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Does Uncensored FCC Street View Report Show Google Lied?

A report from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has accused Google of knowingly collecting households' Wi-Fi data, a practice the search…

By Gareth Morgan · 30 Apr 2012

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Google Reveals Argentina, South Korea Investigations

In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Google revealed it is the subject of probes in both Argentina (over…

By Shaun Nichols · 28 Apr 2012

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“Zerg Rush” Google Easter Egg: Play a Starcraft-Inspired Game

Google’s latest Easter egg turns your search results into a shootout against red and yellow zeroes, plunking down and around the page…

By Miranda Miller · 27 Apr 2012

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Google Sells SketchUp

Google has sold its collaborative 3D modeling tool and team to Trimble, a GPS provider. Google said SketchUp saw 30 million activations…

By Danny Goodwin · 26 Apr 2012

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Google Blames FCC for Street View Investigation Delays

Google today filed a 17-page response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), accusing the government agency of causing delays that slowed down…

By Danny Goodwin · 26 Apr 2012

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Google Related, One Pass Shutting Down

Google is bidding farewell to another batch of products that have failed to catch on. Google Related and One Pass are among…

By Danny Goodwin · 26 Apr 2012

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Andy Rubin & Eric Schmidt Take Stand in Google-Oracle Trial

As the Google-Oracle trial continues into its second week, Oracle lawyers today interrogated Google executives Andy Rubin and former CEO Eric Schmidt…

By James Dohnert · 25 Apr 2012

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Google Drive Launches – For Real!

Google Drive, the long-rumored "cloud" based storage, launched this afternoon, touting the ability to keep all your stuff in one place. As…

By Thom Craver · 24 Apr 2012

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Google Unzips Gideon Sundback Doodle

How do you honor a man responsible for helping to develop the zipper? If you're Google, you design a homepage with a…

By Danny Goodwin · 24 Apr 2012

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Microsoft Sells AOL Patents to Facebook to Defend Against Yahoo

Microsoft and Facebook have announced a whopping $550 million deal under which the social networking giant will be given the right to…

By Dan Worth · 23 Apr 2012