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Google launches Public DNS

News Google has opened its internal Internet directory servers to public access, claiming they offer high performance and enhanced security for all [04 Dec 2009]

Google introduces 'Go' programming language

Google introduces 'Go' programming language

News A Unix co-creator is among those behind a new, open-source programming language project which Google hopes will boost computing power and programmers' abilities [11 Nov 2009]

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eBay hit by £1.5m fine over LVMH injunction

News The online retailer has responded to the ruling by a French court, calling the injunction an 'abuse of selective distribution' that hurts consumers [01 Dec 2009]

Google SPDY protocol could boost web speeds

News Researchers are playing with a new web protocol that could theoretically decrease the time it takes to load a web page by a significant amount [13 Nov 2009]

Google hints at impending Caffeine launch

News The search giant says its next search engine, code-named Caffeine, will soon be activated for wider public use [11 Nov 2009]

Microsoft sets January date for Azure

News On day one of PDC 2009, executives Ray Ozzie and Bob Muglia filled in details about the launch of its Azure cloud platform [18 Nov 2009]

Microsoft declares Bing UK ready for action

News The company's search engine, which has a UK market share of just below three percent, is now out of beta [13 Nov 2009]

Antitrust concerns linger in Google Books deal

News Opponents of the revised Google Books settlement say the search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitise out-of-print works [17 Nov 2009]

Egypt bids for first Arabic top-level domain

News Six countries have now applied for internationalised top-level domains, including Egypt, Russia and Saudi Arabia [17 Nov 2009]

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Google offers customised search for all users

News Previously, Google would only alter search results based on search history for those signed into Google accounts. Now, it plans to do that for everyone [09:30 GMT]

Yahoo, Microsoft finalise search agreement

News The US government still needs to give its approval, but Yahoo and Microsoft have otherwise finalised their deal to install Microsoft as the search provider on Yahoo's sites [08:50 GMT]

Google buys EtherPad online collaboration tool

News The search giant is bolstering its Google Wave project by acquiring AppJet, a smaller rival with an online collaboration service [08:34 GMT]

Spam leader fined $15m by US courts

News The US Federal Trade Commission has ordered Lance Atkinson to pay the fine for his role as head of a vast spam network [02 Dec 2009]

US gov't agencies sued over Facebook surveillance

News After agencies failed to provide info requested on policies for using Twitter, Facebook and other social networks in investigations, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has sued [02 Dec 2009]

Draft standard aimed at improving website interfaces

News The Files interface, now a draft at the World Wide Web Consortium, could lead to better uploading and other chores [25 Nov 2009]

Chrome extensions site now open for uploads

News Google is asking programmers to start adding their Chrome extensions to the new gallery, but browser users can't download them yet [25 Nov 2009]

Mozilla reveals 2008 revenue of $79m

News The revenue growth rate tapered off to five percent from 12 percent the previous year, while a search deal with Google still supplies the bulk of the Firefox backer's money [20 Nov 2009]

Google, Bing gain search share at Yahoo's expense

News In recent months, fewer and fewer searches have been performed on Yahoo's sites, with market leader Google and upstart Microsoft seeing the benefits [18 Nov 2009]

Facebook adopts revised privacy policy

News The social-networking site hopes the policy revision will make it more accessible and easier to understand [18 Nov 2009]

Google Books revised settlement adds limitations

News The settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business for Google and gives copyright holders more rights [16 Nov 2009]

Google Voice acquires VoIP client Gizmo5

News Terms of the deal for the VoIP software company were undisclosed, but the acquisition will be used to help Google Voice [13 Nov 2009]

Verizon to trial campaign of 'copyright notices'

News The US company, known for its reluctance to intervene in anti-piracy cases, will forward copyright notices on behalf of the music industry to those suspected of illegal downloading [13 Nov 2009]

Google plans first-ever share buyback

News If the company's $750m acquisition of AdMob is allowed to go through, Google will offset the impact of issuing $750m in stock by buying back an equal amount [12 Nov 2009]

Apple issues security update for Safari

News Available for Windows and Mac, the Safari 4.0.4 update addresses multiple security holes in the browser [12 Nov 2009]

Chrome Mac beta due in December

News Google plans to release the first Mac beta version of its browser in early December, according to a Chrome product manager [12 Nov 2009]

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HP workers set dates for strikes

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