Google has acquired more than 1,000 patents from IBM in order to pad its portfolio. Patent litigation is a theater of the absurd in most cases, but it has evolved into a standard business practice among tech companies, and Google needs more fodder to defend itself. Once upon a time, a patent had a purpose....Read More
It may be a good time to bring Chrome to your living room HDTV if you haven’t already. That’s because Logitech, a maker of mice, webcams and other computer peripherals, is slashing the price of its Revue Google TV set-top box to just $99, down from $249. The Revue lets users search for things they’re...Read More
(Credit: Paul Ford) Google, banging its make-the-Web-faster drum again, announced a new service today to rewrite and host others’ Web pages so browsers can load them faster. But this time, the service isn’t free. The company’s earlier moves in this area haven’t cost a cent, but Google will charge for the new Page Speed Service...Read More
Miriam Salpeter If you have an ear to the online sphere, you know Google+, Google’s newest social platform, is all the rage. While Google+ is still in invitation-only mode, early results indicate it could be a keeper. The Wall Street Journal estimates Google+ had 20 million visitors in three weeks. (Google declines to comment, and...Read More
Computerworld – Early reaction was mixed to the 2,000 layoffs announced Monday by BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, as several analysts said RIM continues to face problems from aggressive smartphone and tablet competitors such as Apple and Google. The job cuts amount to more than 10% of Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM’s 19,000-person workforce. “Those 2,000 jobs,...Read More
Boss of the Year Entry Form Now that we’ve thrown ’em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they’re required. Article source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/25/judge-tells-oracle-to-rethink-2-6-billion-claim-against-google/Read More
Boss of the Year Entry Form Now that we’ve thrown ’em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they’re required. Article source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/22/google-celebrates-alexander-calder-and-spinning-things-with-html/Read More
July 21, 2011, 10:23 PM — flickr/khawkins04 Google, that hotbed of employee innovation thanks to generous free time available to chase ideas, has announced it’s locking up Google Labs. Google CEO Larry Page used the term “putting more wood behind fewer arrows” about shutting down Google Health and Google PowerMeter. While those of us who...Read More
Google is shutting down its Google Labs experimental project incubator as part of an effort at “simplifying and streamlining” the company’s product lines, the search giant revealed on its official blog Wednesday. Referencing Google CEO Larry Page’s recent memo to employees explaining the company’s decision to retire its Google Health and PowerMeter services, Bill Coughran,...Read More
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