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Samsung releases Chrome desktop computer
SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung on Tuesday released the first Chrome desktop computer that essentially shifts work into Internet “cloud” using a version of the Google Web browser as its operating system. Staunch Google partner Samsung unveiled Series 3 Chromebox along with a beefed-up Series 5 Chromebook that is the latest…
Google faced with a million requests a month to remove copyrighted material from search
Figures from Google’s transparency report reveal huge increase on 2009 as growth comes from rise in ‘enforcement vendors’ Google is receiving more than a million requests a month from copyright owners seeking to pull their content from the company’s search results, the web giant has revealed. The number requests has…
French group asks Google to stop suggesting ‘Jew’ in name searches
A French judge on Wednesday asked a mediator to resolve a dispute pitting Internet giant Google against anti-racism groups who object to the search engine suggesting users add “Jew” to name searches. The conflict stems from Google’s autocomplete feature that suggests what search people might want based on algorithms of…
Jury finds Google innocent of Java patent infringement
A jury on Wednesday declared Google innocent of infringing on Java patents in a high-stakes court battle pitting the business software titan Oracle against the Internet giant. In a unanimous decision, ten jurors agreed that Oracle had not proven any of its claims that Google infringed on Java patents in…
Judge scolds attorneys in Oracle vs. Google patent trial
SAN FRANCISCO — The judge presiding over a patent trial pitting Oracle against Google scolded rival attorneys on Monday as deliberating jurors grappled with subtleties of references in computer software code. US District Court Judge William Alsup’s patience was tried as Oracle and Google lawyers argued opposite responses to jury…
Google provides temporary Cornell science campus
NEW YORK — Google on Monday agreed to provide a temporary home to a high-tech science college run by Cornell University in New York City. The Silicon valley firm’s chief executive Larry Page announced that Google will allocate 22,000 square feet (2,000 square meters) of its New York headquarters to…
U.S. shares score solid gains but Facebook flops
NEW YORK — US shares racked up strong gains Monday with the Nasdaq adding nearly 2.5 percent helped by an Apple surge, but Facebook shares flipped below their IPO price on their first full day of trading. Jumps in the prices of the Nasdaq’s two largest companies — Apple and…
China clears Google purchase of Motorola Mobility
Google on Saturday said that Chinese regulators approved its $12.5 billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility, clearing the path for the Internet titan to complete the acquisition early next week. US and European regulators gave approval to the purchase in February. Conditions put on the rubber stamp from China’s Ministry of Commerce included Google keeping its Android…
Google+: Still not as interesting as Pinterest, new study finds
Comparing public user engagement suggests that Google+ is still a niche pursuit, despite Google claiming it has 170 million people signed up – while Pinterest’s attraction remains high. Away from all the hubbub over that other social network, how is Google+ – described by Larry Page and others as the…
Twitter opts in to ‘Do Not Track’ privacy initiative
Twitter says it will honour requests from users who do not want their online behaviour tracked, the company said on Thursday, in contrast with web companies such Google and Facebook whose business models rely heavily on collecting user data. Twitter announced that it will officially support “Do Not Track,” a…
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