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YouTube to begin filtering copyrighted material

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: July 31, 2007

This news from the Times Online. The timeline given by Google says they're on pace to start implementing the technology in September. What that means for you is that you'll lose that ability to post your "Lazy Sunday" videos faster than ever before. The MPAA and RIAA must be licking... [Full Story]

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Google Earth Finds Penis On Top of School

Posted by · Published: December 13, 2006

Blah blah blah, all you want is the picture. (Surprisingly it is probably safe for work)... [Full Story]

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Google Pulling the Plug on Google Answers

Posted by · Published: November 29, 2006

After shriving on the vine for few years, Google decided to put Google Answers out to pasture. [metaphor alert] If you've never heard of it, Google Answers allowed people who wanted research done to post a question on-line and offer a bounty for the answer. When it started 4 years... [Full Story]

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What the Google/YouTube merger means to you

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: October 9, 2006

In a couple of words, not much. To Google? A whole lot. It was confirmed, today, that Google shelled out $1.65 billion for YouTube. I'll be the first one to say it: October 9, 2006, was the day that Google stopped being the best company on the planet. Either you're... [Full Story]

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Google to buy YouTube?

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: October 6, 2006

Oh, I just give up. Whilst trying to not talk about Google, yet again this week, I found me a nice little story about Windows Vista RC2 is now available to technical beta testers and how it could be released any day now...or not...when the start reality that every day... [Full Story]

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Google Code Search new, adds password-finding

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: October 5, 2006

Okay, so maybe that's a little unfair of a title, but it's getting old feeling sorry for dumb people who upload passwords. Yeah, people uploaded passwords to Google Code. Um, maybe I should explain. Today, Google Code added a search function. So, now, you can search all the code for... [Full Story]

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Matt Cutts explains PageRank

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: October 3, 2006

Last week, I got asked what the big deal about PageRank changing was. I said it was because it only changes every few months. Turns out I was wrong, but I had no way of verifying one way or the other. Matt Cutts, the guy who works at Google, and... [Full Story]

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Google is updating PageRank

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: September 29, 2006 · Comments (2)

Since Google doesn't like to announce what they're doing with their patented search technology, they don't tell us when they change the chief metric for figuring out how to rank your pages in search results. They call it PageRank, and it's incredibly important to rank high in it, as the... [Full Story]

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Picasa Web Albums Now Online

Posted by · Published: June 14, 2006

Google has activated the Picasa Web Album feature. Haven't tried it out myself, but this functionality's addition to Picasa's flashy interface and solid integration with Blogger make it a pretty attractive package. This feature prematurely poked its head out a few days ago, so it's no big shocker.... [Full Story]

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Google Marches On: Browser Synch

Posted by · Published: June 9, 2006 · Comments (1)

Google has released a browser synchronization plugin for Firefox. According to the plugin's README: Google Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings - including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords - across your computers. It also allows you to restore open tabs and... [Full Story]

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Google new offerings stiring up controversy

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: June 7, 2006 · Comments (1)

For once, the controversy isn't because they are ripping somebody else's idea off (though it might seem like they are aping Flikr). After Philipp Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped posted a screenshot at the Picassa website, the reaction came fast and furious: GOOGLE! STOP MAKING STUFF! Seriously, fellas, we're having a... [Full Story]

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Google AdSense crashes

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: May 27, 2006

From Google AdSense, in every language known to man, a couple alien and dog, I think: The Google AdSense website is temporarily unavailable. Please try back later. We apologize for any inconvenience. This would be a good time to stock up on shotgun shells and canned foods.... [Full Story]

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Picasa for Linux

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: May 26, 2006

Google released Picasa for Linux, the image storing/cataloging/editing application. ... [Full Story]

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Google to shut down Orkut communities

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: May 25, 2006 · Comments (2)

From USATODAY.com: Google (GOOG) said Wednesday that it has agreed to shut down some communities on its popular Orkut social networking site because the Brazilian government says they advocate violence and human rights violations. Google agreed to shut down any sites that violate Orkut's terms of service, which forbid "any... [Full Story]

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