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Google testing Fast Flip for Google News
Google is testing a service that will let newshounds read web pages of magazines and newspapers like they were flipping through an old-fashioned paper copy. Read more »
Google reforms Chrome for Snow Leopard
Google released an update for Chrome to fix compatibility problems with Snow Leopard on Monday, which along with other fixes shows the gradually maturing state of the Mac OS X version of the browser. Read more »
Google creates Web Elements for easy newsfeeds
Google has made it easier for novice web publishers to spruce up their sites with feeds of Google's products. Read more »
Google adds new filters, visualised results
Google introduced three new enhancements to its search engine on Tuesday, giving searchers new ways to filter results and adding new types of data to the search results themselves. Read more »
Google spotlights news timeline, labs work
Google, perhaps eager to counter any worries that its engine of innovation is sputtering after the down economy triggered the closure of various projects, sheds light on two new projects and on a revamped Google Labs site for bringing others to the public's attention. Read more »
Google makes IPv6 push
Although it's been hard for companies to financially justify the expense of embracing the next-generation standard for wiring together the internet, the incentives are now arriving -- and Google itself stands to benefit from the resulting democratisation of networking. Read more »
Twitter turns to search to turn a profit?
Twitter is working to convert its popularity into a business and Google has shown that search can make money. Read more »
Google raising newspaper morgues from the dead
Google is making searchable, digital copies of old newspapers available online through partnerships with its publishers, the company said on Monday. Read more »
Google to buy Digg?
Search giant Google is close to acquiring US-based social news aggregator Digg for around US$200 million, according to a report on US technology blog TechCrunch. Read more »
Microsoft no longer interested in Yahoo?
Microsoft's efforts to reach some sort of arrangement with Yahoo have broken down again, Yahoo confirmed on Thursday. Read more »
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Googling at the future
In this Q&A Google's CTO Craig Silverstein claims the future of search technology will see science fiction become science fact, but in the meantime, the best option is to fake it. Read more »
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Ubuntu gets jaunty
-- This week's Roundup looks at Ubuntu's new Jaunty Jackalope, new rules of virtualisation, the world of browsers and more. Read more »
Perils of outsourcing
-- This edition of the Weekly Roundup looks at what happens when outsourcing companies are robbed, there's more Google news than one can poke a stick at, Samba has a new version and we see what endorsement Mark Taylor has signed on for. Read more »
Idiot Watch link of the day
-- One day a year we get to see the true intelligence of some news sources. Read more »
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Microsoft shows off IE9 previewThis week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »
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In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »
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Google launches Apps Marketplace
Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »
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