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- Google to launch browser to battle IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner?
- Updated: Google will launch a Web browser called Chrome that will take on Microsoft's Internet Explorer and apparently Mozilla's Firefox, which the search giant essentially funds. In an odd leak, Google sent Google Blogoscoped a comic book outlining the technology in its Chrome browser. The leak was...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Philipp Lenssen, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- Google accidentally leaks Google Reader orientation video
- A confidential video of an orientation session for new Google employees was accidentally published to the public Google Video index -- and several people were able to watch and download the movie before it was taken down. The video spilled the beans on some new features that...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Google Reader, Video, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- GDrive cancelled, or not?
- Philipp Lenssen speculates that GDrive has been canceled after watching a YouTube video called "Googley Blues" now private. The video apparently showed the Platypus icon overlayed with the text:"I've been ready to launch my product since 2002... At least round here, 5 years ain't so long overdue."I'm not sure...
- Tags: Evidence, Video, Philipp Lenssen, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2007-08-19
- Google Talk preparing for multi-user chat
- Philipp Lenssen has the scoop on evidence that points directly to multi-user chat -- one of the several features that is noticeably missing from Google Talk, but available in the competition.Martin volunteers his time translating English text into his language for Google products. Some text he was asked to...
- Tags: Google Talk, Gmail
- Blog posts 2007-04-28
- More security problems at Google
- Philipp Lenssen writes about a new vulnerability that gives a malicious attacker the ability to basically hijack a users Google account by stealing cookies. That means any "bad guy" who knows how this works could theoretically do all of the following by impersonating you:Read and modify any document in...
- Tags: Gmail, Privacy, Google, Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-01-12
- Gdrive client leaked
- The Windows client for Gdrive, or Platypus as it is known internally, has been leaked to Google blogger Philipp Lenssen. He is unable to get past the login screen with his username or password, but now we have physical proof of the product that first got me blogging about...
- Tags: Google Inc., GDrive
- Blog posts 2006-10-13
- Google "cross-site request forgery"
- Philipp Lenssen writes about a vulnerability Dwayne C. Litzenberger exposes utilizing "Cross-site Request Forgery XSRF" with Google. He goes on to explain how any webmaster could create a page to change Google's default language.Just imagine how confusing it would be to see everything on Google as Pig Latin without...
- Tags: Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-09-25
- Google Maps finds Europe
- Philipp Lenssen reports that Google now has detailed map information for Europe. Previously only borders were visible but now you can get accurate information right down to the street level. I can imagine how people must have been frustrated without this level of detail, but now that Google provides...
- Tags: Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-04-25
- Google MBD
- Philipp Lenssen has the scoop on a new entry into Google's robots.txt file -- "mbd?". There are some guesses as to what this could be in the comments for his article. One interesting suggestion that would link directly into Google Health was "Medical and Biological Database".A search on...
- Tags: Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-21
- A calendar for you and the world
- Philipp Lenssen has found an article which contains some great sleuthing done by Paul Stone. He has uncovered a link that clearly states a calendar is on the way -- and at the same time found a brand new feature Google has been working on. His discovery takes...
- Tags: Google Inc., CL2
- Blog posts 2006-02-26
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- Google downplays Chrome's carpet-bombing flaw
- In a recent Q&A with Google's Brian Rakowski, Philipp Lenssen asked him a question in regard to Chrome's carpet-bombing flaw. Not surprising, considering that Apple refused to admit Safari's carpet-bombing flaw at the first place, Google is too, downplaying it : "Lenssen: There are ways to make Chrome automatically...
- Tags: Google Inc., Malware, Google Chrome, File, Flaw, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Google confirms new browser initiative, probably not a good idea
- Google has officially confirmed that it will be launching it's new browser called "Chrome" that will take on Internet Explorer and Firefox. This is huge news, and for many people, it has been too long overdue. Rumors of the gBrowser have been floating around for years -- maybe...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- Google Suggest goes live, will people like it?
- Google Suggest is a feature that gives you automatic recommendations when you begin to search for something -- it's eluded the official Google homepage for several years, but today it has finally found it's way there. The question now, as Philipp Lenssen puts it, is weather it will be...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Suggest, Security, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Omnisio snapped up by Google for YouTube
- Google today announced the acquisition of Omnisio, a video website that lets users publish their own compilations of videos, and then allow viewers to annotate them. Google says the Omnisio team will be joining YouTube, and they will be likely working on integrating the technology they have developed, and...
- Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Omnisio, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Marketing, Internet, Investment, Finance, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Google colors their ads for Gay Pride week
- Google often dresses things up to celebrate events, and it turns out that's no different for the upcoming gay pride week. Philipp Lenssen from Blogoscoped has the scoop on an easter egg found by one of his readers. If you search for "gay" on Google, you'll see there...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Rainbows, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Press Day: Google Heath is now public
- Today Google hosted their "factory tour" which was basically a chance for them to give the press a good idea of what they have been working on. It was heavy on the explanation of how Google's search results are becoming smarter, and more able to predict what a person...
- Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Tipster says Gmail to get themes
- Philipp has a source that is telling him Gmail will soon be getting themes -- similar to how you can customize the look of your iGoogle homepage. According to his source, there will be initially 12 themes to choose from ranging from flowery to geeky. A...
- Tags: Google Gmail, Theme, Tipster, Philipp, E-mail Providers, Internet, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-05-18
- Oh Noes, April Fools has lost it's mojo
- I remember when April Fools rolled around, things remained in a state of normalcy, with the odd joke you really couldn't tell if it was real or not. Today, April Fools has taken a turn for the worse. Everybody and their dog at Google has spent the last...
- Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Google Australia, Social Networking, Channel Management, Internet, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Google Docs gets a facelift, adds new menu
- As part of Google's suite of tools that will one day be a serious threat to Microsoft Office, Google Docs has been going through many incremental changes over the past while. The latest change is the new Menu structure -- and it's very good. I feel a lot...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Tool, Productivity, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Early St. Patrick's Day easter egg on Google Maps
- Street View in Google Maps now shows a tiny leprechaun instead of the classic yellow guy -- it's a bit early, but you can only assume this has to do with St. Patrick's Day on Monday. A rainbow follows him when you drag the little guy around the map...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Maps, Easter Egg, St. Patrick, Rainbow, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-03-15
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