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  • June 2007

    • Google Flunks Privacy Probe

      Wired  |  Jun 11, 07 10:33 AM CDT

      Google Flunks Privacy Probe

      (Newser) - Google ranks dead last among Internet sites for protecting user privacy, a new study by watchdog group Privacy International concludes. In its 6-month analysis of top e-commerce, social networking, e-mail, and search sites, PI singled out Google for what it called a "entrenched hostility to privacy," citing fuzzy corporate practice around key issues such as how it handles its users' data. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • privacy  • online advertising  • email  • online privacy  • search engine  • web surfing  • e commerce  • Privacy International

    • Google Shows You the World, and Vice Versa

      New York Times  |  Jun 1, 07 1:54 PM CDT

      Google Shows You the World, and Vice Versa

      (Newser) - A new Google Maps service that offers detailed views from the streets of major cities is provoking worries about privacy—and moving users to close their blinds. The Street View function gets so up close and personal, the Times reports, that one woman was able to zero in on her cat sitting in a window. More »

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      Google  • privacy  • Street View

  • May 2007

    • Google Grabs for Microsoft Territory

      Financial Times (UK)  |  May 31, 07 3:20 PM CDT

      Google Grabs for Microsoft Territory

      (Newser) - Google is releasing its first ever hard-drive-based application, in what some tech watchers are calling a charge onto Microsoft's turf. Google Gears, an open-source browser extension now in beta, will allow users to operate Google programs without a web connection—a domain Gates, Ballmer, and co. have traditionally ruled. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Google Gears

    • Wall Street Mogul Starts N(ew)FL

      New York Times  |  May 30, 07 4:03 PM CDT

      Wall Street Mogul Starts N(ew)FL

      (Newser) - Wall Street renegade Bill Hambrecht is taking on one of America's biggest monopolies and launching his own professional football league. The United Football League plans to launch its challenge to the NFL's hegemony in 2008 with eight teams in non-NFL markets, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Mexico City. One owner—Mark Cuban, of course—is already on board. More »

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      NFL  • Google  • football  • Los Angeles  • Wall Street  • Las Vegas  • Mexico City  • Mark Cuban

    • Feds Launch Search Into Google Deal

      New York Times  |  May 29, 07 4:54 AM CDT

      Feds Launch Search Into Google Deal

      (Newser) - The FTC has initiated an antitrust probe into search behemoth Google's $3.1 billion acquisition of a major online ad company, sources tell the New York Times. Both competitors and privacy advocates are chafing at the proposed deal between Google, which stores users' search histories, and DoubleClick, which keeps track of their web use. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • privacy  • online privacy  • antitrust  • DoubleClick  • FTC

    • Google Wants to Read Your Mind

      Financial Times (UK)  |  May 23, 07 7:49 AM CDT

      Google Wants to Read Your Mind

      (Newser) - Google wants to know about you—all about you. The company's stated goal of "total information" extends to users' leisure time and even their careers, the Financial Times reports. The ultimate goal is to allow advertisers to target users so precisely that their ads fetch higher rates than more scattershot marketing. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • privacy

    • YouTube to Co-Host Debate

      San Jose Mercury News  |  May 17, 07 4:32 PM CDT

      YouTube to Co-Host Debate

      (Newser) - YouTube, the viral-video nemesis of many a gaffe-prone political candidate, will co-sponsor a Democratic presidential debate July 23rd in Charleston, South Carolina. CNN is the television partner for the debate, which will be the first of six, the DNC announced yesterday.  More »

    • TV Moguls Blast Web Rivals

      Reuters  |  May 9, 07 8:01 AM CDT

      TV Moguls Blast Web Rivals

      (Newser) - A panel of top television executives at a Vegas conference yesterday went on the offensive against their digital rivals, blasting the perception that cell phones, the Web, and other digital formats are killing their business. Quite the contrary, pronounced Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons: "The Googles, they are the Custer of the modern world. We are the Sioux Nation." More »

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      Internet  • Google  • television  • YouTube  • media  • News Corp  • Viacom  • online media  • Richard Parsons

    • Microsoft Opens Window To Yahoo! Deal

      New York Post  |  May 4, 07 11:17 AM CDT

      Microsoft Opens Window To Yahoo! Deal

      (Newser) - Could a Microsoft-Yahoo! merger be in the works? The New York Post reports that Microsoft has quietly approached the Internet giant about opening merger negotiations, after informal talks fell apart several months ago. Insiders say Microsoft is looking to fight back against Google after the search-engine leader bested it in a spate of recent deals. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • business  • merger

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