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Gallery: Google's Knol takes on Wikipedia

Google has unveiled its own "unit of knowledge" with a competitor to Wikipedia called Knol. Google's online encyclopedia promises to lend some credence by identifying the authors. by Andy Smith

Tags: Google Inc., Google Knol, Wikipedia, Online Communications, Andy Smith, Google, Knol, wiki, encyclopedia

Image galleries 2008-07-25

Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines

In a direct challenge to the popular Wikipedia, Google opened Knol, an encyclopedia-like wiki site that requires writers to post their names and expertise. SAN FRANCISCO--Google opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a...

Tags: Google Inc., DuPont Co., Web Site, Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Reuters, Google, encyclopedia

News items 2008-07-24

The perils of information overload

Employees from technology companies including Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and Google have banded together to combat information overload, which they call "the world's greatest challenge to productivity." As the new nonprofit Information Overload Research Group gets off the ground, CNET News intern Holly Jackson hit the streets of San Francisco...

Tags: News, holly jackson, google, ibm, dell, intel, cell phones, internet, email, iphone, apple, information, overload, but no tags matched

Videos 2008-07-18

Google's new foray into image search

In an interview with Beet.tv's Andy Plesser, Google's director of product management for consumer search properties, R.J. Pittman, discusses the search giant's development of software for facial recognition and scene analysis.

Tags: Image Search, Google Inc., News, google, RJ Pittman, facial recognition

Videos 2008-07-07

Vint Cerf on video distribution

Vint Cerf, vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google, speaks at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York Tuesday about his vision of a solution for video distribution via downloads. He says online video will be distributed in broadcast mode.

Tags: Corporate Communications, Marketing, News, vint cerf, google, online, video, distribution, media

Videos 2008-06-27

Disneyland unveils 'dream home'

On June 17, the public will get the chance to explore Disney's brand-new attraction, the "Innovention Dream Home." CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi traveled to Tomorrowland and got a sneak peek at some of the technology built into the home. See the magic mirror that every girl will be drooling over.

Tags: News, kara tsuboi, disneyland, jared kohler, microsoft, hp, lifeware, google, yahoo

Videos 2008-06-17

Daily Debrief: Looking forward to Firefox 3

In anticipation of Firefox 3, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Webware.com's Rafe Needleman discuss what users can look forward to with the new browser release. When it's available on June 17, expect faster service, the debut of the "awesome bar" and more security features.

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Web Browsers, News, firefox 3, google, microsoft, yahoo, internet, search engine, webware

Videos 2008-06-13

Daily Debrief: Corn farmers vs. Google

CNET News.com's Charlie Cooper and Declan McCullagh discuss corn farmers who are taking anti-Google fight to Washington.

Tags: Google Inc., News, daily debrief, Charlie Cooper, Declan McCullagh, google, farm, corn, lobbyist, washington, search

Videos 2008-06-11

Spicing up spreadsheets

At Google's I/O developer conference in San Francisco this week, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi met with Jonathan Rochelle, product manager of Google Docs, to discuss the Web-based collaborative office suite. Find out what's going on in the "sexy" world of spreadsheets.

Tags: Google Inc., Spreadsheet, Productivity, News, kara tsuboi, jonathan rochelle, google, gadget, flow charts, gnatt, spread sheets

Videos 2008-05-30

Google I/O doesn't disappoint

CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi checks in with News.com Senior Writer Stephen Shankland about the two-day Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco. From demos of the Android touch screen to details on the Google App Engine (don't forget the free junk food), Shankland calls the event a success.

Tags: Google Inc., I/O, Stephen Shankland, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, News, kara tsuboi, steven shankland, google, android, developer

Videos 2008-05-30

A gaggle of Google I/O predictions

CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Stephen Shankland discuss the upcoming Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Could a second mobile SDK be released? Or maybe the winner of the Android developer contest?

Tags: Google Inc., I/O, News, kara tsuboi, steven shankland, google, sdk, android, iphone, apple, conferences

Videos 2008-05-28

Senators weigh China's new laws on Web censorship

CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh and Kara Tsuboi discuss the latest Senate hearing on American tech companies doing business in China. Representatives from Cisco, Yahoo, and Google come under fire for abiding by the laws of the Internet-restricting country.

Tags: Web, Law, Channel Management, Marketing, News, kara tsuboi, declan mccullagh, china, cisco, yahoo, google, senate, hearing, internet

Videos 2008-05-20

A rundown of 'L'affair Microhoo'

CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber takes a few minutes to highlight the key points in all the corporate maneuvering of Microsoft's would-be acquisition of Yahoo and gives his take on where the failed bid leaves both companies.

Tags: News, dan farber, microsoft, google, yahoo, mergers, internet, stock market, Editor-in-chief, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations

Videos 2008-05-08

Demo'ing Google apps on Salesforce

Here’s how it looks when Google applications Gmail, Docs, Talk, and Calendar operate on the Salesforce platform. The two companies announced a joint cloud computing venture at a press event in San Francisco on Monday, April 14, 2008.

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Google Apps, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Google, Salesforce.com

Videos 2008-04-28

Marc Andreessen, past and present

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape and co-author of Mosaic, sits down with John Battelle, founder and chairman of Federated Media publishing at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Andreessen talks about his current social-networking site Ning, and the impact of Facebook apps and Google’s OpenSocial.

Tags: Marc Andreessen, Ning, OpenSocial, Facebook, Browser, Google, Social Networks, Web 2.0 Expo

Videos 2008-04-24

'Google Me,' the movie

We've all googled our names, but how many of us have actually wanted to meet our "google twins" or "googlegangers"? That's the premise behind the new documentary film Google Me. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi sits down filmmaker Jim Killeen and learns about the six other Jim Killeens he's met around...

Tags: News, google, movie, jim killeen, google me, kara tsuboi, youtube, film, hollywood

Videos 2008-04-23

Girls tour the Googleplex

During the search giant's "National Engineer's Week" program, 70 middle school girls got a first-hand look at life as a Googler at the main campus in Mountain View, Calif. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi tagged along on the tour and was also impressed with the 17 different cafeterias, foosball tables, and...

Tags: kara tsuboi, google, students, food, tour, internet

Videos 2008-02-22

Another Microsoft Search reorg: Shum now leads engineering

Another Microsoft Search reorg: Shum now leads engineeringNobody Seems to Last in This Position!Their instructions are to beat the pants off Google, they fail, we replace them!ps Mary Joe:Why no story on the sacked CIO?The inside track on why I really got rid of this idiot atfakesteveballmer.blogspot.comgoogle is indomitable...resistance is...

Tags: Games, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, google

Discussion threads 2007-11-09

Build 3D worlds easily through your browser

From DemoFall in San Diego: Webware's Rafe Needleman talks with SceneCaster, which recently launched its 3D social-media Web application.

Tags: Web Browser, Demofall07, demo, san diego, scenecaster, web 2.0, 3d, virtual world, social networking, google, database

Videos 2007-09-28

Google Presentations

View this image gallery of how I created my first presentation with Google Presentations. by Christopher Dawson

Tags: Google Inc., Presentation, Christopher Dawson, screenshots, Google

Image galleries 2007-09-28