Archives by Tag 'Google'
German government warns against using MS Explorer
The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security.
The warning from the Federal Office for Information Security comes after Microsoft admitted IE was the weak link in recent attacks on Google’s systems.
Microsoft rejected the warning, saying that the risk to users was low and that the [...]
Barclays Analyst Predicts YouTube Profitability
In a financial sense, Google’s acquisition of YouTube has never made a lot of sense; the site, which sold for $1.65 billion, hasn’t even turned a profit on a quarter-to-quarter basis yet. But according to a prominent analyst, that’s about to change.
Doug Anmuth, who works for Barclays Capital, said today in a note, “[I]n 2010 [...]
Google’s about turn in China
Google has responded to what it terms “a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure” aimed at getting access to the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists by announcing its desire to stop censoring search results on its Google.cn website.
Writing on the official Google blog the company’s chief legal officer David Drummon [...]
Google Launches Relief Site To Help Haiti
Survivors of the earthquake in Haiti are going to receive help from Google in a big way. On a new Support Disaster Relief site, Google’s released satellite imagery of the destruction to spread awareness, created a list of relevant charities to encourage donations, and promised to contribute $1 million of its own money, as well.
Let’s [...]
Yahoo, Adobe Identified As Victims Of China Hack
When Google made its big announcement about an attack originating from China, the company also mentioned that “at least twenty other large companies” had been affected. Now, it’s become almost certain that one of them was Adobe, and there are signs that Yahoo was another target.
Adobe’s status as a victim became more or less official [...]
China gives first response to Google threat
Google’s China staff fear they may lose their jobs
China has said that foreign internet firms are welcome to do business there “according to the law”.
The statement, from Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu, is Beijing’s first response to Google’s threat to stop filtering content in China.
Google said cyber-attacks originating in China aimed at rights [...]
Security experts say Google cyber-attack was routine
Google has about 700 staff in its China offices
The cyber-attack that made Google consider pulling out of China was run of the mill, say security experts.
Google revealed its move following attempts to hack Gmail accounts of human rights activists.
The search giant said analysis showed that the series of attacks originated from inside China.
“This [...]
Google May Quit China
Google released a stunning blog post that details a “sophisticated and targeted attack” on Gmail that “resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google”.
Google notes that the attack was not just on Google infrastructure but also on more than twenty other companies from various industries. Google states that they are working with the authorities [...]
Forget Yahoo and Bing, Google Now Targeting Apple
Google’s worst-kept secret phone finally launched yesterday.
Despite the fact that details about the phone have been leaked all over the web for months, the Nexus One was officially revealed at a good old fashioned press conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View.
Referred to by Google staff as a *Super Phone*, the Nexus One is already [...]
Improve Your Website with Google’s Webmaster Central Tools
As a website owner, one of your top priorities is going to be getting your site indexed and ranked by Google. People perform over 235 million searches a day with Google, so the potential to receive significant traffic from this search engine should be enough for you to invest the time to make sure it’s [...]