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  • nerdfight

    Google's 'War' With Microsoft is a Shell Game

    The tech world is atwitter: Google just announced a new operating system, which will compete with Microsoft Windows. The only problem? It's not a new operating system, and it doesn't compete with Microsoft Windows. More »
    07/08/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Thomas Lord: Uh, Dave is kind of full of shit on that one. We'll understand the details of the new Google OS better... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • copyfight

    Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost You a Bundle in ASCAP Bills

    Fresh off a court victory against Google's YouTube, ASCAP tells us it is setting its sights on users of the video-sharing site. Welcome to the exciting world of copyright licensing, blogger; you may already owe gobs of money! More »
    07/08/09
    14,536
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Ricki-Oh: And so it begins. This time it's not the evil old RIAA or MPAA, it's an organization that actually makes... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • launches

    You Can Use GMail Now, It's Finally Ready

    Google finally dropped the "beta" label from GMail. A bit hasty, no? The product launched just half a decade ago; its inventor left Google barely 18 months back. Why the rush to commit? More »
    07/07/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by TedSez: I'd like to try it, but I'm still waiting for someone to send me an invite. 5 Responses | Other threads

  • youtube

    Newspaper Argues the Internet is Even Killing the Internet

    The Independent has a massive piece today on YouTube and how, despite having close to 350 million users worldwide per month, it's set to lose almost half a billion dollars this year. And it's all your fault, naturally. More »
    07/07/09
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by Airvault: That "twenty hours of video uploaded per minute" figure honestly amazes me, given that the majority of the videos uploaded... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • phones

    Google Voice Is Cool, But Do You Need It?

    You've read about the features, you saw the invites going out, but you might be wondering what, exactly, Google Voice could do for you. Here's our guide for the curious and uninvited on whether your phones need some Google juice. [Lifehacker]
    Feature
    07/01/09
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    By Kevin Purdy
  • media wars

    YouTube's Changing of the Guard

    YouTube co-founder Steve Chen has quietly left his baby behind, moving to a different Google division. Fellow co-founder Chad Hurley might leave too, PaidContent writes. Now comes a more Hollywood future for the video-sharing site. More »
    06/30/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by pepelicious: So why the picture of his mom? 1 Responses | Other threads

  • flackery

    It's Spy vs. Spy as Microsoft Mounts Whisper Campaign Against Google

    It's one thing for little nonprofit groups like Consumer Watchdog to hound Google for how it handles privacy and competitors. Much trickier for the company: A large corporation like Microsoft, can afford to whisper in reporters' ears, individually. More »
    06/29/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by TruPhan: So I'm guessing I'm supposed to choose a side here? Root for the little guy between who? Microsoft and... more » | Other threads

  • the internet

    Michael Jackson Traffic Melts Entire Internet

    Any doubts about Michael Jackson's megastardom should have ended after news of the singer's death tripped up Google and crashed AOL Instant Messenger, Wikipedia, TMZ and, of course, Twitter. A survey of the epic traffic: More »
    06/26/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by DahlELama: I find it decidedly fascinating that I have not seen a single comment from or mention of Deborah Rowe. Has... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • disasters

    How Google's Thirst for Power Might Bury San Francisco in Rubble

    With its many servers, Google devours electricity. And with search queries growing by 50%, it's only getting hungrier. The solution? Drill a two-mile-deep hole in the Earth, extracting geothermal energy and possibly destroying San Francisco with a terrible earthquake. More »
    06/25/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by resipsaloquacious: I, too, have been known to cause earthquakes whilst drilling. Ahem (straightens tie) 2 Responses | Other threads

  • rumormonger

    Layoffs Rumored at Mrs. Google's Genetics Company

    Genetics company 23AndMe can purportedly help you predict your health in decades to come, but we're hearing the three-year-old company can't even forecast its own near-term needs: A tipster tells us the company laid off seven employees. More »
    06/24/09
    4,252
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by the_k_record: Maybe they should hire Camille from NYC Prep. 1 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    Google Games Bite Newspapers

