googlewatch.eweek.com - 12/11/2008
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Kudos to my former InternetNews colleague Andy Patrizio for ferreting out a fascinating new Google rumor we can tease each other with for weeks and months to come . This conspicuous specter? GOS, or the Google Operating System . Andy interviewed Net Applications about an anomaly the stat ...
online.wsj.com - 12/15/2008
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online.wsj.com —
VISHESH KUMAR and CHRISTOPHER RHOADS The celebrated openness
of the Internet -- network providers are not supposed...
to give preferential treatment to any traffic -- is quietly losing powerful defenders. Google Inc. has approached major cable and phone ...
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Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web
googleblog.blogspot.com - 12/11/2008
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googleblog.blogspot.com —
Since we first released Google Chrome , the
development team has been hard at work improving the...
stability and overall performance of the browser. In just 100 days, we have reached more than 10 million active users around the world (on all seven ...
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Official Google Blog: Google Chrome (BETA)
techcrunch.com - 12/10/2008
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techcrunch.com —
Google vice president Marissa Mayer announced Google Chrome
is coming out of beta in an interview with...
Michael Arrington at LeWeb 08. The Google’s open source browser has a number of eager customers, including OEMs who can’t offer the ...
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Google takes Chrome out of Beta
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Google Developers Say Native Client Bridges Gap Between Web, Desktop Applications
eWeek - RSS Feeds —
... to address the Web operating system question. They did discuss Native Client, a new open source technology designed to complement JavaScript, Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe AIR and Flash. Native Client is geared to address the security issues inherent in leveraging native computer code in application development, helping Google bridge the performance gap between Web and desktop applications. What would make a Web operating system anyway? Net Applications made waves last week when it told reporters Google is masking origins of some of the traffic streaming out of its Mountain ...
The Ghost of Netscape Past is Google
Microsoft Watch —
... million units by year's end; within the device are a compelling mobile operating system and Web browser. Android: Google adds Sony Ericsson, Vodaphone and 12 other companies to its Open Handset Alliance. Windows Mobile: Apple's iPhone OS sales exceed Windows Mobile , which has a last-century browser and no clear future. Chrome: The Google browser and Internet Explorer rival emerges from beta after only 100 days. Mystery OS: Googlers appear to be running a clandestine operating system that might be a Web-based alternative to Windows .
An FAQ about those Android netbooks
VentureBeat —
... We don’t know. To our best knowledge we all can only speculate as eWeek recently did when they reported that a third of traffic streaming out of Google’s Mountain View headquarters is stripped of the usual identifying information that accompanies such traffic. Android needs substantial additional effort to be ready for mass adoption as an OS for PCs and laptops — but who knows what Google is planning. Chrome and Android itself were in development for many years before they were revealed to the ...
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Google: A little more like Microsoft every day
news.cnet.com 12/16/2008 — Recently, Google made a series of changes to its Chrome end-user license agreement, including the removal of language that describes how users can terminate their relationship with Google, as ReadWriteWeb discovered . Evil? Nah. That's likely just ...
Why Google Employees Quit
techcrunch.com 1/18/2009 — In 2008 Google HR set up a private Google Group to ask former employees why they left the company. We’ve been forwarded what appears to be authentic posts to the thread by a number of ex-Googlers, which we reprint below minus identifying ...
Operating System Grist for the Google Rumor Mill
ostatic.com 12/8/2008 —
Last week, Net Applications reported Microsoft's operating system share had fallen below the 90 percent mark on the 40,000 or so websites where it gathers its traffic statistics. InternetNews is reporting that Net Applications made another ...
47 Google Products That Don't Make Money On Their Own (GOOG)
alleyinsider.com 1/8/2009 — Insiders credit Google CFO Patrick Pichette -- who when he joined the company said he intended to "feed the winners," and "starve the losers" -- with bringing new disicipline to company. One told us that Patrick has been "taking on a lot of the ...
Which Google Products Make Money?
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Predictions for Google's 2009
googlesystem.blogspot.com 12/26/2008 — 1. 10% market share for Google Chrome. 2. Google's search engine will lose a significant amount of market share as Live Search's position will consolidate. 3. Google's Q&A; service, used to implement Google help forums , will become a part of Google ...
Defending Google
buzzmachine.com 11/17/2008 — Tuesday night, I’m joining in an NPR Intelligence Squared debate - Oxford format - on the motion, Google violates its “don’t be evil” motto . I’m speaking against - surprise, surprise. Esther Dyson and and Jim Harper of ...
Why Google Needs the GDrive to Fight Microsoft [GigaOM]
gigaom.com 2/1/2009 — The Internet is abuzz these days with speculation over the launch of a new online storage offering from Google said to be dubbed GDrive. The service would apparently be bundled with Google Pack , the company’s software download offering that ...
Does Google Really Want Net Neutrality?
readwriteweb.com 12/15/2008 — According to a report in the Wall Street Journal today, Google has approached major broadband providers in an attempt to get a "fast lane" for its content over the Internet.
If true, the Father of the Internet, Vint Cerf may be reconsidering his ...
Google shifts Chrome browser out of test mode —
SFGate: Technology 12/11/2008
Google Inc. is shifting its Web browser out of test mode just 100 days after its debut, an unusually quick transition for a company known for keeping the "beta" tag on some products for years. Thursday's removal of the test label from Google's ...
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