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Google Chrome extensions to be officially released

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google is expected to release its Extensions Gallery for general users of the new Chrome browser this week, possibly at the Add-On Conference on browser extensions to be held on December 11, ...


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Report claims Wikipedia losing editors in droves

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The findings of a Spanish study claiming that Wikipedia's editors are leaving at an alarming rate have been refuted by the Wikimedia Foundation and by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.


Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate

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created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (73) | comments 42

(AP) -- Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have ...


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Google's SPDY will speed up downloads

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its effort to speed up the Web, Google is experimenting with SPDY, a new application layer protocol, that it hopes will speed up the conversation between browsers and Web servers ...


Google's "Street View" is created by still photographs taken by specially-equipped vehicles

Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google Street View

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(AP) -- Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object - Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy.


Google search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed key words

Google search getting eyes and ears

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created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed key words to let people scour the Internet with mobile telephone cameras or spoken words in multiple languages.


Google QR codes to appear in a store window near you

Google QR codes to appear in a store window near you (w/ Video)

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created 9 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google recently sent out 100,000 stickers to selected US businesses for use on their storefront windows. The stickers have the Google Maps logo and a QR code that can be scanned by smart phone ...


Google search results to include 'real-time' data (AP)

Google search results to include 'real-time' data

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created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's ...


Google said publishers could limit to five the number of articles people can access for free through Google

Google responds to newspaper critics

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created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 9

Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe.


Yahoo! and Microsoft announced that they have finalized the details of their planned search and advertising partnership

Microsoft, Yahoo take next step in search alliance

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created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have signed off on their plan to team up against Google Inc. in the lucrative Internet search market.


Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service

Google adds translation to main search engine

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service.


YouTube Feather is an "ultra-light watch page"

YouTube makes videos 'Feather' light

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

YouTube launched an experimental "Feather" feature on Thursday that slims down online videos for delivery to places where the Internet is unable to handle heavy data traffic.


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New study looks at unauthorized use of US newspaper stories

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

A study of the use of US newspaper stories on the Web has found that more than 75,000 websites reused content from newspapers without authorization during a 30-day period.


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Microsoft launches redesigned map search with apps

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is releasing an updated version of its mapping service with street-level views and new "apps" that tack on tweets, traffic and other location-specific data.


Google said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free

Google to let publishers limit free website access (Update)

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Google, under fire from Rupert Murdoch and some other newspaper owners, said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine.