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Why Antitrust Regulators Should Bless Googleola Bid

Google's $12.5 billion acquisition offer for Motorola set off the normal rounds of pontification such blockbuster proposals tend to send off.While pundits analyze to...

Google+ Becoming More Mainstream, Says HitWise

One month ago, some folks were lamenting or even deriding Google+ as a place where Googlers, tech early adopters and journalists reigned.It's still true...

New Chrome OS Tablet Video Churns Rumor Mill

Another quarter, another Chrome Operating System tablet rumor begans to build.Since the introduction of Chrome OS two summers ago, the search engine has been...

Google Chromebooks Run Netflix, Kindle Cloud Reader

One of the advantages Google loves to tout about its Chrome Operating System is its ability to upgrade the platform from the Googleplex.Chrome OS...

Nokia Exec Calls Android, iOS ‘Outdated’

It's easy when the top players in the industry talk big. If Apple or Google executives want to trumpet how great their software is,...

Google Misdirection in Patent Protests Part of the Game

I've been following the Android mobile patent crusades closely, largely with the aid of Florian Mueller and others who have been kind or fervent...

Why Facebook Must Fear Google+: Low-Cost Social Dev Platform

Tom Anderson has returned from the depths of near anonymity (ironic, considering he created MySpace,) to write some of the more thoughtful posts on...

Gmail Offers Preview Pane, Tablet Style

Google is bringing one of the more popular features from its Gmail tablet application to the desktop with introduction of the Preview Pane from...

Yes, Apple Is Trying to Kill Android

The other day I addressed Mike Elgan's Cult of Mac post. Elgan's post, which you may read here, clearly explains how Google and Apple...

Free Samsung Nexus S Via Google.com: Hurry!

Step right up and into the Google Nexus Website, where the search engine is giving away free Samsung Nexus S smartphones via retailer Best...