slightlyshadyseo.com - 11/30/2008
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Unique Identifier - Chrome generates a unique id whether or not you agree to send your data to Google. If you agree to send it, this ID gets trasmitted. So what does that do? It makes it so they can identify you regardless of where your computer is, and regardless of cookies. It’s truly the ...
news.cnet.com - 12/2/2008
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news.cnet.com —
Google has published its plan to build into
Chrome what is arguably its most requested feature: the
ability to accept extensions that can customize how the open-source Web browser operates. And guess what? Google's dependence on advertising ...
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Google reveals Chrome extensions plan | Webware
extremetech.com - 11/25/2008
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extremetech.com —
There's really only one sanity test for a
browser: whether it runs fast for you . A
slow-loading, incompatible browser is one thing, but most modern browsers work fine for both Ford.com and Fark.com. The real issue is whether a browser loads fast for ...
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Which Web Browser is King? - OS, Software & Networking ...
makeuseof.com - 12/1/2008
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makeuseof.com —
No, not really. Stainless is a multi-process OS
X browser inspired by Google Chrome. If you haven’t
heard of Chrome - well, it is only the most popular, latest addition from Google to the existing line of internet browsers. Unlike other browsers like ...
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Stainless - Google Chrome’s Mac Twin [Mac Only]
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Google Knows Where I Am and Everything Else I Do
CenterNetworks —
... alerted me that my cell phone was ready for an upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.1 which apparently also set the GPS receiver to "on". This morning I went out for a walk, loaded Google Maps, clicked "use GPS" and started walking. This was my first time with my own GPS unit and damn is it precise. On my walk home I realized Google now knows where I've been walking. While I didn't login to use the Google Maps service, they could easily get that information.
XMCP wrote a post this weekend which looks at how Google tracks each of us as we use the net. Last ...
The End Of Online Anonymity
ReadWriteWeb —
... ." (If you want to jump even deeper down that rabbit hole, take a closer look at Google's User Data Empire). ...
Google SideWiki Extorts Google Network Participation
Search Engine Journal —
... with today’s announcement of SideWiki.
SiteWiki is basically a Google Toolbar addon which lets anyone with a Google account comment about your site or add content, to the SideWiki, which can appear on the side of your site. This gives Google expanded presence on ALL websites its toolbar users visit and will open up all kinds of online reputation management issues for businesses.
Let’s just review what they’ve done prior to this:
Acquiring huge amounts of data on people,*
Moving towards being the world’s ...
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