Jun 01
Times EnemyGeneral, news Google, linux, news, open source
Google HQ Bans Microsoft Windows In-House After Hacking Scare
By David Gelles and Richard Waters in San Francisco
Published: May 31 2010 23:26 | Last updated: May 31 2010 23:26
Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees.
The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Google’s Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more than 10,000 workers internationally.
“We’re not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort,” said one Google employee.
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Mar 18
Times Enemynews Google, news
Google Pushes TV Initiative
Sony, Intel and Logitech Join Effort to Help Users Navigate Web-Based TV Offerings
MARCH 18, 2010
By DON CLARK and BEN WORTHEN
Google Inc. has lined up some big partners—including Intel Corp. and Sony Corp.—in the Internet giant’s recent quest to move its technology into the living room, people familiar with the situation say.
The joint effort, which is in its preliminary stages, includes software to help users navigate among Web-based offerings on television sets and serve as a platform for other developers to target in creating new programs, these people say. The technology could be included with future TVs, Blu-ray players or set-top boxes, they added.
Mar 13
Times EnemyChina, news China, Google, news, search engines
Google to shut China search engine
By Richard Waters in San Francisco and Kathrin Hille in Beijing
Published: March 12 2010 20:11
Google has drawn up detailed plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now “99.9 per cent” certain to go ahead as talks over censorship with the Chinese authorities have reached an apparent impasse, according to a person familiar with the company’s thinking.
In a hardening of positions on both sides, the Chinese government also on Friday threw down a direct public challenge to the US search company, with a warning that it was not prepared to compromise on internet censorship to stop Google leaving.
Mar 10
Times Enemynews Google, news
American cities fight for Google’s attention
By Tim Conneally | Published March 9, 2010, 6:13 PM
One month ago, Google put the word out that it was looking to build and test its own fiber-to-the-home networks in a couple of cities. The speeds would be up to 1 Gbps and the reach would initially be about 50,000 homes.
Immediately, hundreds of cities began making pitches to attract Google’s attention, some earnest, some outlandish.
Topeka, Kansas unofficially renamed itself “Google” for the month and garnered a considerable amount of attention; Sarasota, Florida quickly followed suit and re-named its City Island “Google Island”.
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Mar 10
Times Enemynews Google, news, search engines
Google announces business app store for Google Apps
by Tom Krazit
March 9, 2010 6:15 PM PST
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–Google is bringing the app store concept to business cloud computing, giving software developers a storefront for Google Apps customers.
The Google Apps Marketplace will allow Google Apps users to purchase third-party applications to run atop the Google Apps suite, said Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering for Google. Developers will have to pay a one-time $100 fee to list their applications in the store, and Google will get a 20 percent cut of all applications sold through the store, he said.
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Mar 09
Times Enemynews Dish Network, Google, news, search engines, television
Google Tests TV Search Service
By JESSICA E. VASCELLAR
MARCH 8, 2010
Google Inc. is testing a new television-programming search service with Dish Network Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, the latest development in a fast-moving race to combine Internet content with conventional TV.
The service, which runs on TV set-top boxes containing Google software, allows users to find shows on the satellite-TV service as well as video from Web sites like Google’s YouTube, according to these people. It also lets users to personalize a lineup of shows, these people said.
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