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11/18/09 6:12pm Mobile Rumor: Google Phone will be VoIP only, arrive in early 2010
Anonymous sources have told tech bloggers that Android as we know it now is only the beginning, and that a genuine Google-branded phone will hit next year. dig deeper
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11/17/09 7:30pm Computing Google Image Swirl is a sexy (but kind of superfluous) way to search
The new Labs feature uses a Wonder Wheel-like interface to display related images. dig deeper
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11/13/09 5:40pm Computing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to ditch Google "within months"
News Corp will move its sites behind pay walls, hoping to change the rules of the new media game. Will that save traditional media or seal its fate? dig deeper
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11/12/09 7:40pm Computing, Gaming Google SPDY protocol to speed up the web, Xbox Live gets Facebook and Twitter Tuesday, Microsoft denies Windows 7 was inspired by Mac OS X
Google is working on an application-layer protocol called SPDY (pronounced "speedy") that it claims increases web page load times… dig deeper
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11/11/09 7:17pm Computing Bing now uses Wolfram|Alpha data, Google offers double storage at same cost, Microsoft rep says Windows 7 inspired by Mac OS X
Bing has teamed up with ambitious answer engine Wolfram|Alpha to provide in-engine answers to questions related to health,… dig deeper
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11/10/09 7:35pm Computing, Mobile Google offers free airport Wi-Fi for the holidays, Motorola Droid sales reach 100,000 over the weekend (probably), LinkedIn and Twitter team up
Google has signed on to provide free Wi-Fi in 47 United States airports over the holidays, including Las Vegas, San Jose, Boston,… dig deeper
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11/09/09 6:31pm Computing, Mobile Google moves on mobile advertising with AdMob acquisition, Apple Mac OS Snow Leopard 10.6.2 fixes guest account bug, Rupert Murdoch will take News Corp sites off of Google
Google has purchased mobile display advertising company AdMob for $750 million in stock. The company's assets will be integral in… dig deeper
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11/05/09 5:30pm Computing, Mobile, Gaming, Home A/V Google Dashboard brings all your Google app data under one roof, PS3 Netflix discs arrive Friday, T-Mobile HSPA 7.2 service rolling out now
Google just launched a new site called Google Dashboard. It puts all the basic information about your usage of various Google apps… dig deeper
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10/21/09 7:37pm Computing Google and Bing add Twitter real-time search, Amazon calls Windows 7 "biggest pre-order product of all time," Google joins forces with iLike and LaLa for music search
Google and Bing are now both offering real-time searches of Twitter updates. Bing will also search Facebook statuses in the near… dig deeper
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10/16/09 7:10pm Computing, Gaming, Mobile Researcher: YouTube has no bandwidth traffic costs, Microsoft store grand opening rumored to be October 22, Google Street View taking suggestions for off-road trike project
Google spends almost nothing on bandwidth from ISPs, the chief scientist at Arbor Networks says. The company uses up 10% of all… dig deeper
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10/02/09 6:36pm Computing Time suggests a "Hulu for magazines," Google search dropped The Pirate Bay then reinstated it, Facebook now available in Latin
Magazine publishers are considering getting on board with Time, Inc.'s idea for a "Hulu for magazines" — a website that… dig deeper
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10/01/09 7:53pm Computing, Home A/V Facebook profiles used to spread spyware, Comcast in talks to buy NBC Universal, Google adds new search options
An automated Facebook attack has been using fake profiles to install spyware on users' computers. Facebook has taken down the… dig deeper
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