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Google and privacy
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Search Information Will Go Private |
 ...Today the main search engine for millions of people, Google, announced that the servers won't keep the information on the users' searches forever.
Until recent times, Google kept the search information linked with certain computers around the world. However from now on the system will make this information anonymous after 18 to 24 months.
According to Nicole Wong, deputy general counsel at Google, the company made t... |
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Google's List of Class-Action Lawsuits |
| ...book onto a Usenet forum, the worldwide network of discussion groups".
Claims: search engine had breached his copyright in the material.
Outcome: "Judge Surrick dismissed the claim, advising that Google was immune from prosecution in respect of third party postings by virtue of a provision in the Communications Decency Act."
Perfect 10 v. Google. Filed on November 19, 2004.
Claims: Perfect 10 claimed Google to hav... |
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Google collects your web habits |
 ...A new service that was introduced by Google company is intended to easier memorize the websites you have browsed.
Web History, makes it possible to have access to the websites that you were surfing for particular purpose and store this data so that your search habits are always at your disposal.
This new Google's feature is aimed to make your search experience more individualized. However, the good intentions raised ... |
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More Google Earth Users than People in Brazil |
 ...Over 200 million people worldwide have installed Google Earth application. There are more Google Earth users than residents in Brazil with population of 188 million people.
Google Earth, the mapping software that allows everyone interested see one's house from space, was introduced two years ago. It has already drawn more installations than Microsoft's Windows XP.
Michael Jones, chief technology officer of the compa... |
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Germany Threatens Google Users' Privacy |
 ...Google threatens closing its mail services in Germany, which is one of the most popular in the country. This became possible due to an upcoming German law imposing ISPs to provide the authorities with users' personal information. People at Google said this law is a serious threat to people's privacy.
Google's reaction could not be called unexpected, as the company is a faithful fighter for privacy and became its 'unack... |
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New Indoor Climate-Control System to Adjust to Your Own Environmental Preferences Via the Web |
 ...es through the web. The system has been developed by Syracuse, N.Y.-based company CollabWorx Inc.
The users of the Open Web Services-based Indoor Climate Control System will communicate, overlook and adjust their personal environmental preferences such as temperature, humidity, light, the same way they would do it in a car.
The system is fitted with a special occupancy sensor necessary to detect the presence and ... |
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Microsoft Wants to Make The Web More Secure |
| ...line advertising. Recently Ask.com launched the AskEraser service. It should allow Ask's customers to change online privacy settings at any desired moment.
This step from Microsoft is a response to Google recent intention to erase all user-related information from its databases within 18 months. Thus the two major players in the online search industry will compete in keeping users' data private. Experts say Microsoft is... |
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Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft Fined for Advertising On-line Gambling |
 ... informing the online public that online gambling is illegal. The Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft was accused of profiting from advertising various online gambling businesses.
Yahoo! and Google are to pay $7.5 and $3 million respectively. A part of Yahoo!'s fine ($4.5 million) was assigned for a campaign similar to Microsoft's.
None of the hi-tech companies admitted or rejected the claims; moreover, they cla... |
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Google's New Purchase Called Adscape |
| ... Adscape Media Inc. is a company that provides in-game advertising. Google has agreed on purchasing the company for $ 23 million. This information was provided by Red Herring, a technology site which cited in a report made on Thursday the sources that are familiar with the matter. However, the spokesman of Google did not leave any comment stating that the current policy of the company is not to respond to "rumor or specul... |
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YouTube to Award Best Videos |
 ...This week Google's very famous on-line video-sharing website YouTube is expected to presents its awards for the best videos uploaded during 2006 by the site's fans. On Monday users of YouTube may start voting for their favorites. The site offers seven genres, which in fact are seven categories that include certain videos. Users will rank videos till Friday when the voting will end. Rewards will be given to the winners on ... |
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Google's Blogspot Contains 75% Spam |
 ...A study of the WebmasterWorld states that 75% of all blogs on Google's blogspot are spam.
According to this study the top 15 doorway domains consist of 14 domains, where the spam percentage is over 74%. This means that in four search results of current study, three sites turned out to be spam. The researchers scanned 1000 most searched queries: 'phentermine' on blogspot.com and the query 'ringtone' on hometown.aol.com.... |
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China's Google in Japan |
| ...vides outside of China. The new website, called www.baidu.jp includes a search bar for Web page and image searches. The site also features a user help and advanced services.
The so-called "China's Google" was about to expand its activity overseas as early as March. Until recently Baidu was a Web site with a single-page notice and without any links to services. Its officials did not state when Baidu’s service went live.... |
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Intel officials go to Taiwan |
 ...The president and Chief Executive Officer of Intel, Paul Otellini, looks forward to visit Taiwan today. According to Intel Taiwan, his goal is to meet the partners of the company. This will be the first time that Paul Otellini visits Taiwan as Intel's CEO.
While in Taiwan Mr. Otellini will have a close-door meeting with the company's partners. The meeting will start in the morning of March 29. According to Intel Taiwan... |
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A Man in Dubai Charged $170,000 Debt for Mobile Communication |
 ...ase showed that the man had 38 different phone numbers registered on his name at the same company. It was absolutely not clear, how one person could be registered 38 times at a single service provide and how this person was able getting into such debt.
These 38 different numbers would mean that each of them had a $4,000 debt, yet some of the man's numbers were registered to have a $10,000 debt.
A similar case in Dubai r... |
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Microsoft Comes up with New Visitor Attracting Strategies |
 ...Half a year ago Microsoft decided to try another approach in their search engine business, so that they could at least somehow compete with the "big G" - Google.
Microsoft tried to convince the public that the Google's mathematical algorithm gave too many results and actually annoys its users. Microsoft thought it would be better using some other concepts of searching. They said that they'd develop absolutely ground-bre... |
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