Tag: Google

  • Microsoft .NET Prevails over Google, Ruby on Rails

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    According to a recent Evans Data survey, Microsoft’s .NET was rated the best overall framework by software developers, over competing frameworks from Google and others. In Evans Data’s recently released Users’ Choice Survey on Frameworks, the market research company asked developers to rank 10 different attributes of the frameworks they have used. Microsoft’s .NET came… Read more

  • Google Adds 3D for Android Tablets

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    BumpTop uses “pile creation techniques” to shuffle and stack documents as if they were cards in a deck. The app was originally created for use with a pen-style stylus; the startup added multitouch last September, looking to capitalize on the shift toward touch-screen interfaces by letting users move, zoom in and out on, and access… Read more

  • Forget Evil. Is Google Too Powerful?

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    News Analysis: In its most aggressive position against Google yet, Consumer Watchdog April 21 asked the U.S. Department of Justice to sue the search engine and suggested the government agency could break up Google into several companies. Consumer Watchdog advocate John M. Simpson argued that the government must go beyond opposing Google’s attempts to grow… Read more

  • Google Chip Design Firm Founded by Former Apple Employees

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    Google has quietly purchased a stealth company founded by former Apple employees called Agnilux, the search engine confirmed for eWEEK April 20. Agnilux allegedly makes a server chip, but no one has been able to confirm this and the Website is bare aside from some @symbols and shadow figures of office workers. The acquisition was… Read more

  • Report: Attack on Google Hit Password System

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    (Reuters) – A December cyberattack on Google Inc computers hit the company’s password system that millions of people worldwide use to access almost all of the company’s Web services, The New York Times said, citing a person with direct knowledge of the investigation. The closely-guarded program is considered a crown jewel at Google, enabling users… Read more

  • What Google Must Do to Beat Apple’s iPad

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    Although Google has yet to confirm that it’s working on a tablet computer that would compete with the iPad, it’s becoming increasingly likely that the search giant will try to supplant Apple as the leader in that market. The move underscores Google’s willingness to take on Apple anywhere it believes it can turn a profit.… Read more