Google to buy Israeli GPS app Waze for $1 bln
Google is in talks on a deal worth at least $1 billion to buy the Israel-based GPS mobile navigation app Waze, Israeli media reported on Sunday.
Jun 09, 2013
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British PM urges Google to boost fight against child porn
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday demanded that Google and other search engines do more to rid the Internet of child pornography, warning that lives were being put at risk through the "disgusting" ...
Jun 09, 2013
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Google's recipe for excitement
Even though its ubiquitous Internet search engine practically mints money, Google Inc. was widely seen as a company whose best days were behind it. It was written off as the next Microsoft Corp. - a staid ...
May 15, 2013
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Russians attempt to topple Google in Vietnam
Vietnam's booming Internet scene is littered with failed startups that tried to take on Google and other entrenched U.S web companies. That's not deterring a newly launched Russian-Vietnamese outfit which ...
May 15, 2013
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Google takes stake in Lending Club
Internet giant Google said Thursday it has acquired a $125 million minority stake in peer-to-peer online loan company Lending Club.
May 02, 2013
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Google clears another step in EU antitrust case (Update)
Google has taken another step toward settling a European antitrust investigation focusing on whether the Internet giant is abusing its dominant position of online search and advertising markets.
Apr 15, 2013
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Google's star rises as Apple fades
Google has retaken the role of superstar of the tech sector with a stunning stock rally as rival Apple flounders.
Mar 09, 2013
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NASA launches interactive website to design interplanetary missions
A small group of engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., have launched a new web-based tool for scientists and engineers to use when designing spacecraft trajectories to interplanetary destinations.
Mar 05, 2013
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Study finds even with rules, impartiality is almost impossible to obtain
(Phys.org)—Obtaining impartiality in a competition among peers is a nearly impossible task when there is just one prize and everyone is in it to win, according to a new paper co-authored by economists from ...
Feb 26, 2013
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Hacker 'botnet' hijacked online searches
Software titan Microsoft and computer security giant Symantec said Thursday that they smashed a hacker-infected computer network that was hijacking Internet searches.
Feb 07, 2013
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Australian court clears Google of hosting deceptive ads
Internet titan Google was cleared Wednesday of allegations it hosted deceptive advertisements, with Australia's highest court saying it was not responsible for companies who diverted users from their competitors' ...
Feb 06, 2013
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Steady rise in government data requests, Google reports (Update)
Google on Wednesday reported a "steady increase" in government requests to hand over data from Internet users in the second half of 2012.
Jan 23, 2013
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French-language Belgian papers back on Google after 6 years
French-language Belgian newspapers were back on Google Friday after a six-year absence sparked by a bitter dispute over copywright with the US Internet search giant.
Jan 11, 2013
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Data storage and next-generation non-volatile memory technology
(Phys.org)—Internet, computing and networking technologies are now integral to many people's lives, generating ever-increasing amounts of digital information. Data storage experts estimate that by 2020, ...
Dec 19, 2012
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Google users must now be more explicit to find porn
US Google users on the prowl for erotic images needed to be more explicit on Thursday after the search engine was tuned to avoid delivering porn in results for "ambiguous" queries such as "boobs."
Dec 13, 2012
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