February 5, 2012

Between Google and GPS, privacy takes a step backward

Earlier this week the Supreme Court ruled  that the police must get a warrant to track an individual’s car using a GPS device — a step forward in protecting your privacy. Then Google announced changes to its policies that seemed to take two steps back.

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Wikipedia, Google protest SOPA, Protect IP

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) — Wikipedia went black and Google covered most of its U.S. homepage logo with a black box Wednesday as Web sites sought to stop U.S.

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Google TV has signed up a lot of hardware partners. While Google seems intent on pushing its system on the market, a…

Google TV has signed up a lot of hardware partners . While Google seems intent on pushing its system on the market, and might be able to do it, it doesn’t solve several problems that make us bearish on Google TVs: a) will there be that many Google TV

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Google Sends Beta Invites for Google Schemer

Google has launched a brand new service called Schemer and is already sending Beta invites to consumers.

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Google Uses Native Client to Bring Games and Apps to Chrome

Google has demoed a new technology for Chrome, which would bring high-end games and apps to the web browser. The company unveiled Native Client, giving select developers the chance to experiment with the platform, which allows developers to easily deploy

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Film Business Strikes Back at Google, Calls Piracy Act Fears ‘Nonsense’

The film industry came back swinging Wednesday, calling recent claims by tech companies including Google that online piracy legislation will destroy the internet “nonsense,” while also labeling those assertions as an effort to “gin people up.”

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Startup transports Web browsers to underwater world

It’s a living, breathing ocean that you can “dive into,” exploring underwater habitats from the Indian Ocean to the Sea of Cortez while encountering thousands of fish — as they swim across your computer screen. The fish and fauna are…

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Dikshit launches Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojna for Delhi school kids

Delhi has become the first state in the country to provide right to health to school children after implementation of the Right to Education Act. Launching the Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojna, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said that under the…

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Google co-founder, wife donate $500,000

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Google honors Louis Daguerre

Google celebrated 244th anniversary of Louis Daguerre, French physicist famous for invention of the daguerreotype process of photography, by creating his doodle on Friday. Louis Daguerre was born on November 18, 1787 in a small town near Paris. He worked

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