Oops! Google accidentally deletes its blog
Google has admitted that it accidentally deleted its own official blog on Monday night. "We've determined the cause of tonight's outage. The blog was mistakenly deleted by us (d'oh!) which allowed the blog address to be temporarily claimed by another user. This was not a hack, and nobody guessed our password. Our bad," Jason Goldman, Blogger Product Manager, wrote in a posting on the Google Blog. Apparently, the Google Blog was unavailable for a short time on Monday.Read More → ^ TOP
Google's security woes continue
Google's problems controlling information seem to keep on going and going ...Read More → ^ TOP
Google's New Look Through Javascript
ZDNet's "Googling Google" blogger Garett Rogers found a Javascript trick that unveils the occasionally glimpsed new look of Google's search results to Firefox users.Read More → ^ TOP
Web Site Files Complaint Against Google
Google Inc.'s mysterious methods for ranking Web sites came under attack Friday in a lawsuit accusing the online search engine leader of ruining scores of Internet businesses that have been wrongfully banished from its index.Read More → ^ TOP
CoffeeCup Drinks Print Ads On Google's Tab
The search advertising company's attempt at auctioning off space in a number of magazines largely failed to deliver significant returns to Google.Read More → ^ TOP
Google's Privacy Win Could Be Pyrrhic Victory
Google scored a partial victory in its battle to keep its search data out of the hands of the government. It may be a costly win.Read More → ^ TOP
Google Hires Fortunate Son
The honeymoon's over when you have to plant somebody in D.C. on your behalf. As dewy-eyed and dreamy as Google seemed in the beginning, the search giant learned how to play hardball real quick, hiring a lobbying firm with a direct line to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.Read More → ^ TOP
Google Finance: Simple, Sophisticated
The search advertising company launched its financial news site last night, with an interesting take on meshing stock charts and news related to a company.Read More → ^ TOP
Judge Stiffarms DoJ In Google Case
What began as a quest for virtually unfettered access to Google's database of search information by the Department of Justice has ended with a judge's decision that the DoJ receive 50,000 URLs retrieved with Google's search engine, and zero queries.Read More → ^ TOP
KinderStart Sues Google Over PageRank
KinderStart filed suit yesterday in U.S. District Court in San Jose alleging that Google improperly "blacklisted" its website.Read More → ^ TOP
Google, AOL Need More Time To Consummate
The billion-dollar investment Google will make with AOL has proved complex enough to require Google to move the anticipated completion date for the deal to the second quarter of '06.Read More → ^ TOP
Google News foiled by teen
A 15 year old managed to fool Google’s news system into publishing a press release saying that the outfit had just hired him. Read More → ^ TOPFCC Sucks, Says Google Lawyer
The war of words between major content providers and the telecom companies escalated nicely during the opening of the VON conference in San Jose, drawing the federal government into the fray.Read More → ^ TOP
Google and DOJ back in court today
Google and the US government go back to court today to decide if the search giant should hand over records of user searches.The Justice Department asked Google in January to hand over a week's worth of searches. Google refused saying the demand was unreasonable and not likely to provide useful information. The government is seeking the information to strengthen laws designed to protect children from viewing unsuitable content online.
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DOJ, Google Battle In Court Tuesday
The Department of Justice has asked the presiding judge in Gonzales v. Google to impose a 21-day deadline for Google to hand over the search records DOJ requested in August 2005.Read More → ^ TOP
American Airlines Flies Subpoena To Google
An excerpt of a copyrighted training video that showed up on Google Video has led American to demand the identity of the uploader via a subpoena.Read More → ^ TOP
Google offers MS-style Seattlement for click fraud suit
Google will pay $90 million to settle a class action click fraud lawsuit. Any web site operator who was also a Google ad network partner who can show improper charges over the past four years will be eligible for damages.Read More → ^ TOP
Google Leaks Internal Forecast
Google let the cat out of the bag on March 2 when the company accidentally posted internal information to its investor relations website, the company confirmed in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing Tuesday.Read More → ^ TOP
Google goes gaga for Opteron
Google has become an Opteron convert despite having Intel CEO Paul Otellini on its board, according to an analyst report.Read More → ^ TOP
Google Search Records Leaving China
By moving Google.cn search records out of China, the company hopes to protect users their from government mischief.Read More → ^ TOP
Google Breaks Free From Intel With AMD
New servers purchased by Google will contain Opteron processors from AMD instead of models from Intel, an analyst firm said.Read More → ^ TOP
