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Google abandons newspaper scanning project

Google abandons newspaper scanning project

Google has announced that it will shut down its News Archives project, an initiative aimed at digitizing the world’s newspapers...

Google asks Nevada to allow self-driving cars

Google asks Nevada to allow self-driving cars

According to the New York Times, Google is secretly lobbying for legislation that would make self-driving cars legal in the...

Users furrow their class-action brows at Google over privacy… again

Users furrow their class-action brows at Google over privacy… again

Good luck, guys. Two Michigan residents are filing a class-action suit against Google over the sudden location-tracking brouhaha that's been...

Google Launches Cleaner, Faster Toolbar

Google Launches Cleaner, Faster Toolbar

Google has brought the speed of Google Instant to its latest Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer. One of the primary...

Why Larry Page is Right and Everyone Else is Wrong About Google Social

Why Larry Page is Right and Everyone Else is Wrong About Google Social

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were on top of the basketball world in the 80s. They fought back wars against...

Google Cuts Bureaucratic Tape, Streamlines Decisions By Departments

Google Cuts Bureaucratic Tape, Streamlines Decisions By Departments

Taking a page out of Steve Jobs' playbook, new Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page has restructured upper management at...

Imagining a World Without Google

Imagining a World Without Google

Those of us who use Google products such as Gmail, Google Docs, and (of course) search may not be aware...

Thanks Google, now we’ll never forget where we’ve been

Thanks Google, now we’ll never forget where we’ve been

Google is notorious for tracking people's activities online. In fact, the search giant probably knows more about your own habits...

Google’s Bid For Nortel Patents is a Battle Against Patent Trolls

Google’s Bid For Nortel Patents is a Battle Against Patent Trolls

Make no mistake. Google doesn't care about most of the things they patent. In a world of "defensive patenting," Google's...

Gmail Motion: Because We Didn’t Evolve To Sit at a Keyboard and Type

Gmail Motion: Because We Didn’t Evolve To Sit at a Keyboard and Type

Working with computers is tedious. The constant typing on keyboards and clicking on a mouse makes composing and sending emails...

Google +1 For Search, -1 for Social Media

Google +1 For Search, -1 for Social Media

It’s another year, which means the time has come for Google to take yet another shot at social. They added...

Comprehensive Analysis: Google vs. Content Farms

Comprehensive Analysis: Google vs. Content Farms

One thing that separates Google from other huge tech companies is its ability to adapt based upon mass demands by...

Future (Fake) Tech: The Google Helmet

Future (Fake) Tech: The Google Helmet

Have you ever wished you could simply put Google in your mind? You could search for whatever information was out...

Google Circles: It’s (probably not) Coming

Google Circles: It’s (probably not) Coming

Update: The most recent word from AllThingsD is that the product does not exist in any form other than in...

Google Going for YouTube Gold

Google Going for YouTube Gold

YouTube has always been a "nice to have" property for Google. The traffic, the domination of a segment, the feather...

Google Demos Self-Driving Cars at TED Conference

Google Demos Self-Driving Cars at TED Conference

Google made big news last year when the search giant announced it had developed technology for cars that can drive...

Gmail Bug Compromises the Cloud

Gmail Bug Compromises the Cloud

If you don't already believe in the poofy white safety of the cloud... keep disbelieving. A Gmail bug has deleted...

Google Chrome Concept Would Kill the URL Bar

Google Chrome Concept Would Kill the URL Bar

As browser wars continue to heat up, Google Chrome finds itself trailing IE9 in one of its most compelling attributes...

The Google 2-Step: Security, Squared

The Google 2-Step: Security, Squared

With online security filling the news, even becoming a government issue with the National Internet ID on the horizon, Google...

Google Search: We Use It For The Doodles

Google Search: We Use It For The Doodles

I have a question: how did you arrive to this article? Did you find your way here from Google Search?...