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7 min ago | Fox News

Google to Build Next-Gen PCs

Google's announcement last week that it plans to launch a new quantum computing laboratory with NASA may have boosted a highly specialized and slightly obscure field of study into a more mainstream light.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Emerging Technology, Science / Technology, NASA, Internet, Harvard University, Space

4 hrs ago | TheStreet.com

Wahlman: Nvidia Is Google's Weapon of Choice

Among the biggest fights Google is engaging, are the following three: In the last few days, it appears that Google's weapon of choice to fight these three battles may be Nvidia Apple and the iPhone/iPad: At the annual Google i/o developer conference last week, the Android development leadership was on stage and answered questions from the very ... (more)

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Facebook, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Apple, iPhone

Mon May 20, 2013

The Miami Herald

Under Mayer: Boosting mobile, buying companies

Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Emerging Technology, Google, Enterprise Mobile, Tumblr, Internet, Science / Technology

ComputerWorld

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are secret backers behind European Privacy Association

After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

ComputerWorld

Telstra in the sights of Privacy Commissioner

Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has begun an investigation after some Telstra customer's phone numbers, names and home addresses contained in spreadsheets were found online during a Google search.

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Related Topix: The Office, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology

Search Engine Watch

Google News Snippets, YouTube Embedded Videos Face Legal Challenges in Germany

Webmasters will need to be much more careful about quoting content from online German publications after a new online copyright law comes into effect in Germany on August 1. The law, which targets search engines that provide snippets, originally would have given news sites the ability to seek monetary compensation for the supposed lost revenue ... (more)

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet, Google, Startups, Emerging Technology

Reuters

Jon Stewart's humor a hit with millions of envious Chinese

Humor may not always translate well, but Jon Stewart is picking up millions of fans in China, where his gloves-off political satire is refreshing for many in a country where such criticism is a rarity - especially when directed at their own leaders.

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Related Topix: The Daily Show, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Media, Computers, Sina, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, World News, China

International Business Times

Yahoo Is Purchasing Tumblr For $1 Billion. Will Yahoo Kill The Uber-Hip Blogging Platform?

It's official: After several days of rumors, Yahoo [NASDAQ: YHOO] has all but confirmed that it will be purchasing the blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Tumblr, Blog News, Tellme, WebMD, Emerging Technology

KurzweilAI.net

NSA Google search tips

A book Untangling the Web: A Guide to Internet Research produced by the The National Security Agency to uncover intelligence hiding on the web has just been released by the NSA, following a FOIA request, Wired reports .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet, Emerging Technology

Sun May 19, 2013

The New Zealand Herald

Debbie Mayo-Smith: Guy Kawasaki on positive influence

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to spend $85 to see Guy Kawasaki present at the Air New Zealand Social Media Breakfast last Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Marketing

GigaOM

Why we can't quite seem to make up our minds about Google

We admire Google. We're impressed by Google's accomplishments. But we're wary of Google's relentless ambition and its at-times curious thoughts about our world.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Larry Page, Apple, iPhone, Marketing

Sunday Herald

It's not an accident Westminster's financial system allows tax avoidance ... it's designed that way

You might have heard, for example, that Google made 2.5 billion in revenues in Britain in 2011 but paid only 6 million in corporation tax.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Opinion

The Orlando Sentinel

Google Maps helps abducted Chinese man find kin after 23 years

Beijing .- A 28-year-old Chinese man who was kidnapped 23 years ago and sold to a family 1,500 kilometers from his home, has met up with his biological parents again thanks to Google Maps, Hunan TV said Friday.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet, Google, Startups, Emerging Technology

Daily Mail

Google tax avoidance row: Internet giant accused of 'scandalous' tax ...

'Google is cheating British taxpayers out of millions... what they are doing is just immoral': Web giant accused of running 'scandalous' tax avoidance scheme by whistleblower A former Google executive turned whistleblower says he has 100,000 emails that expose the 'immoral' tax avoidance scheme used by his former employer.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology

Knoxville News Sentinel

Scripps uncovered security risks for some Lifeline phone customers

Customers of Lifeline, a federal program for low-income Americans, benefit by getting discounted phone service.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Science / Technology, Internet, Sports

Insider Monkey

Google Inc (GOOG) vs Apple Inc. (AAPL): Who Wins in the Ecosystem Battle?

When investors think Apple Inc. , they often think of the company's ecosystem. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn has long argued for Apple Inc.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Apple, iPod touch App, iPad App, Google+, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Emerging Technology, Chrome, Skype

Sat May 18, 2013

I programmer

Intern at Google - Film, Fiction and Fact

A job at Google - who wouldn't leap at the chance. In this movie, being released in June, two recently laid off 40-something salesmen have got an interview for an internship at Google that might in turn lead to a job.

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Related Topix: ITA Software, Google, Startups, WebMD, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology, AdMob

Digital Video Editing

Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?

Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology, Computers, Cameras, Camcorders

The Motley Fool

Google Offers a Suggestion to the Utility Industry

Creative ideas come from everywhere, but it's not often you see a search engine giving utilities business advice.

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Related Topix: ITA Software, Google, Startups, WebMD, Widevine Technologies, Emerging Technology, AdMob

The Guardian

Don't be fooled by Google's Prius-driving babyfacery | Marina Hyde

Young tech firms would have us believe they represent a new model of business. Too often, their tax affairs tell a different story 'You know most of them would be sitting down with Pyongyang in a heartbeat if they thought there was a few extra quid in it.' Illustration by Otto Whenever I think of those iconoclasts at Google, changing the very ... (more)

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