News: Software & Web

• Analysts: Google spreading itself too thin
  Juan Carlos Perez
  Sep 06 2008
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  • Software & Web

  As Google enters its second decade of existence with no apparent rivals for the search-king throne, industry observers warn that the company's biggest enemy may be itself. Ruling the search engine...

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• At 10, Google reiterates commitment to CIOs
  Juan Carlos Perez
  Sep 05 2008
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  • Software & Web

  Google, which celebrates 10 years of its incorporation this month, remains strongly committed to its Enterprise unit and to the customers it serves, including IT and business managers and CIOs,...

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• Google adds face recognition to Picasa Web albums
  Nikhil Pradhan
  Sep 05 2008
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  • Software & Web

  Google has introduced face recognition technology into Picasa, its free online photo sharing website. With this addition, Picasa will now automatically organize pictures based on the people in them...

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• Social Security numbers exposed on Iowa land-records Web site
  Jaikumar Vijayan
  Sep 05 2008
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  • Software & Web

  In the latest example of a data privacy controversy that has become increasingly familiar nationwide, it came to light this week that a publicly accessible Web site maintained by the Iowa County...

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• Libertarian Barr, EPIC outline privacy agenda
  Grant Gross
  Sep 05 2008
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  • Software & Web

  The Democratic and Republican candidates for U.S. president aren't giving enough emphasis to privacy and civil rights issues, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Bob Barr, the...

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• At 10-year mark, Google's glossy facade shows cracks
  Elizabeth Montalbano
  Sep 05 2008
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  • Software & Web

  Now that Google has reached its 10-year-mark, the company is facing the cultural complexities and challenges that come with the transition from hip startup to corporate giant. In the early days of...

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• As Google turns 10, enterprise success in question
  Juan Carlos Perez
  Sep 05 2008
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  • Software & Web

  Most computer industry companies would feel satisfied with ruling the highly lucrative and technically complex search engine advertising market -- but not Google. As the search giant celebrates its...

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• Canadian professor examines IM workplace benefits
  Rafael Ruffolo
  Sep 05 2008
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  • Software & Web

  Young Canadians entering the workforce view social and instant messaging tools in the same way the older generation use the telephone. According to one Ryerson University business professor, today's...

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• Webroot Secure Backup service
  Jon L. Jacobi
  Sep 05 2008
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  • Software & Web

  In a world where 2GB of online backup space costs nothing (at Mozy.com and Fabrik.com, for instance) you'd think it would be hard to compete as a for-a-fee storage service. But many people require...

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• One more life to live
  David Carey
  Sep 05 2008
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  • Software & Web

  Until recently, I'd pretty much thought of Second Life as a game played by the same sort of geeks who attend comic book conventions in full Batman regalia and learn to speak Klingon in their spare...

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