Ben Charny

With the postscript “Enjoy the liberation while you can, citizens,” the Web site Crypticide recently unleashed a way to beat Google Inc.’s censorship of its new Chinese search engine results. The trick – entering search terms in capital letters — worked for about six hours. Crypticide’s readers noted how quickly Google acted, and that now […]

With the postscript “Enjoy the liberation while you can, citizens,” the Web site Crypticide recently unleashed a way to beat Googles censoring of its new Chinese search engine results. The trick of entering search terms in capital letters worked for about six hours. Crypticides readers noted how quickly Google acted, and that now it was […]

Google says its newly-discovered partnership with a Net phone provider is only to test a single feature known as click-to-call. But there’s much more to voice over Internet Protocol’s (VOIP) magic. It just seems foolish to conclude VoIP begins and ends for Google with click-to-call, which are clickable Net advertising icons to dial up the […]

Here are snippets from Google’s fourth quarter earnings conference call, featuring co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page plus Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt. Operating System, Shmoperating System: What are the chances of a Google operating system any time soon? Schmidt said it’s “not an interesting opportunity.” Frying Up The Bacon: Google’s going to spend the […]

The New York Post reports Google’s interested in buying or partnering with online music seller Napster, Inc. The report adds to the specluation that Google is moving aggressively to put its powerful brand behind an online music selling service. Perhaps the Post should have played this story on its gossip grinding Page Six. Here’s Napster, […]

An Internet phone operators latest financial filing has set off speculation that Google has begun selling a commercial version of its Internet phone service. Given Googles rock star status in the technology world, the potential move is sure to enliven the market for VOIP (voice over IP), which is freely available software to make calls […]

Dell Inc. says it has begun testing a heretofore unannounced partnership with Google. That was until Nancy Adzentoivich of SearchViews found this interesting Web site. The picture suggests a hybrid of Google’s personalized Web site, and Dell’s online store. Adzentoivich, and other blogophiles, also note how Google features are coming pre-installed in some recently purchased […]

Google’s latest Web browser toolbar is the first time the Internet search provider has targeted that particular feature at enterprises. The free Google Toolbar for Enterprise beta contains administrative controls. Presumably, a company could distribute a customized version of the toolbar to scan employee directories and other frequently used information sources found on corporate intranets. […]

Google is still hiring at its research and development center in Tel Aviv, says financial newspaper The Marker. The facility is led by former Microsoft Corp. employee Meir Brand.

Computer maker Dell said Jan. 30 it has quietly begun testing a new partnership with Internet search provider Google. For now, some Dell laptops and desktop computers are sold with two Google Inc. search features pre-installed, a Dell spokesman said. Dell is also putting the paces to a Google-powered Web site that appears to be […]

Google Toolbar for Enterprise, made available Monday as a beta, is the search companys first Web browser tool bar to target corporate-class computer networks. The feature is proof that Google continues to aggressively challenge Autonomy, Fast Search & Transfer, and other popular enterprise search providers. Google also unveiled on Monday a beta update of its […]

There are new signs of Google Inc.’s rumored “Big Daddy” infrastructure overhaul. Judging from the recent plethora of evidence cited by Google watchers, it seems that Big Daddy has spread to much more of Google’s network. Big Daddy, the project’s supposed nickname, refers to new data centers that Google developing and now testing. Google and […]