    Desperate for online advertising, newspapers have learned to aggressively optimize their content for Google. The result: more traffic. Junky traffic. More »
    06/22/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by BeverlyMioli: Nielson Online's data is not necessarily completely reliable. They have a panel of ~200,000 versus Compete's 2 mil and their... more » | Other threads

  • googleplex

    Google Moves in with Founder's Wife's Company

    Google's complicated relationship with its founder's wife just got more tangled. Anne Wojcicki's genetic-testing startup, 23andMe, not only took a second round of funding from the company — it's now cohabitating with the search giant. More »
    06/19/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by TouchedByAnOctopus: Anne had irritable bowel syndrome through the whole pregnancy. You would be in a conference room with her and she... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • valleyspeak

    Jargon from Hell Rides in on Google's Wave

    The open secret about Google's forthcoming product "Wave" is that no one knows what the hell it does. Here's the tech gibberish the Guardian used to describe the software after talking to Google co-founder Sergey Brin: More »
    06/17/09
    5,992
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Motoko Kusanagi: Wave is not at all hard to understand. 1. It's a shared document format. 2. Collaboration happens in real time,... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • cubicle culture

    Facebook Heckling Rampage By Kara Swisher

    As co-host of the Wall Street Journal's $5,000/head D conference, reporter Kara Swisher demands best behavior from her guests. Invite her to your startup, though, and she'll taunt your chef, heckle bizdev and mock your taste. More »
    06/16/09
    6,052
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by babyjesus: who gives a fuck about kara swisher or anyones cafeteria? why don't you give us something juicy (intended) like why facebook... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • panic

    Google's New Paranoia

    Former Intel chief Andy Grove famously believed that "only the paranoid survive" in Silicon Valley business. Co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page seem intent to inject this spirit back into fat, dominant Google. They're even worrying about Bing. More »
    06/15/09
    6,653
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by noonecaresowen: What am I missing about Bing? I tried it a few times and was less than impressed. I... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • toogle many googlers

    No Company Vacations for Googlers This Year

    To feel like a big, happy family, Google used to take everyone on an annual ski trip. The company grew so big it switched last year to Disneyland. This year, though, the All-Google trip is dead. More »
    06/10/09
    6,519
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by momof3wildkids: Vacations are supposed to be a time away from your workmates. Why, oh why, would you want to vacation... 6 Responses | Other threads

  • clips

    Microsoft's Bing Puts Google and Yahoo on the Defensive

    In the tech world, dominance can be lost with mere clicks, which in turn spring from mere thoughts. Perhaps that's why Google and Yahoo's CEOs are so quickly dismissing Microsoft's new search site, Bing. More »
    06/10/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by TheHonJudgeSmails: I have used it, and it is no better than anything else out there. Mindshare is really all that matters. 3 Responses | Other threads

  • videuhoh

    Yahoo CEO Can't Say 'Algorithmic'

    Here's Carol Bartz on Fox Business Network, explaining what sets Yahoo apart from Google. For one, the internet company is not all fancy sciencepants and "algothorithic" or "algomorthmic" or whatever. Indeed, it doesn't even know that word. More »
    06/08/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by nathanst: I don't have my dictionary handy, does algorithmic mean successful? If so than I have to agree with her that... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • valleywag

    Google Mentor Dead in Swimming Pool

    Rajeev Motwani, a computer science professor who mentored Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford, was found dead in the pool of his Atherton, California home. He was 47. More »
    06/08/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Steverino Begins: Maybe Gawker should disable comments for these types of posts. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • videuhoh

    Whoops: Microsoft Touts Search Accuracy Using Mistake

    How does Microsoft argue its search results are more correct than, say, Google's? With a commercial in which it accidentally claims the Breakfast Club was released a year later than it was. More »
    06/05/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by jasonelias: I agree with this commercial, the Breakfast Club was in 1986. Here's a few other correct dates. Shampoo was released in... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • labor

