Tech Buzz A judge orders Google to turn over its user histories to Viacom in their on-going lawsuit. Every record of every video ever watched -- listed by username and IP address -- is in Google's 12 tera-byte file. We'll finally get to know who's been clicking on those YouTube porn hack videos.
Spotted the Indian tech city of Gurgaon (south of Dehli), Google has been woven into local fashion.
Business Buzz Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlanes has a deal in the works to make a web series for Google. The series, 50 two-minute-long episodes, will run in the AdSense slot on various web sites. The mini-episodes will only play when clicked on, and Google will be charging a higher advertising rate than for the usual AdSense slots. Will the future of Google advertising be content?
Science Buzz Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, books a flight on a Russian Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. With a $5 million dollar deposit, or investment, Sergey reserved a seat on a future ride. Sergey considered purchasing the worlds largest diamond, or possibly Australia, but finally settled on the space ride. He was quoted as saying, "I was just burning my money in huge piles, but then poor people could see that from a ways off, and it became uncomfortable."
Tech Buzz Google as a unix shell. Surf the true geek way; just type h to get a list of commands, and you're off! You can do web search, Google blog search, wikipedia search, and more, all from the convenience of the command line.
Tech Buzz You can now customize your Google home page with skins designed by big name artists and designers. Google recruited 68 artists, designers and musicians to create the 'Artist Themes' including Dolce and Gabbana, Diane Von Fustenberg and Oscar de la Renta, Shepard Fairey, Philippe Starck, Todd Oldman, Jeff Koons, and Marc Ecko. It's fun to switch it up but in most cases what works on a wrap dress doesn't really work as a web design.
Tech Buzz Google opens its web-based star viewer. This will come in handy when you need directions from that 7-11 on Broadway to the Horseshoe Nebula.
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