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Google's Postini May Shape Wave Security
Two years after being acquired by Google, Postini is looking to extend its messaging management tools to other Google services.
Google Wave Ridden By Cybercriminals
Google Wave is being made available on Wednesday to 100,000 or so developers, early adopters, and Google Apps customers. Unfortunately, cybercriminals are making the most of the launch: They've rolled out a blackhat SEO poisoning campaign to turn interest in Wave into a computer infection.
Bank Drops Google Suit Over Errant Gmail
After obtaining information about the Gmail account holder who accidentally received confidential information, Rocky Mountain Bank and Google have agreed to end the bank's lawsuit.
Google Wave Preview Release Wednesday
After months of closed testing, Google says it will offer Wave accounts to developers, early adopters and select Google Apps customers.
Google Gmail Disruption Caused By Network Load, Code Update
Code changes, data center problems, and heavy usage conspired to make Gmail inaccessible for some last week.
Apple App Store Passes 2 Billion Downloads
Over 2 billion apps have been downloaded for the iPhone and iPod touch, a milestone that Apple CEO Steve Jobs calls "staggering."
Adobe In The Crossfire
With all the excitement surrounding HTML 5 and Web development, Adobe is moving to make sure that Flash remains relevant.
Google Sites API Opens SharePoint Escape Route
Users of Google Sites now have access to an API to move data in and out of the service.
Gmail Outage Resolved
Google's Gmail service is up and running again after a brief outage affecting a limited number of users.
Google Enables Web Annotation With Sidewiki
Web site visitors who use Google Toolbar now have access to a global comment and annotation system called Google Sidewiki.
Google News Suffers Outage
Online news publishers may see a slight decline in referral traffic: Google News was down for about two hours on Tuesday.
Google Chrome Infests Internet Explorer
Imagine for a moment what would happen if Adidas or Reebok began giving away free shoe liners for the ostensible purpose of making Nike shoes comfortable enough to wear. It would be something of a slap in the face to Nike.
Google Sync Gets Gmail Push Support
Keeping Gmail messages synchronized across devices just got a bit easier with an update to Google Sync.
Yahoo Celebrates 'You' In $100 Million Ad Campaign
Personalization features prominently in a new global branding campaign from Yahoo.
Google Releases Picasa 3.5
The latest version of Google's Picasa software features facial recognition technology and several other improvements.
Lawsuit Tied To Bank Gmail Error Can't Be Secret, Judge Says
A lawsuit seeking to identify a Gmail user who accidentally received confidential bank information must proceed in public.
Adobe Goes Viral With Flash Platform Services
To give Flash application developers more insight into how their apps are being used, Adobe is rolling out new services to make Flash apps more social and measurable.
Google Launches DoubleClick Ad Exchange
Google AdWords users can now place display ads through the DoubleClick Ad Exchange.
Google Docs Use Growing Among Businesses
Enterprise use of Google Docs is growing, with and without the blessing of IT departments.
Google Says Apple Rejected Voice App
A letter that Google sent to the FCC to explain the circumstances surrounding Apple's refusal to offer the Google Voice app for the iPhone offers a different explanation than Apple's letter.
The Limits of Google's Data Liberation
Google says it supports data portability. But how far should it go to help advertisers bring their campaigns to the competition?
Firefox Security Warnings About Flash Get Results
By warning users that they're using out-of-date plug-ins, Mozilla's Firefox is helping to immunize the online community from malware contagion.
Google Revisits Crowdsourcing With reCAPTCHA Acquisition
In its second acquisition this year, Google has bought reCAPTCHA, a company that provides CAPTCHA images as a barrier to online fraud.
Google Plans Private Government Cloud
As the government moves to adopt cloud computing and considers limited use of free consumer services, Google is trying to address lingering concerns about security and control in the cloud.
Google Tops Bing, Yahoo In Bug Battle
A group of 1,100 software testers has rated Google the best search engine in terms of accuracy, speed, and relevance.
Google Chrome Update Adds Speed, Themes, HTML 5
Browser Themes, faster JavaScript performance, and HTML 5 support can be found in the new stable release of Google Chrome.
Government Embraces Cloud Computing, Launches App Store
Cloud computing is coming to government agencies, bringing the hope of cost savings, greater efficiency, and innovation.
Google Launches Fast Flip To Accelerate News Browsing
A Google Labs project called Google Fast Flip aims to make news viewing faster online.
Google Data Liberation Front Fights 'Evil' Lock-In
To provide greater awareness of its effort to "liberate" data, Google has launched a Web site and blog for its Data Liberation Front.
Twitter Confirms User Ownership Of Tweets
Users of Twitter can rest assured that they own their tweets, even if not every tweet can be owned.
iPhone Developers See Sales Slump After App Store Changes
iTunes 9 has reorganized the App Store and developers are welcoming some changes while complaining about others.
Google Defends Book Settlement, Amazon Cries Cartel
The battle over the Google Books settlement continued on Thursday with a Congressional hearing.
InformationWeek 500: Retail Buys Into Efficiency, Lowering Costs
Analytics and social media among tactics one company uses.
InformationWeek 500: BI, Web Top Strategies For Consumer Goods Companies
Turning to business intelligence to manage costs.
Google Plans Micropayments To Save Newspapers
The company isn't ready to announce anything, but it has told a newspaper industry group that micropayments are coming.
Business Intelligence Beckons CIOs, IBM Study Finds
To make their organizations leaner and meaner, CIOs are looking to data mining and data analysis.
Gov 2.0: Ten Companies Bring Open Identity To Government
Moving to make make online government resources both more social and more private, a coalition of companies has committed to supporting OpenID and Information Cards at federal Web sites.
Apple, Google, Hulu Show Online Video Gains
The online video businesses is growing, but viewers want to watch Internet video on their TVs.
Google Lets Privacy Imperil Book Deal
Google's ongoing inability to anticipate the privacy concerns surrounding its services is baffling. The company should know better by now, given its ongoing struggles with Street View and search privacy.
Google Books Fight Escalates Despite Concessions
The Google Books settlement has become the company's most contentious undertaking since its failed deal to partner with Yahoo.
Google, Allies Defend Book Settlement
Facing vigorous opposition to the settlement of the Google Books lawsuit, Google and settlement supporters are pushing back.
Google Publishes Book Privacy Policy
Moving to mollify critics, Google is making its book privacy policy available.
Google Books Metadata Includes Millions Of Errors
The Google Books database is riddled with errors, millions, of them by Google's count.
Google's Blogger Turns Ten, Offers Presents
Blogger at ten shows no sign of slowing down, but social networks and new modes of publishing could send personal publishing in new directions.
Amazon Files Brief Against Google Books Lawsuit Settlement
Wary of Google's ambition and power, Amazon has joined a growing list of companies that see danger in Google's publishing plans.
Gmail Outage 'A Big Deal,' Says Google
Aiming to blunt criticism from competitors and cloud computing detractors, Google insists it's taking the Gmail outage very seriously.
Google Wave To Admit Schools And Businesses This Fall
Google Wave, the strangely compelling mixture of e-mail and instant messaging that was demonstrated at the Google I/O developer conference in May, will admit a limit number of school and business users this fall, with general availability promised next year.
Is Google Chrome's Rise Limiting Firefox's Future?
Internet Explorer continues to lose market share, but gains by Google Chrome threaten to slow Firefox down.
Gmail Fail Strikes Again
Users of Gmail from around the globe are reporting that the service isn't accessible. Google is promising a fix soon.
Privacy Group Coalition Urges Data Regulation
Ten consumer and privacy groups are urging Congress to limit the way online information can be used for advertising and profiling.
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