    Email Details Secret Google-Apple Deal on Employees

    Silicon Valley businessmen fancy themselves unflinching hard-core capitalists. Yet they hate to compete for workers — and the New York Times found an email to prove it. More »
    06/04/09
    8,813
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by sample032: It's one thing when companies agree to fix prices, but is agreeing to not do something--recruit each other's employees--really that... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • labor

    Were Valley Immigrants Traded Like Property? Feds Wonder

    Tech giants have long sought more work visas, saying they enrich immigrants. But a reported Justice Department investigation raises the possibility Google, Apple and Yahoo, among others, colluded to hold down wages. More »
    06/03/09
    3,082
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by gawkimo: It gets worse in H2-B (non-agricultural worker visas) and H2-A (argo). The rubes are petitioning the DOL to change the... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • software

    'Page's Law' Is Google Founder's Next-Best Shot at Immortality

    Speaking at Google's developer's conference in San Francisco today, Sergey Brin launched some fresh nomenclature into the jargony culture of computer programmers: "Page's Law." He was trying to make a point about the speed of Google's Web apps; instead he's done co-founder Larry Page a huge favor. More »
    05/28/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Conchie Birdie: "Page's Law" seems a too obvious to be a "law". 1 Responses | Other threads

  • apocalypse

    The World According to Twitter

    How distorted is Twitter's view of the world? That question is neatly answered by Topsy, a new search engine that's like Google, except sorted by the attention-deficit-disorder sufferers who live on Twitter. More »
    05/27/09
    5,682
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by FaceMelter: I always wanted a search engine for spam. more » | Other threads

  • print is dead

    Google's Newspaper That Wasn't

    Eric Schmidt now says Google thought about buying a newspaper but rejected the idea as "crossing the line" between technology and content. The real message for newspaper hacks: You're just not profitable. Compared with, say, TV and movies. More »
    05/20/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Nyarlathotep: Online video is a growth business. It will 'grow' into the $100B Cable/Satellite TV market. more » | Other threads

  • startups

    Clinging to Dying Web 2.0 Dreams

    Being a startup is way more fun than being a business. Which is why we see Twitter and Facebook in seeming economic denial this morning. Who wants to confront financial reality, like Google? More »
    05/19/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Lizstless: I've said it before and I'll say it again. Twitter can start making money whenever they want, and they know... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • publicity stunts

    Wake Us When Wolfram Alpha Can Solve an Actual Problem

    British physicist Stephen Wolfram today officially launched his new, massively-hyped search engine, Wolfram Alpha. Now for the inevitable letdown; and for the hard questions more journalists should have been asking weeks ago. More »
    05/18/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Matt Pirog: The journalistic prowess of the Valleywag contributors never ceases to amaze me. This is a fantastic tool for the scientific... 9 Responses | Other threads

  • rumormonger

    Google's 'Darth Vader'

    In flusher times, Google geeks set the agenda for company sales executives; distracting sidelines were encouraged. The recession — assisted by a new sales chief who apparently doesn't mind his diabolical reputation — foreclosed on such coddling. More »
    05/18/09
    6,143
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Nyarlathotep: Google places sponsor links above natural search results, which AOLers click, generating Google revenue. You're probably a Firefox user running Customise... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • housekeeping

    Valleywag: An Instruction Manual

    Dear Ryan:

    As I head to NBC to run its Bay Area site, I'm leaving you one Silicon Valley gossip blog, used but in good condition. A few thoughts on how to keep it that way. More »
    05/15/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by RheaPollstry: Is that Owen? Mmmmmm, I do luv me some bears. And working in a bar, no less! My heart is... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • print is dead

    Google Planning to Rob Bloggers to Pay New York Times

    Give the newspaper bosses this much: In their desperation to fix their dying businesses, they are going after logical targets. Google's rise has exactly nothing to do with their fall — but Google has money. More »
    05/14/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by Antilles_Prime: this should be fun. i do enjoy seeing google getting some hell in no small part because of their smugness. however. I definitely... more » | Other threads

  • Shut Up, Twitter

    Why #googlefail Is Really a #twitterfail

    An hour-long outage of some Google services this morning has turned into a full-fledged Twitter storm. What this really shows is a failure of Twitter to be meaningful and relevant to anything but Twitter. More »
    05/14/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by badasscat: I hereby coin the phrase "twitstorm" for this sort of thing. 3 Responses | Other threads

  • death of print

    Will David Geffen Gay Up the New York Times?

