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Telephone calling comes to Gmail

Gmail is going Skype: adding telephone calls to its popular Gmail email application, and tying them together with its Google Voice app. Since 2005, Gmail users have been able to talk ...

Why Google Live Search Creeps Me Out

Robert X. Cringely, Infoworld - Google watches as you type in search words and displays "live" results in real time -- in this search experiment, we're all guinea pigs. Contrary to popular ...

Googling a hire power: should employers use the net to vet?

Asher Moses - Would you want a potential employer digging something like this up from your Facebook or Flickr page? Photo: Flickr/Zach Norris Using Google to check for skeletons in potential ...

Google Street View: ‘dead girl’ sparks panic after photographed lying down

A schoolgirl sparked panic after she was photographed lying face down and seemingly dead on Google Street View. People living in Middle Road, St John's, Worcester, were so concerned they contacted ...

Google defends net neutrality stance

By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor - Search giant posts new blog entry debunking ‘myths’ about its net neutrality proposals announced earlier this week. Photo: AFP Google has responded to critics ...

Oracle Sues Google, Saying Android Violates Java Copyrights

By DON CLARK And CARI TUNA Oracle Corp. sued Google Inc. for patent and copyright infringement, a surprise move that could cast a legal cloud over the growing number of cellphones ...

Google changes trademark ad policy in Europe

By Leila Abboud and Kate Holton, PARIS (Reuters) - Google is set to allow advertisers in Europe to use rivals' trademarks when bidding for online ads in a move that will ...

Google Says Censorship Not Obstacle to Its Middle East Growth

By Vivian Salama and Heidi Couch - Google Inc. chairman and chief executive officer Eric Schmidt. Photographer: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg. Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular Internet search engine, said ...

So Korea police raid Google over Street View service

South Korean police investigators raided Google's Seoul offices on Tuesday on suspicion the Internet search company was illegally gathering personal information for its street mapping service. Police official Ahn Chang-soo said ...

Skype files for IPO of up to $100 million

(Reuters) - Internet-based phone service Skype filed with U.S. regulators on Monday to raise up to $100 million (62 million pounds) in an initial public offering of American Depositary Shares. The ...

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Washington Post
Web health claims likely target in UK online crackdown
NutraIngredients.com
A scan of corporate websites and social networking tools conducted by NutraIngredients reveals a plethora of messages that contravene EU health claim laws, ...

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Digital Carter returns, uncensored
Register
Carter's view now that he was back in industry was that the cost of red tape that came with doing business in 27 EU countries was too high. ...

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ConnectedPlanet (blog)
* China's Tencent buys Google-backed social-networking co: report
Financial Times (blog)
London-based Vedanta said last week it had agreed to buy a majority stake in Cairn India from its UK-based parent Cairn Energy, although the country's trade ...

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The Guardian (blog)
• Sony to challenge Apple with video service: report >> Reuters • Washington Post suspends columnist for Twitter hoax >> NYT • How to train Google's email ...
The Guardian
James Lawton: Cohen warns Capello: call up Arteta and the national game will ...
Independent
Not one to recommend the Daily Mail and google can take you to the dark side but for those looking for reasons to encourage assimilation this link is a ...

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Google seeks UK privacy lobbyist
Register
Google UK's new lawyer will also presumably be working with Peter Fleischer, the Paris-based global Privacy Counsel. He's a man who knows the perils of ...
EU's Google verdict may not quash complaints
CITY A.M.
The new regime will, in certain circumstances, allow advertisers for the first time in the UK to use third party trade marks in advertisements that appear ...

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