Archive for the 'Google' Category
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Larry Brilliant, executive director of Google’s philanthropic arm, says the IT industry has a major role to play in tackling climate change and global disease. The technology industry can play a major role in tackling global disease and battling climate change, according to the executive…
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Google, Healthcare, Charity, Tim Ferguson silicon.com, Disease, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, WHO, Dreamforce, Human Resources, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Google Inc., Entrepreneurship, Sales Force Management, Strategy, Vertical Industries, Sales |
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer dismissed Google’s Android operating system, saying he believed it was financially unsound. Sydney, Australia–Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday dismissed Google’s Android operating system, saying he believed it was financially unsound. Speaking at Telstra’s annual investment day, Ballmer said that Android was…
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Android, ZDNet.com.au, Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet.com.au, Telstra Corp., Telestra, Google Android, Google, Microsoft, Google Inc., Operating Systems, Suzanne Tindal, Operating System, Steve Ballmer, , Software |
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market leader Google. NEW YORK–IAC Corp’s Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market…
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Mergers & Acquisitions, Search, Google, Internet Search, Ask.com, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Marketing, Web, Investment, Finance, Channel Management, Reuters |
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Microsoft is stepping up efforts to improve online search, where it considerably lags market leader Google, by establishing a three-center research facility in Europe. LONDON–Microsoft is stepping up efforts to improve online search, where it considerably lags market leader Google, by establishing a three-center research facility in Europe, it…
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Search, Microsoft, Google, Internet Search, Europe, R&D, Microsoft Corp., Research & Development, Business Operations, Google Inc., Reuters |
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Microsoft is stepping up efforts to improve online search, where it considerably lags market leader Google, by establishing a three-center research facility in Europe. LONDON–Microsoft is stepping up efforts to improve online search, where it considerably lags market leader Google, by establishing a three-center research facility in Europe, it…
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Search, Microsoft, Google, Internet Search, Europe, R&D, Microsoft Corp., Research & Development, Business Operations, Google Inc., Reuters |
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
The iPhone maker languishes in 24th place in the Best Global Brands 2008 survey, while tech companies including Microsoft and Google chase the No. 1 brand, Coke. Apple may currently be king of consumer gadgets but the company is failing to hit similar heights in a list of the…
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IBM, Tim Ferguson silicon.com, Apple, Interbrand, brands, iPhone Maker, Google, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Marketing, Google Inc., Brand, Branding, Apple Inc. |
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Confused about what SEO is and what it does? Silicon.com put together this SEO cheat sheet to help you understand why it’s so important. SEO–something to do with aliens and unidentified objects, right? Hmm, not quite, but crawlers do come into it. Not outer space beings, mind,…
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Search Engine, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, crawlers, Bethan Jones, Google, bots, silicon.com, Marketing Research, Search, Site, Bot, Marketing |
Friday, September 12th, 2008
A senior program manager at Microsoft claims that Google took some open-source code from Microsoft and used it in their Chrome browser. And it’s perfectly legal. From Rupert Goodwin’s blog on ZDNet UK: And furthermore, he says, that’s a good thing. A great…
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Google Chrome, Blog, Hanselman, IE, ZDNet.co.uk, Rupert Goodwins, Chrome, Blogging, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Open source, Microsoft, Google, Internet |
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
To quell privacy fears, Google says IP addresses and other data stored through use of Google Suggest will be rendered anonymous within a day. See all ZDNet Chrome coverage. Google says it will anonymize user data received through search requests entered in the company’s search engine…
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Chrome, Google, ZDNet Chrome, keylogging, Google Suggest, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, Search, Google Inc., Privacy, Security, Web Browsers, Internet |
Friday, September 5th, 2008
Experts speaking at Microsoft’s TechEd conference in Australia warn that JavaScript will continue to get speedier, making it the biggest rival of Silverlight technology. The biggest rival for Microsoft’s next-generation Silverlight web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe’s ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft’s TechEd conference in…
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Google, Adobe, Chrome, JavaScript, Suzanne Tindal ZDNet Australia, Flash, Silverlight, Web Development, Scripting Languages, Microsoft, Microsoft Silverlight, Software/Web Development |
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of its open source offering, Chrome. After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the…
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Chrome, Google, browser, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox, Microsoft, Web Browsers, Google Inc., Nick Heath, silicon.com, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Internet |
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of its open source offering, Chrome. After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the…
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Chrome, Google, browser, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Microsoft, Operating System, Google Inc., Nick Heath, silicon.com, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet |
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Inventor Judah Klausner filed a voice mail patent lawsuit on Tuesday against Google, Verizon Communications, and others. Verizon has already sued Klausner over the validity of his patents. SAN FRANCISCO–Emboldened by settlements with Apple and AT&T, inventor Judah Klausner filed a voice mail patent lawsuit on Tuesday against Google,…
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Litigation, Voicemail, Verizon Communications Inc., voice mail, Judah Klausner, Verizon, Klausner, patents, legal, Phone, Google Inc., Business Operations, Telecommunications, Patent, Google, Settlement, Reuters |
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
The security team for Google’s nascent open-source mobile platform, Android, has attempted to raise its profile with the security community The security team behind Google’s mobile platform, Android, has tried to raise its profile among security researchers by appealing for their vigilance in monitoring the platform. …
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Security Team, Google, Mobile Platform, Android, SDK, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk, Vulnerability, Google Inc., Open source, Security, Team, Mobile |
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Google said it is an offering an upgraded version of the hardware appliance its sells to companies and government organizations for Google-style Web search of office documents. SAN FRANCISCO–Google said on Tuesday it is an offering an upgraded version of the hardware appliance its sells to companies and government…
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Google Search Appliance, Google, Search, Google Inc., Reuters |
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Junk emailers are using Google Sites to create web pages that can help spam get around corporate filters, according to MessageLabs Spammers have added Google Sites to the arsenal of online tools used to get around junk-email filters, according to a study published on Tuesday by messaging…
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MessageLabs Ltd., Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, worms, securuty, Google Sites, Google, malware, Spammer, Security, Cyberthreats, Spam, Spam And Phishing, Google Inc. |
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Clips and highlights of Olympic events are to be made available on the Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube. BEIJING–Clips and highlights of Olympic events are to be made available on the video-sharing site YouTube, owned by Google, under an agreement with the International Olympic Committee, the IOC said in a…
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Olympics, Public Relations, YouTube Inc., Google, International Olympic Committee, YouTube, Olympic, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Reuters, Personal Technology, Marketing, Video, TVs, Corporate Communications, Games |
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
In a direct challenge to the popular Wikipedia, Google opened Knol, an encyclopedia-like wiki site that requires writers to post their names and expertise. SAN FRANCISCO–Google opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a…
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Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, encyclopedia, DuPont Co., Google, Google Inc., Web Site, Online Communications, Reuters |
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Five-person LimitNone is suing Google for almost a billion dollars alleging that the company’s business software unit copied a tool for moving customers off of Microsoft software onto Google’s. SAN FRANCISCO–Google was named on Monday in a trade secrets lawsuit alleging that the company’s business software unit copied a…
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Five-person LimitNone, E-mail, Google, LimitNone, Google Apps, Online Communications, Google Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management, Tool, Productivity, Reuters |
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Reuters followed a TechCrunch report that Microsoft was resuming talks with Yahoo with a CNBC report that there’s no deal on the table. Update: CNBC says no deal “whatsoever” on the table between Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp, citing unnamed sources. NEW YORK–Microsoft Corp…
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Yahoo, Google, Blogging, merger, Microsoft, News Corp., Internet, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Reuters |
