Believe it or not, Google’s co-founder Larry Page says that the Internet giant needs to retain your search data more than six months in order to save lives.
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Making it easy for Google
You’d think with the communications resources that Google
has at its disposal, the Internet giant’s executives would be able to
answer direct questions. An exchange of letters over the last few weeks
shows otherwise.
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Authors & consumers uniting against Google book deal
Google’s overreaching in trying to tightly control scanned digital copies of world literature has stuck an alarm bell with more than just consumers and the Justice Department
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Google seeks delay in book settlement
Faced with mounting criticism of the proposed Google Books settlement, the Internet giant has asked the court to extend the time for authors, publishers…
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Google lobbying revealed
First quarter lobbying reports just filed with the U.S. Senate’s Office of Public Records show that
Google lobbied Congress about electronic medical record provisions in the federal economic stimulus act.
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Why trust Google Health still in beta test mode?
Why would anybody trust their private medial records to a service that by its own admission doesn’t have all the kinks worked out? Believe it or not, that’s exactly what Google is asking you to do with its Google Health service.
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Google’s solution for journalism: Invade your privacy
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt recently sat down with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and discussed how newspapers can emerge from their downward spiral. His solution, not surprisingly, is less privacy.
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More trouble on Google’s cloud
A security consultant has found more problems with Google Docs, a so called "cloud computing" application.
The revelation by …
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Googlebuster fights back against behavioral advertising
One of the editors of Adbusters magazine has a populist strategy to create an online revolt against Google’s latest forray into targeted online advertising, a tactic that Congress Quarterly reports, from behind its subscription wall, caught the eye of federal lawmakers Wednesday.
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White House website cuts tie to Google’s YouTube
In the face of criticism from privacy advocates, the White House website apparently has ended its ties to Google’s YouTube video service.