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Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Google's dual-pronged operating-system strategy will likely produce a single OS down the road, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Google executives, including CEO Eric Schmidt, have downplayed the conflict ever since, ...

From TOM KRAZIT, Webware,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Sergey Brin,  Yahoo!

Judge sets February hearing for new Google Books deal

The judge overseeing the Google Books case has laid out the schedule for the second round of the final approval process, at the same time granting preliminary approval of the revised deal. After numerous interest groups and the Department of Justice ...

From TOM KRAZIT, Webware,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Denny Chin,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Yahoo!

Google has its own plan for Netbooks

Netbooks running Google's Chrome OS might be a little different from the standard Netbook, based on Google's specification requirements. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--There's still an awful lot about Google's Chrome OS project that remains up in the air, but ...

From TOM KRAZIT, Webware,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Tim Cook (politician),  Sergey Brin,  Yahoo!

Google releases Chrome OS source code

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Google has released the source code for its Chrome OS project, as it prepares to show off the lightweight operating system for the first time. Google has invited much of the technology press to an event here at its Mountain View, ...

From TOM KRAZIT, Webware,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Yahoo!

Yahoo adds photos, tweets to news search

Yahoo is adding more context to news searches, bringing photos, videos, and even tweets into its search results page. Searchers on Yahoo--who are dwindling--will find new results for newsy events Thursday, when Yahoo launches new tabs on the Yahoo ...

From TOM KRAZIT, Webware,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Twitter Inc

YouTube turning on automatic captions

Google is ready to launch an ambitious attempt to provide captions for videos on YouTube. The company is holding an event in Washington D.C. Thursday to announce that it has developed a way to use the voicemail transcription technology in Google Voice ...

From TOM KRAZIT, Webware,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Vint Cerf,  Yahoo!,  Microsoft Corporation

Rumors of a GPhone refuse to die

Is Google really thinking about making a substantial change to its business model by releasing the fabled GPhone? Would Google really consider derailing Droid momentum with its own phone? Techcrunch sparked the latest round of GPhone rumors Wednesday, ...

From TOM KRAZIT, Webware,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  AT&T Inc.,  Toshiba,  Motorola, Inc.

Google, Bing continue gains at Yahoo's expense

Yahoo continues to lose share in the search market, as Google and Microsoft pick up the difference. Comscore's measurement of the U.S. search market in October shows that Google--as usual--still dominates the search landscape. It now watches 65.4 ...

From TOM KRAZIT, Webware,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Nintendo

Google hosting Chrome OS demo event Thursday

Google appears ready to show off its progress in developing Chrome OS, with plans to host an event Thursday at its headquarters. Expect that to change Thursday. Google will "show a few demos," according to an invitation distributed to members of the ...

From TOM KRAZIT, Webware,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Microsoft Corporation,  Nintendo,  New York Mets,  America Online

Legal opinions now available in Google Scholar

Aimchair lawyers using Google have a new resource for finding legal opinions. It may not satisfy the needs of Google's lawyers as they research antitrust law, but Google Scholar now offers the full text of numerous legal opinions from throughout U.S. ...

From TOM KRAZIT, Webware,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Yahoo!,  Nintendo

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