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Google Vows ‘Strong Defence’ Against Oracle Lawsuit

Google has pledged to "strongly defend" open-source standards and protect its Android operating system from Oracle's patent infringement lawsuit

14 years ago

Google Talks With PayPal Over Android Payment Plan

Google is holding talks with PayPal over possibly using the e-commerce platform as an option for purchasing applications through the…

14 years ago

How Black Hat SEO Abuses Search Engines

Behind-the-scenes look at how search engine optimisation techniques are getting malware onto your computer, and what you can do to…

14 years ago

Facebook Users Fall Prey To ‘Dislike’ Button Scam

Facebook users are being targeted with a bogus "dislike" button application in a new survey scam, warns Sophos

14 years ago

Google Extends Voice Search for Android

Voice Actions allows the use of spoken commands for browsing, texting and making calls, similar to technology from Siri and…

14 years ago

Facebook Patches Photo Flaw

The social networking site has fixed a bug that could have allowed attackers to users' full names and photos, and…

14 years ago

Java Creator Admits ‘No Surprise’ Over Android Lawsuit

Java creator James Gosling has admitted he is not surprised at Oracle's lawsuit against Google over claims that Android OS…

14 years ago

Vodafone Backs Down In Row With Android Users

Vodafone has reversed its decision to install its own branded apps and bookmarks via a software update to its HTC…

14 years ago

ITV Responds To Apple TV Rebranding Rumours

Rumours that Apple is planning to rename its TV service as iTV have been met with cool defiance from Britain's…

14 years ago

Google Suit: Now We Know What Java Means To Oracle

Friday 13th could be a very unlucky day for Java, whatever the outcome of Oracle's lawsuit, says Peter Judge

14 years ago

Oracle Sues Google Over Android’s Java

Oracle claims that Google's Android OS breaks the Java patents it acquired from Sun

14 years ago

Google Chrome 6 Browser Goes to Beta

Google on 11 August launched Chrome 6 to beta, adding autofill to populate web forms automatically as users type in…

14 years ago

German Privacy Regulator Objects To Google Street View

Google is bringing Street View to 20 German cities in 2010 but offering users the opportunity to have images of…

14 years ago

Mobile Volunteering Is Toss – But In A Good Way?

Orange's mobile volunteering plans are social media wank, says Peter Judge, but maybe that's the point

14 years ago

Google Denies Spy Drone Reports

Google has vehemently denied reports that it is experimenting with spy drones or UAVs, typically used by special forces or…

14 years ago

Google Criticised Over Verizon Net Neutrality Plan

Strand Consult has offered an analysis of the net neutrality proposal that Google and Verizon have proposed to the FCC

14 years ago

Google Raided In Korea For ‘WiSpy’ Data

Google's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, has been raided by police looking for data gathered from unsecured Wi-Fi networks

14 years ago

Google, Verizon Announce Net Neutrality Plans

The net neutrality plan, proposed by Google and Verizon, would implement previously stated principles in FCC filings

14 years ago

Android 2.2 To Debut On Droid X Next Month

Motorola's Droid X smartphone will be upgraded to Google's Android 2.2 operating system in early September

14 years ago

British Shoppers Spend £71 A Month Online

UK consumers are spending more on online goods, with 42.6 percent buying once a week - but they don't trust…

14 years ago

Google Acquisitions Point To Social Networking Push

Google has agreed to acquire social application provider Slide, ostensibly to challenge Facebook's social network hegemony

14 years ago

Yahoo Previewing Infinite Browse Search

Yahoo is previewing Infinite Browse, a Yahoo News feature that adds relevant search content below news stories

14 years ago

Google Nexus One To Continue As Developer Phone

The Nexus One has received an extension to its life after Google made the smartphone its official phone for developers

14 years ago

Social Networking Costs UK Economy Billions

Social networking sites such as Facebook are Twitter are costing the British economy billions of pounds a year in lost…

14 years ago

Google Wave’s Demise Will Not Stall Social Integration

The crash of Google Wave does not mean social marketing is doomed, but should remind companies to invest in strategic…

14 years ago

Google Street View Cars Return To UK Roads

The cars have been returned to service, minus their Wi-Fi antennas, following the 'WiSpy' privacy controversy that erupted in May

14 years ago

VoIP Provider Vonage Gives Facebook A Voice

Vonage introduces an app that lets Facebook friends place free calls to each other over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G networks on…

14 years ago

Google Offers Multiple Account Sign-In Feature

Users now have the ability to sign into as many as three Google accounts at the same time, from the…

14 years ago

BT Reprimanded Over Fibre Advert Claims

Another communications provider is in trouble with the advertising regulator, after BT boasted that its fibre-based service could deliver the…

14 years ago

Google Waves Goodbye To Email Killer

The company claims that lack of customer uptake was behind the decision to pull the plug on Google Wave

14 years ago