Vint Cerf: "Father of the Internet" Still Looking Forward
July 09, 2009By Art Chimes Vint Cerf is often called the "Father of the Internet." He doesn't like the title much, saying there are others who deserve to share the credit. But he was there at the beginning, as a co-designer of the basic architecture of...
- Turkey's YouTube Ban Is Cause For Concern
July 08, 2009By Claire Berlinski Very few people in Turkey are exercised by the YouTube blackout, now in its second year. Despite the ban, the video-sharing site is believed to be the ninth most popular site in Turkey. Almost every Internet user -- from Prime Minister...
- Virgin America and Google Launch Day in the Cloud Challenge
June 24, 2009Award-Winning Airline and Web Technology Company Host Sky-High Gamer Showdown at 35,000 Feet Virgin America has teamed up with Google to take cloud computing to new heights with the Day in the Cloud Challenge - the first-ever online puzzle challenge...
- What are tiny colored lines in Gmail?
May 30, 2009Some weeks ago, users of Google mail started to notice that tiny lines in red and light blue colors appeared next to (beside, on top, and/or under) the status of their contacts (see desktop screenshot image). What do they mean? No announcement from...
NASA, Google create Google Mars program
February 02, 2009The U.S. space agency and Google say they have teamed to produce a new mode in Google Earth that creates a high-resolution, 3-D view of Mars. Besides providing a rich, immersive 3-D view of Mars that will aid public understanding of Mars science, the...
Google Inc is sure about success of its bid for DoubleClick
October 29, 2007Google Inc. offered US$3.1 billion (2.29 billion EUR) bid for online ad tracker DoubleClick to win over EU and U.S. regulators. Rivals Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have also complained about the deal because it will make Google a stronger player...
Yahoo may topple Google to become the king of the Web
October 26, 2007Google has been knocking the cover off the ball for the last three years – showing increasing revenues, profit margins and market share gains, quarter over quarter. The company can't be stopped ... or can it? The company that really started...
Google buys Jaiku microblogging program
October 10, 2007Google Inc. has bought Finnish startup Jaiku, which makes a mobile phone application people can use to send short messages about where they are and what they are doing. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Google believes...
Microsoft Corp loses out to Google Inc in acquisition of online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc
September 28, 2007Google Inc.'s proposal to acquire online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. for $3.1 billion (2.19 billion EUR) needs close examination by federal regulators. At the same time, Microsoft Corp., which sought to acquire DoubleClick but lost out...
Quiet Microsoft PR seeks to stop Google
September 24, 2007Microsoft Corp. is campaigning with a U.S. public relations firm to squelch Google Inc.'s planned $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc., reports said. The firm hired Burson-Marsteller, the world's fifth-largest PR firm, to mount a quiet campaign...