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Exclusive: Google wants to Wave hello to Microsoft and Apple
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Google Wave developer Lars Rasmussen has told TechRadar that he would love to see Microsoft, Facebook and Apple all producing their takes on Wave technology. Google's communications meets productivity tool is already causing, ahem, waves, with a massive oversubscription of people wanting to test the pre-beta 'preview' build, which is currently available by invite only. Rasmussen, who is the co-creator of Wave, is keen for the tool to be as open as possible, and for other major companies to join in and make their own tools – as long as they remain interoperable. Facebook "We've taken inspiration from a million places including Facebook," said ...
Mandelson pushes ahead with 'three strikes' policy
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Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has claimed that the government will cut off repeat piracy offenders from the internet. Showing a shocking lack of basic knowledge of how internet technology works, Lord Mandelson wants repeat offenders' internet connections disconnected within 15 months from their offence. Details on how this will be policed, funded and how repeat offenders will be stopped from connecting to the internet via a different ISP (using a different name/identity where necessary) were not outlined. Mandy outlined how the cut-off plan will be a two stage process. Stage one is receiving a warning letter, following by an (indefinite) number of further warning ...
Google helps you cut your 'leccy bills
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Google Powermeter launches in the UK this week, helping you make those all-important savings on your domestic energy bills. And helping to save the planet from the looming environmental apocalypse we've been expecting to hit any day now, too. Natch! Cambridge -based AlertMe is Google's first device partner for the service. Energy-saving competitions Google Powermeter uses smart meters to let you know exactly how much energy you're using. However, you will need to invest in an AlertMe Energy smart meter which will set you back £69 and £3 a month thereafter. But you'll soon make that back in the savings you make, with household energy ...
MySpace and Google team up for musical search
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Google has teamed up with social network MySpace to make music more searchable, allowing you get snippets of tracks. The service between the two internet giants will also provide links to buy tracks, and uses iLike – the music service that MySpace just purchased as one of the 'listen on' options. "Today, we're rolling out a search feature that does just that by enabling you to search and more easily discover millions of songs, all via a simple Google web search," said Google. "If you're searching for music, "time to result" is really "time to music." Music related query "Now, when you enter a music-related query — like the name of a ...
Facebook outlines its future to developers
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The near-future of Facebook has been laid out, with third-party developers being handed the option to ask for user emails and the potential for embedded Facebook content in other websites. The timeline has been rolled out for Facebook's developer community, but hold some interesting information as to what we can expect from the social networking behemoth. As well as tweaks like simplified navigation and more prominent dashboards for applications, we can also look forward to seeing 'many' Facebook features hosted on websites outside of the main site. Open Graph API The Open Graph API apparently brings functionality so that 'Any page on the ...
Gary Marshall: Is there anything on the planet Google doesn't want for dinner?
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In the last few days, Google has announced yet more pies that it's jabbing its giant fingers into: music, turn-by-turn navigation and smart electricity meters. So if you're involved in the music discovery business or the sat-nav business, it's probably a good time to be polishing up your CV. Then again, if you work in any industry whatsoever it's probably a good idea to brush up on your CV. Is there any industry Google doesn't want to be in? In software Google does not just search tools but browsers, mapping programs, 3D modelling, photo editing, voice chat, email and instant messaging. Online it does word processing, calendars, RSS reading, ...
