Google Celebrates Open Heart Surgery

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Google Gogs

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Operation Hackerazzi

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Twitter Fights US Court For WikiLeaks Details

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Google Engineer Spied On Teen Users

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Texas Opens Inquiry Into Google Search Rankings

Slashdot Technology Story | Texas Opens Inquiry Into Google Search Rankings
"The AP reports that Texas' attorney general, Greg Abbott, has opened an anti-trust investigation against Google spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine. The review appears to be focused on whether Google is manipulating its search results to stifle competition. European regulators already have been investigating complaints alleging that Google has been favoring its own services in its results instead of rival websites and several lawsuits have also been filed in the US that have alleged Google's search formula is biased. However Google believes Abbott is the first state attorney general to open an antitrust review into the issue."

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HP CEO's Browsing History Used Against Him

HP CEO's Browsing History Used Against Him


"Anything you browse can and will be used against you. An investigation of ousted HP CEO Mark Hurd's surfing history reportedly convinced the HP Board that Hurd had had a personal relationship with sexual harassment accuser Jodie Fisher, even if not sexual. Just the latest example of how HP 'work[s] together to create a culture of inclusion built on trust, respect and dignity for all.' The WSJ reported a person close to the investigation said Hurd had looked at clips from racy films featuring Ms. Fisher, a former actress, while someone 'familiar with Mr. Hurd's thinking' said he merely did a Google search of 10 minutes or so. One wonders how many more 'personal relationships' with Ms. Fisher the browser histories of HP's 304,000 worldwide employees might reveal. BTW, nice to see that Hurd has made it to HP's ex-CEO-Hall-of-Fame page."
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Oracle Wields Java as a Weapon - PCWorld

Oracle Wields Java as a Weapon - PCWorld:

Last week, when Oracle announced it was suing Google for alleged infringement of Oracle's Java patents, my initial reaction was one of resigned realization: when Oracle bought Sun Microsystems last year, I always wondered if it was just to get control of MySQL, arguably Oracle's once-biggest potential threat. They weren't doing anything with OpenSolaris, after all, and just this week at LinuxCon, praised Linux to the heavens.

Ellison, the gift that keeps on taking.

Um, book tie in: In the future, Open Source tools are king.

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Slashdot | Google Testing an Airborne Camera Drone

Slashdot | Google Testing an Airborne Camera Drone:

mbone writes

The Blogoscoped site carries news that Google has purchased a German 'Microdrone' for evaluation (here is the original German version). These devices can take off, fly a mission, and land automatically using GPS. They can carry night-vision cameras or even 'see-through-walls' Far IR cameras. Of course, the maker of these drones assures us that they cannot be a 'Big Brother in the sky' because that is 'verboten.' Is it just me, or is Google entering dangerous airspace here? It seems like the ruckus from a backyard-after-dark addition to Street View could completely overshadow the legal tussles Google has already encountered with its street-level photography.'

Reader Jaymi clues us to another airborne effort a couple of Google employees are mounting with some help from NASA Ames: the NexusOne PhoneSat project — to determine if low-cost mobile phone components can withstand space travel.

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Slashdot | What Are Google and Verizon Up To?

Slashdot | What Are Google and Verizon Up To?:

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'Robert X. Cringley has an op-ed in the NY Times in which he contends that Google has found a way to get special treatment from Verizon without actually compromising net neutrality, by beginning to co-locate some of their portable data centers with Verizon network hubs. 'With servers so close to users, Google could not only send its data faster but also avoid sending it over the Internet backbone that connects service providers and for which they all pay,' writes Cringley. 'This would save space for other traffic — and money for both Verizon and Google, as their backbone bills decline (wishful thinking, but theoretically possible). Net neutrality would be not only intact, but enhanced.' So why won't Google and Verizon admit what they're up to? 'If my guess is right, then I would think they're silent because it's a secret. They'd rather their competitors not know until a few hundred shipping containers are in place — and suddenly YouTube looks more like HBO.''"

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Car thief caught while playing GTA

UN Climate Change Expert Cites More Errors in Report

Asian terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba has purchased 50 para gliders from suppliers in Europe. The Indian Express discusses possible attacks in India.

From the Reason blog, Hit & Run:

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So apparently Lashkar-e-Toiba has seen Escsape From L.A.

Bruce Schneier reports for CNN that Google had email back doors ready for China to use, courtesy of complying with the US government.

Should have linked back to John's post on this.  Female terrorists in training or she is woman, hear her boom.

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