Thursday, January 12, 2006

Google Button on Cellphones

Motorola announced that it will integrate a Google icon onto internet-optimized phones so users can connect to the search engine with one click. Brilliant!

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Google: Where's the stock split?

As it inched above $450 per share Thursday, Google's stock looked more like a pricey Tiffany's diamond than a good bet for ordinary investors.

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Google Pack Announced

Google is putting together a bundle of software, including a google-tweaked version of Firefox (gbrowser?), Acrobat Reader, Symantec Antivirus, AdAware, Trillian, Realplayer, and all of those free google programs everyone loves, like Earth, Talk, Desktop and Picasa. Basically, an Internet starter kit for people who don't like MS.

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Google will sell video online

Google Inc. will let consumers buy video over the Internet from CBS, the NBA and other providers, becoming the latest company to explore the new method of distributing TV content

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Supreme Court refuses to hear Univ. of Texas spam case

The U.S. Supreme Court this week refused to hear an appeal of a case by an Austin-based online dating service that claimed it had a First Amendment right to send unsolicited e-mails through the University of Texas’ computer system.

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