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Google Put It There. It’ll Go Away Tomorrow.
Or: The Pac-Man Call. I... I can't even really explain this video (well, it's just audio, really). Poor Lorainne just...
Google goes football crazy for World Cup
The Google home page today celebrates the World Cup all across the planet, except (strangely) in the US, where the...
Google Gets a Caffeine Injection
No one ever knocked Google for not keeping up to date. Despite only indexing, like, one a month, I've always...
Oil Spill Woes Make An Appearance At Your Doorstep Through New Website
While I am not sure how “cool” the content is but this new website is offering a very insightful look...
Google Gives You the Option To Ditch the White Screen
A new feature for iGoogle has been implemented allowing users to change the background of their homepage and Google’s iconic...
Microsoft Puffs Its Chest In Response To Google
Yesterday, the net was abuzz with rumours that Google was dropping Microsoft's Windows in favour of OSX and Linux, claiming...
Chrome OS Gettin’ Shiny For Fall Release
Looks like Google's mythic operating system Chrome OS will be out this fall. "It's something which we are very excited...
The Next Apple TV May Cost $99 and Not Suck
Now this is interesting. Hey, remember Apple TV? No, I don't blame you. Man, Apple TV sucked so hard. Apparently,...
Google’s Lethal Beta Walking Directions
Google's love of the beta tag for it's software has been a thorn in some people's sides, and has caused...
Is Google Getting All Passive-Aggressive Up In Steve Jobs’ Grill?
Steve Jobs has been called many things - a visionary, a criminal, an entrepreneur extra-ordinary, and Santa Claus. But it...
Google Latitude’s History Dashboard Helps You Remember Where You Left Your Everything. Except Your Phone.
I can't bring myself to use Google Latitude - the fact that my phone is not a smartphone is besides...
Google TV Can’t Skip Ads – Should We Skip Google TV?
Part of the greatness of the traditional PVR is that you can skip through crap you don't want to see;...
The Open Web: A Trashy Ghetto You’d Never Want To Visit? Or Something Else?
Imagine a city with stores that look like jail cells, dark alleys with no end in sight, graffiti written all...
A Matter of Trust: 10 Places Google Collects User Data From
By now, everyone in the tech world and beyond has heard about Google's data collection from unsecured Wi-Fi networks...
Google’s Secure Socket Layer Search: Better Privacy, But Are There Limits?
Privacy has been the buzzword all over the Techi web lately. Facebook has been stomping all over it and then...
Google and AdMob Deal Approved By FTC
In April, the Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into the acquisition of AdMob by internet search giant Google due...
Your TV Remote Can Just Stay Lost
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/6698128[/vimeo] With all the ballyhoo Google's brought over Google TV in the last 36 hours, it would seem that people...
Streetviewgate – Google’s Error Might Cost Them
Surely by now you've heard of that Google Street View debacle, wherein those crazy cameramobiles were 'unintentionally' grabbing data from...
Beyond the Hype: The Future Impact of Google I/O Announcements
With the goal of complete and total domination in mind, internet Goliath Google has set its sights on nearly every...
Free Smartphones? Shoulda Been at I/O, Man.
The hits just keep coming from Google I/O in San Francisco today - Google TV, Android 2.2, an iTunes competitor...