After deciding to discontinue its Browser Sync, Google has decided to make the code open source to let developers continue hacking.Browser Sync is an extension for Firefox that regularly synchronises your settings like bookmarks, browsing history, cookies, saved passwords, tabs and open windows across your different computers and sessions.A Google account is required to store [...]

For a long time, the only personal scheduling tool I used on a regular basis was the one that shipped with my PalmPilot. Over the last couple of years, though, I’ve gradually shifted my loyalties to Google Calendar: not only is it more Web-aware, but it also makes it easy to share news about events, [...]

Google and eBay have joined forces to protect users from spam and malicious emails by leveraging an authentication technology called DomainKeys.

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An examination of spam originating from the major free e-mail providers shows that like consumers, spammers prefer Google.In a three-week period from mid-June to this month, e-mail filtering firm Roaring Penguin said it saw an explosion of spam originating from Gmail, while Microsoft Hotmail and Yahoo Mail remained flat.The company attributes this meteoric rise in [...]

The official story is that Microsoft and Google both genuflected to government regulators today testifying that they want laws to protect the privacy of Web users from Internet advertisers. Yes, taken on face value, this means that Microsoft is asking for government regulation in its hot up-and-coming online ad business. The unofficial story, according to [...]

Google decided to release an internally used web application security assessment tool called ratproxy publicly.
Google announced ratproxy with a distinct caveat for security professionals: it’s designed to highlight “interesting patterns” regarding web applications.
At times where web application Attacks can take place regulary those “Highlights” should be of assistance.The Ratproxy Tool takes a look at [...]

Since the 4th of July “Privacy” did become a part of Google´s homepage.
According to the company VP Marissa Mayer, there are currently 28 words embedded on Google’s mainpage. Her entry on the official Google blog complemented a briefer note on Google Public Policy, which assured everyone the company “values our users’ privacy first and foremost.”
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It starts with a hug, then some petting on top of colored balls and before you know it you’re down at some 3D sex club wielding a dildo. Yes, Google has innocently wandered into the world of casual encounters with the launch of its own 3D reality alternative to Linden Lab’s Second Life.The internet’s favorite [...]

Microsoft set the stage for a full-blown battle to overthrow Yahoo’s board of directors yesterday when it declared it was interested in reopening talks to buy all or part of the internet company - but only if a new board was appointed first.The intervention, less than a month before Yahoo’s annual meeting, gives backing to [...]

Most of the internet users are surfing the web on insecure browsers that are prone to the attack of viruses. According to a survey conducted by Google, IBM & The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Firefox users are safest while browsing. Inspite of repeated efforts by the browsing software vendors. users don’t update regularly.
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Google has added a link to its privacy policy on its home page, but privacy groups say the company was legally obligated to do so four years ago.

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A judge’s order that Google turn over YouTube user data to Viacom is raising privacy concerns. But some privacy advocates question why Google is collecting the data in the first place.

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