Ben Charny |
January 31, 2006 9:01 PM
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
Ben Charny |
January 31, 2006 6:01 PM
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:
Ben Charny |
January 31, 2006 11:01 AM
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
Ben Charny |
January 30, 2006 4:01 PM
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
Ben Charny |
January 30, 2006 12:01 PM
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
Ben Charny |
January 30, 2006 11:01 AM
Google's combing the Negev for researchers.
Ben Charny |
January 27, 2006 7:01 PM
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
Ben Charny |
January 27, 2006 11:01 AM
Hitting on: ...Forbes, which reports on a Bear Stearns research note predicting an iTunes competitor from Google "which we've dubbed Google Tunes. We think this is a logical step now that the nascent Google Video product has been introduced." Expect a test of the service within 3 to 6 months.
Ben Charny |
January 26, 2006 8:01 PM
What Marquette University Assistant Law Professor Eric Goldman said today: "It's legislative opportunism. It's classic (bad) cyberlaw." What he was reacting to: U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) intends to introduce a bill next legislative session to prohibit Internet search engines from storing details about their customers for an infinite
Ben Charny |
January 26, 2006 2:01 AM
Roger Dingledine created The Free Haven Project, a free software for anonymous and censorship-resistant Internet use. EWEEK'S GOOGLE WATCH Has the news that search engines turned over millions of search queries to the feds done you guys any good? It must have people running scared! "We're up to something like