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Google ignores some reported security problems?

Garett Rogers — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:50:12 +0000

Aviv Raff posted a public disclosure of a minor security risk that could be a major problem if used in conjunction with another type of problem. It’s true that his discovery isn’t really one that (by itself) should keep you up at night, but it’s one that I’m surprised Google’s security team hasn’t squashed [...]

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Will you forget about Android?

Garett Rogers — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:30:34 +0000

Chris O’Brien from the Silicon Valley Mercury News has an interesting article on why he thinks we will soon forget about Android. When you look at Android up against iPhone, you have to agree that it’s going to be a an uphill battle. But if anyone can do it, it would be Google [...]

Google PPOB? What is it?

Garett Rogers — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:17:12 +0000

When you are looking for things that Google is about to do, the best place to keep your eye on is Google’s robots.txt file — a document they keep updated with a list of websites they don’t want search engines to index. A week ago, they added “/search2001″ which turned out to be exactly [...]

Google tries to stop you from sending mail you will regret

Garett Rogers — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:38:19 +0000

It appears that Google has added a new feature to Gmail Labs that tries to make sure you are in the right state of mind before sending messages — particularly helpful when you have maybe had a few too many drinks, and are about to send an email that would obviously be embarrassing if you [...]

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Google launches new Spreadsheets interface

Garett Rogers — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:12:10 +0000

Google has just rolled out a new version of Google Spreadsheets — the last one of all three products in the Google Docs suite. I have to say, this new version works great for me — it has the familiar menus at the top, a bunch of new toys, and of course, now it [...]

Google releases Chrome 0.3.154

Garett Rogers — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:40:43 +0000

If you are interested in living on the bleeding edge, and always using Google’s latest and greatest browser version (the “even more beta” one), you can turn on what is called the “Dev Channel”. To use the Dev Channel, download the switcher from here. Run the application that you find here, then choose the “dev” [...]

Google Blog Search re-launches, now it’s useful

Garett Rogers — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:38:08 +0000

Google relaunched their service called “Google Blog Search” today, and I have to say, it’s pretty hot. The service puts itself almost in direct competition with the popular Techmeme service — with the exception that Google does it for everything, not just Tech news. According to Google, they have adapted some of the same technology [...]

Google to go back in time?

Garett Rogers — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:55:45 +0000

Warning, this post is speculative, but I think all signs point to what I am about to describe. Google may be about to launch a search tool that uses the same algorithms used way back in 2001. Why would they do this? I think it’s probably the best way for them to [...]

New Google tool called “Moderator” released

Garett Rogers — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:20:36 +0000

Google’s newest tool called “Moderator“, released on their own App Engine platform, lets people ask (and vote) on questions related to any given topic. It’s easy to get started, or participate in existing “series” (which contain groups of topics) — just click on “create series” on the main page, and follow the steps. This newly [...]

Larry Page calls white space tests “rigged”

Garett Rogers — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:04:46 +0000

Google, along with several other companies including Microsoft, have been hoping the FCC will make available TV white space frequencies for wireless broadband purposes. Unfortunately, there are several organizations trying to shut down those efforts. Those that feel threatened by the prospect of this coming to fruition include TV broadcasters and wireless microphone companies — [...]

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