Buzz, which registered all Gmail users into a social network based around their contacts, was widely criticised when it was first launched by Google in February.
The reason for the criticism was because users had very little control over who could see their network of contacts. And because of this, some Gmail users took Google to court saying that the Buzz network violated personal privacy.
Despite the 114MW of wind power capacity that it purchased from an Iowa wind farm for the next 20 years, Google will not be using this renewable energy to power its data centers anytime soon, according to a report by Forrester Research analyst Doug Washburn.
In April, Google revealed it formed its new subsidiary, Google Earth, to purchase and sell power on the wholesale market.
Google Inc. is gearing up to sell its e-mail and other Web-hosted applications to a wider range of government agencies after winning a prized security clearance.
In what could be the end to a long stand-off, Chinese authorities have reportedly reauthorized search engine giant Google (google.com) to operate its website in China.
Two of the five major web servers gained hostnames in the last month, according to the June 2010 Web Server Survey from Web analytics provider Netcraft.
Google is using Internet freedom as a rallying cry in its confrontation with China.
But the deafening silence from U.S. corporations underscores how increasingly isolated Google looks in its hope to rewrite the rules in the country with the biggest number of Internet users.
Google (GOOG) who recently announced that they would be pulling out of China, due to not reaching an agreement over censorship have now criticised Australia over a controversial plan to filter the Internet. Google stated its main concern with Australia''s proposal was that the scope of content to be filtered is too wide.
Intel and Sony are rumoured to have partnered with Google to launch TV Service through its Android Operating System. In what seems like a fantastic move from Google, exact details have not been released as of yet.
Internet Content will most likely be a big feature as TV’s up until now have not had the best Web service through existing set top boxes.
Google (GOOG) indicated in the later part of 2009 that it would be releasing its next-generation search infrastructure “Caffeine” just after the New Year, but as yet there are no signs of the mysterious indexing system overhaul. Google’s search team has indicated though that it has already deployed.
In a somewhat indirect response to Google's (www.google.com) announcement that it will stop complying with Chinese censorship of its operations there, the Chinese government has said it welcomes Internet companies from outside the country, however, they must obey laws that restrict their content.
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