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News Google is investing $10m in "enhanced" geothermal systems - essentially technology for tapping underground heat - which it says is one of most promising forms of renewable energy. Through its philanthropic arm Google.org, the internet giant will... [20 Aug 2008]
Canonical joins Linux Foundation
News Members with platinum or gold status include Cisco, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Novell and Oracle. Canonical, the company that sponsors the Linux-based operating system Ubuntu, has joined the Linux Foundation. [20 Aug 2008]
Google releases Android 1.0 SDK beta
News Google on Monday released the first beta version of its software developer kit (SDK) for Android phones, a significant step in the company's hope for "open" phone technology. Google, which is leading the 34-company Open Handset Alliance to create... [19 Aug 2008]
Google's lobby site ups US "white space" debate
News The debate over new unlicensed spectrum the Federal Communications Commission is considering opening up is increasing as Google ups the ante with a new lobbying website. Google on Monday launched the new site called FreetheAirWaves.com to provide... [19 Aug 2008]
Android rocketing towards T-Mobile USA?
News Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone based on Google's Android software, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the company's plans. Neither Google, nor T-Mobile immediately returned calls... [18 Aug 2008]
Minority Report: 10 top iPhone 2.0 apps
Photo The iPhone is a surprisingly large place to be in, lots of data, phone numbers, email, apps and websites and the free Google iPhone app does an admirable job of letting the user sift through the multitudes. [15 Aug 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw
News G is for Google Another problem with OpenID was highlighted in a security advisory published last week, which quoted findings by Google researcher Ben Laurie, and Richard Clayton, of the Cambridge University Computer Labs. [14 Aug 2008]
Robots on the beat by 2084
News Photos: The enchanting Google Earth Photos: Google Android unveils its face Robocop will become a reality within the next 75 years according to a top UK robotics expert. Abusive drunks or knife-wielding thugs can expect to feel a metallic hand of... [13 Aug 2008]
Google Android to land next month?
News Google software and services like Gmail will be tightly integrated into the device. T-Mobile USA could put the new HTC Android phone on sale for select customers as early as the middle of September, according to the blog TmoNews. [13 Aug 2008]
Google sites pick up popularity points
News For the internet, the summer months seem to be a boon for Google and Yahoo! The latest figures from research firm Nielsen Online show a slight lift to Google's audience from June to July, up by about one million visitors to an estimated 129 million... [13 Aug 2008]
Social networking: Global phenomenon
News Earlier on Tuesday, performance firm Pingdom released numbers pulled from Google Insights for Search, showing that different social networks have very different levels of "interest" across the world. Growing at 41 per cent is Google's Orkut, at 32... [13 Aug 2008]
Interference on the radar for FCC "white space"
News Several technology companies, including Google, Microsoft and Motorola, have been lobbying the FCC for more than a year to open up these channels, which would provide between 300MHz to 400MHz of unlicensed spectral capacity throughout the country... [12 Aug 2008]
Apple iPhone gets Google Translate service
News Google has released a version of its translation service that is specifically tailored to Apple's iPhone. The Google Translate mobile service came about as the result of the company's '20 percent' time policy, which sets aside a day of each... [11 Aug 2008]
Google downbeat on AOL stake
News Google has said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that its $1bn investment for a five per cent stake in AOL "may be impaired" and that it may have to take a charge in the future. [08 Aug 2008]
Firefox 3.1 coming soon?
News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets… Cheat Sheet: QR codes Working from home Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Developers working on the next version of Firefox aim to release a beta to... [07 Aug 2008]
