Google worm targets AOL, Yahoo
Date: 2004-12-27 Source: News.com
After Google took measures to prevent the worm from executing Google searches for the faulty bulletin board software, Santy variants are making the rounds using AOL and Yahoo search, according to security firms, and are still targeting Google as well. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Larry Page And Sergey Brin: Information At Warp Speed
Date: 2004-12-27 Source: BusinessWeek
As part of its anniversary celebration, BusinessWeek is presenting a series of weekly profiles of the greatest innovators of the past 75 years. Some made their mark in science or technology; others in management, finance, marketing, or government. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Will Google stay as hot as its lava lamps?
Date: 2004-12-27 Source: News.com
Although Google has signed on big-name talent from major companies such as Microsoft, its hurdles include retaining newly minted millionaires who helped build the company before its initial public stock offering earlier this year. Google also faces the challenges of attracting new workers without the lure of pre-IPO stock. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google's search for security
Date: 2004-12-22 Source: News.com
When the Santy.A worm started spreading on Tuesday, Mikko Hypponen knew he had a way to stop the worm in its tracks. The only problem: He had trouble finding the right people to talk to at Google. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google/Yahoo Rivalry Moves Into 2005
Date: 2004-12-21 Source: Yahoo! News
Web surfers with broadband already spend 22 percent more time on Yahoo's site than visitors using dial-up, Schachter said. Broadband users spend 3 percent more time on Google's bare-bones site. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Net worm using Google to spread
Date: 2004-12-21 Source: News.com
A Web worm that identifies potential victims by searching Google is spreading among online bulletin boards using a vulnerable version of the program phpBB, security professionals said on Tuesday. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Paper on cracking Google Desktop Search
Date: 2004-12-20 Source: Greg Linden's Blog
Seth Nielson, Seth Fogarty, and Dan Wallach released a paper, "Attacks on Local Search Tools"(PDF), that discusses in detail the widely reported security flaw in Google Desktop Search. The paper is worth reading. Most interesting are the details on the implementation of Google Desktop Search. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Froogle turns to Web for product reviews
Date: 2004-12-16 Source: News.com
In a move to make its site a one-stop online shopping service, Google has started taking snippets of editorial and consumer reviews from sites such as Bizrate.com, Circuit City and CNET, and pairing them with select electronics such as Apple Computer's iPod and Canon's Powershot. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Gets Off Task
Date: 2004-12-15 Source: eWeek
And while Google continues its love affair with the mostly uncritical media, the announcement really—to me, anyway—spotlights how much better Google has become at finding content to index than it is at providing useful search results. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
What’s Next for Google
Date: 2004-12-15 Source: Technology Review
Google should first create APIs for Web search services and make sure they become the industry standard. It should do everything it can to achieve that end—including, if necessary, merging with Yahoo. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The Library of Google
Date: 2004-12-14 Source: Wired
Stacks of hard-to-find books are being scanned into Google's widely used internet search engine in its attempt to establish a massive online reading room for five major libraries. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google-Geico Trial Begins Today
Date: 2004-12-13 Source: MediaDailyNews
The result in the closely watched trial could force Google to change its keyword bidding practices--believed to account for a significant portion of Google's revenue. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Has A New One for the Labs -- Google Suggest
Date: 2004-12-10 Source: ResearchBuzz
Google Suggest looks like the regular Google search, except as you type in keywords Google -- surprise! -- tries to guess what you could be typing. The really nifty thing is that it includes search counts with these suggestions. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Magazine Search?
Date: 2004-12-09 Source: InternetNews.com
The application illuminates possible plans by the Mountain View, Calif.-based search leader to enable search of printed material, offer pay-per-view documents, scanned documents with clickable ads and even the ability for print publishers to swap out ads in digital copies of their printed pages. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Testing Animated GIF Ads
Date: 2004-12-08 Source: ClickZ
The new animated ads will appear on the Web sites of AdSense publishers who have opted-in to display image advertisements, and won't be displayed on Google.com. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google opens Tokyo research centre
Date: 2004-12-03 Source: ComputerWeekly.com
The centre's role in Google's global R&D network is yet to be defined and will be shaped by the people who are hired to work there, said Howard Gobioff, the centre's engineering director and principal engineer.
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