Tag: googles

Security

Google's Schmidt faces Colbert on privacy

By Liam Tung | Sep 24, 2010 | Comment Now

Blame computers, not Google.

Security

Insider reveals details of Google hacks

By David Neal | Apr 21, 2010 | Comment Now

Attackers compromised Gaia password system.

Software

Google's Chinese partners request urgent clarification

By Dan Worth | Mar 18, 2010 | 1 Comment

But is the open letter real?

Hardware

Linus Torvalds backs Google's Nexus One

By Shaun Nichols | Feb 10, 2010 | Comment Now

Linux creator raves.

Strategy

Google stands alone on censorship decision

By Rosalie Marshall | Jan 16, 2010 | 2 Comments

Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco distance themselves.

Software

US Justice Department rejects Google's book settlement offer

By Phil Muncaster | Sep 21, 2009 | Comment Now

Back to drawing board for Google in long-running copyright dispute.

Security

Google responds to data concerns over cloud apps

By Iain Thomson | Jun 17, 2009 | Comment Now

Plans on introducing HTTPS as standard to all users.

Software

Google sued over Android name

By Rosalie Marshall | May 4, 2009 | Comment Now

Google, the Open Handset Alliance and 45 other companies are being sued over the name given to "Android", the open-source mobile phone operating system.

Security

Privacy group slams Google's cloud services

By Rosalie Marshall | Mar 19, 2009 | Comment Now

The non-profit Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic) has filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about the security standards of Google's cloud ...

Software

Google shows early version of Chrome 2.0

By Daniel Robinson | Jan 12, 2009 | Comment Now

Following the full release of Chrome in December, Google has made available an early test version of Chrome 2.0, which overhauls the way the browser handles HTTP and adds ...

Software

Google turns Chrome to gold

By Shaun Nichols | Dec 13, 2008 | Comment Now

Google has issued the first official non-beta release of the Chrome web browser.

Telco/ISP

Opinion: Google's privacy reform is a hoax

By Egan Orion | Sep 15, 2008 | Comment Now

After Google announced Monday that it would begin removing Internet addresses from web search records after only nine months instead of its former 18 month retention period, it ...

Software

Google's 3D world a bit too 'Lively'

By Shaun Nichols | Jul 10, 2008 | Comment Now

Google has launched a new 3D world system designed to be safe for teenage users..

Software

British privacy group aims to roadblock Google's Street View

By Sylvie Barak | Jul 7, 2008 | Comment Now

Google is set to start photographing areas in the UK for its Street View tool this week, but British rights groups are already up in arms about it and are threatening to call ...

Software

AOL joins Google's OpenSocial

By Shaun Nichols | May 30, 2008 | Comment Now

AOL has become the latest company to throw its weight behind Google's OpenSocial programme..

Software

ACCC drops investigation into Google's acquisition of DoubleClick

Oct 31, 2007 | Comment Now

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has confirmed it will not intervene in Google's US$3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick.

Software

StarOffice enters Google's orbit

By Matt Chapman | Aug 19, 2007 | Comment Now

Google has added the StarOffice set of programmes to its Google Pack, a free collection of recommended software downloads.

Security

Microsoft and Ask follow Google's lead

Jul 24, 2007 | Comment Now

The search industry needs to develop better global privacy principles for the collection, use and protection of data, according to web giants Microsoft and Ask.com.