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Google.org: Full steam ahead!

Google.org: Full steam ahead!It's its. nm RE: Google.org: Full steam ahead!Nice.Good! This Signs..Good! This Signs that Google has good intention to help poor and it greatly show its interest towards the society.This is one more reason for Google to proud itself.Cheers,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.com

Tags: FULL STEAM, Google.org

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

Google.org: Full steam ahead!

Google is prepared to cancel projects and cut jobs, but not it's philanthropic efforts with Google.org. When it was first created, Google promised to use 1% of it's equity and profits for philanthropic projects. So far, they have followed through on their promise, and have been contributing to...

Tags: Google Inc., Google.org, Larry Brilliant, Investment, Financial Services, Recruitment & Selection, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-02-23

Google.org invests in geothermal

Google.org invests in geothermal$1 billion is even lesswhen compared to welfare payouts. Chew on that the next time you want to make a political statement.And while you're masticating, figure this one out: If you have to beg for a government handout, your business isn't viableNuclear power, coal and oil PAY...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, What-If, geothermal energy, tax break, Google.org

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Google.org invests in geothermal

Google.org is investing $10 million in Enhanced Geothermal Systems, a technology that drills miles down into the earth to get that nice, hot granite under the surface, Tom Zeller reports on the dot-earth blog at the Times. As Zeller notes, $10 million ain't a lot in this...

Tags: Geothermal Energy, Google.org, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Google redesigns their philanthropy website

Google.org was completely redesigned today -- launching the new Google.org blog at the same time.Welcome to the google.org blog. We are fortunate to be able to occasionally post to the Official Google Blog, and today we're starting a blog of our own. We'll invite posts by our team members and...

Tags: google.org

Blog posts 2007-07-02

Google.org begins hiring to save the planet

Googles philanthropic arm has started hiring employees to help make the world a better place in several key areas -- including global poverty, climate change and global public health. Today, a link was posted on the Google.org website to a list of job openings they are looking to fill.Administrative...

Tags: google.org, Mountain, Mountain ViewTeam Member

Blog posts 2006-11-26

Google.org: charity or profitable business?

Google.org: charity or profitable business?agreedThis is an opportunity to go and create something which would literally reshape the future of society... and the GPL has been accepted into other parts of the world, besides the US, so this maneouver would create a VERY positive effect world over...It would also...

Tags: Google.org

Discussion threads 2006-09-22

Google.org: charity or profitable business?

The New York Times has an article describing Google's charity: Google.org funded with $1bn. What makes this interesting is that its legal status is the same as that of a corporation--it is a for-profit entity rather than a non-profit.This means that Google.org is not subject to the 501c(3) IRS code...

Tags: for-Profit, Google.org

Blog posts 2006-09-20

New executive director for Google.org

Google has named Larry Brilliant as Executive Director of Google.org. The official press release can be found here. I guess this puts to rest any speculation that Google.org is closing up shop based on a statement they made in their Q4 earnings report."As Larry Page and I have...

Tags: Larry Brilliant, Google.org

Blog posts 2006-02-22

More on the Google Foundation

I recieved an email from Steve Langdon, a Google spokesman, that aims to help clear up what was said in the press release, and was later brought to the attention of my readers in the post "Google Foundation no more?". I thought I would share his response so that...

Tags: committment, Foundation, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-02-02

Additional Resources

Web Developer Mini 0.34 (Windows)

The extension shows the html and css of a browsing page. Helps the developers in building web pages and web applications using Google Chrome. It includes Auto-Update Feature and link to BrowserShots.org for Previewing content in Different Browsers.

Tags: Developer, Web, Microsoft Windows, CSS, Channel Management, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-25

A single search index would speed up the entire Internet

Such cooperative efforts never work in the real worldIt's not like you can government-mandate this, because the internet is worldwide. And when you have this many groups involved that depend on this for making profits, you'll never get a consensus agreement on the finer details, and you'll never get everybody...

Tags: Robots, crawler, search-index, robot, Google Inc., Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

What if the search-index was run by a non-profit? GOOG founders once supported that idea

Soloution looking for a problemReread the tragedy of the commons. This is a bad idea. If different search companies have different businesses listed that will give rise to meta search engines that search the search engines and produce combined results in a single context.There is already a Firefox plugin...

Tags: SEARCH, search engine, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Chrome OS: More questions than answers?

And exactly why....would students be part of the target market or any other particular group for that matter?This is a silly post. Chrome will be lean, cloud based, local caching of data, some and growing off-line capabilities and probably grow in features/capabilities over time. It will NOT be everything to...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Wi-Fi, operating system, Google Inc., Chrome, HTML5, Chrome OS

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Stupid DROID Tricks, Volume 1

also if u want to talk and surf the net (get directions,or use the Map) in the same time u just have to open or switch the applications using the HOME key on the phone.Also: if u want to make a very CHEAP International calls or If you want to...

Tags: E-mail, Stupid DROID Tricks, Volume 1, phone

Discussion threads 2009-11-22

Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare download

Somebody will make it available in a more public area, I'm sure.Being that it's open source, somebody's going to make it available in a more public area, I'm sure. I'll wait until then.RE: Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare downloadthat's not the real release... that's a linux based...

Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, VMware Inc., Chrome, operating system, Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall

Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

OpenSUSE Education announces Li-f-e 11.2

Its still linux and still has the same issues and the same lacking software you would want in an education environment. But you don't care about that because your agenda is to push linux, not educate.Bow before the manLoverock Davidson is a skilled worker, he holds several M$ certifications...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Loverock Davidson, Linux, Li-f-e 11.2, Novell OpenSuse, OpenSUSE Education

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!

RE: Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!I for one am proud to see Microsoft employees that love their job. They are really enjoying themselves which not only makes for a better environment but also makes for better customer service. This is exactly the kind of thing the Microsoft store should...

Tags: Corporate communications, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Store, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Synology Disk Station DS409slim - NAS server

Synology Disk Station DS409slim is a true miniature powerhouse in the network-attached storage device market. It's the first 2.5-inch hard drive-based NAS server we've reviewed that offers hot-swappable capability. However, that is its least impressive feature. The server did well in our performance tests and, like other Synology products we've...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, disk, DS409Slim, NAS, NAS server, hard drive, server, RAID

Product reviews 2009-11-16