...

January 24, 2007

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:37 PM/EST

Hitwise: Americans are lonely, horny gambling addicts

HItwise released their 2006 search statistics today and, all things being equal, odds are you're a socially stultified nambypants who cruises MySpace, gets your schadenfreude jollies from American Idol, shops at Victoria's Secret and repeats "Vegas baby, Vegas" with so...

January 17, 2007

Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:26 AM/EST

Timeline of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Acquisitions

(via Andy Beal) Pete Abilla built an AJAXified timeline of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft acquisitions. It's a pretty neat tool, though sometimes hard to interpret, but check it out. Notice how the pace of acquisitions for all companies increased significantly...



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