    Hello, Pink Lady! David Geffen, the wealthy friend of Dorothy, wants to buy the New York Times. Fantastic news for the paper's gay mafia. More »
    05/11/09
    5,495
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by WindowSeat: 'd lk t s ths pst r-wrttn s "Wll Crls Slm Spc p Th Nw Yrk Tms?" wth sm clrfl... 8 Responses | Other threads

  • print is dead

    How to Pry Money Out of Google

    The New York Times and Washington Post are in informal talks about the online news business. The obvious subtext: The newspapers want Google to pay for their headlines. They're going about it all wrong. More »
    05/11/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by Pope John Peeps II: Tell that to to CNET News, the tech news site which has won awards for its reporting. Owen, tech reporting isn't... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • politics

    Is Google Heading For an Antitrust Trainwreck?

    Everyone has misunderstood why Google, from CEO Eric Schmidt on down, is cozying up to Barack Obama. It's not out of some likeminded geekiness. It's out of desperation and fear. More »
    05/07/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by FormerEnglishMajor: Terrific incentive for all you guys who want to build a business - as soon as you succeed, Uncle Sam... 6 Responses | Other threads

  • rumormonger

    Could Apple Buy Twitter?

    Facebook tried to buy Twitter. Google and Microsoft have been giving the red-hot Internet-messaging startup the eye. But we hear it's Apple that's closest to sealing a deal, possibly for as much as $700 million. More »
    05/05/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by babyjesus: mission hipsters build websites? i thought they were all chillin in smoke shops waiting for the 1st and the 15th... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • antitrust

    Uh Oh, Google's in More Antitrust Trouble!

    Google's G1 is the biggest enemy of Apple's iPhone. And Apple is making a big push into the Web. So it's totally hunky-dory that Google and Apple share board members, right? Wrong, say antitrust cops. More »
    05/04/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by dontmindme: I absolutely have no pity, nor compassion, for any of those companies: Microsoft, Apple, or Google. May their... more » | Other threads

  • cubicle culture

    Jeering Googlers Bring Entitled Coworkers In Line

    Google is reportedly flooded with Yahoo résumés. We'd recommend an overtly modest approach to anyone who scores an interview: Google has lately been brutal in handling presumptuous, entitled transplants. More »
    05/04/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by pepelicious: What the fuck? This sounds like the first half of Full Metal Jacket with it's balls cut off. more » | Other threads

  • failure

    Yahoo Video: The $6 Billion Black Hole Implodes

    A source at Google tells us YouTube has seen a rush of résumés from engineers at Yahoo's rival video site, after a wave of layoffs last week that devastated the team. Is Yahoo Video done? More »
    05/04/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by NonaRareware: What the hell has Carol Bartz accomplished? So far nothing as far as I can see, she makes Yang look... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • exits

    Google's Still Got a Crush on Flickr, How Cute!

    Yahoo has started its latest round of layoffs, which hit its pixel-cute photo-sharing site Flickr, a formerly sacrosanct fiefdom. We hear Google has its eyes on some of the Flickr employees Yahoo let slip. More »
    04/30/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by twig: This post is a trainwreck; let me count the ways. 1. The conversation is a remarkable non-story. If Sergey... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • googleplex

    Is Working at Google a Brain Malfunction?

    Blogger Joe Clark, still fuming over the mathematical mistreatment of Google designer Doug Bowman, explains that Google is populated by people with cases of "extreme male brain."
    04/27/09
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    By Owen Thomas

    Comment by cassiemajestic: I'd hate to characterize brains by gender. That said, all my friends who work at Google are extremely arrogant and entitled.... 5 Responses | Other threads

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