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- Google Sites Moves Out Of the Enterprise
- Google Double or Indented Listings
- Larry Page: Google, Yahoo Deal is Workable
- We have a Doodle 4 Google national winner!
- Google Says It Will Defend Competitive Rationale of a Yahoo Deal
- Live Search Cashback: Microsoft gives you cash to ditch Google
Google Sites Becomes Open
Since not many people use Google Apps, Google Sites â which was tucked away inside â never mattered much.
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India: Google assists police in Orkut user’s arrest
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/ 2008/ 05/ 22/ india-google-assists-polic…With the arrest of Orkut user Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid last weekend, Google has joined Yahoo! on the list of multinational American internet companies that have enabled foreign law enforcement authorities to prosecute netizens in their countries; in this case, the 22 year-old Indian IT worker has been
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Yahoo and Microsoft search market share *combined* now less than half of Google’s
http://venturebeat.com/ 2008/ 05/ 22/ yahoo-and-microsoft-search-market-share-co…Perhaps you saw the writing on the wall yesterday with news that Microsoft is now basically paying users to use its search engine — yes, Google search share rose again in April. Google now controls 61.6 percent of all U.S. searches, according to comScore. This represents a 1.8 percent increase from its March 2008 share of 59.8 percent.
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Down on the server farm
http://memex.naughtons.org/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ 22/ 5129Interesting piece in this week’s Economist about the environmental impact of cloud computing. Internet firms, meanwhile, need ever larger amounts of computing power. Google is said to operate a global network of about three dozen data centres with, according to some estimates, more than 1m servers.
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Why Consumer Data Isn’t Telling You What You Need
http://www.grokdotcom.com/ 2008/ 05/ 22/ listening-to-customers/It’s not often I read an article and stand up and cheer. Well, a recent Advertising Age interview had me doing just that. And, yes, I did get some funny looks from those around me. Who had me doing the Tiger Woods I-just-made-another-eagle-putt fist pump? Avinash Kaushik.
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Doodle for Google winner
http://www.parentdish.com/ 2008/ 05/ 22/ doodle-for-google-winner/Filed under: Kids 5-7, Kids 8-11, Teens & tweens, Fun & activities, MediaWay back in February, I told you about a contest where kids in grades Kindergarten to 12 were invited to create a logo for the Google home page.
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Print Layout in Google Docs
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ print-layout-in-google-docs.htmlGoogle Docs has a new way of displaying documents: fixed-width page view (or print layout in Microsoft Word). Documents are more readable and look closer to the way they appear when printed. The previous mode (plain view, also called web layout in Microsoft Word) is available in the new View menu.
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Larry Page: Google, Yahoo Deal is Workable
http://www.appscout.com/ 2008/ 05/ larry_page_google_yahoo_deal_i_1.phpWebcast powered by Ustream.TV Google respects Yahoo's desire to remain independent, but believes there is a way to structure an advertising deal with the Internet company that would protect that autonomy while not running afoul of antitrust laws, according to Google co-founder Larry Page.
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Sixth Grader Wins Google Doodler Contest: Her Work on Homepage
http://www.appscout.com/ 2008/ 05/ sixth_grader_wins_google_doodl.phpIf you have logged onto Google's homepage today, you may have recognized that there is a new doodle (the one in the picture above). Doodles are those quirky logo designs only used on holidays, special events, or on the birthdays of Google's artists. The person responsible for today's design, however, does not work for the search engine giant.
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Jodie Foster Dumps Longtime Girlfriend - Gets New Girlfriend
http://www.babble.com/ CS/ blogs/ famecrawler/ archive/ 2008/ 05/ 22/ jodie-fost…Jodie Foster, 47, and long-time love of 14 years, Cydney Bernard, have reportedly split and it may be that another woman has swept Jodie off of her feet. Foster and Bernard have two children together - Charlies, 9, and Kit, 6. The National Enquirer claims a source said, "Jodie breaking up with Cydney is shocking.
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Take Your Google Wiki into the Web's Wild West
http://googlewatch.eweek.com/ content/ google_apps/ take_your_google_wiki_into_t…Now that Google has kicked the tires of its Sites wiki application for a few months, the company is comfortable opening things up a bit. Originally launched as a wiki for companies that wanted to use the service on their own domains, Google Sites is now available for anyone who wants to set up