Topics :: Google Inc.
Google to bring Dead Sea Scrolls online
By Tia Goldenberg | Wednesday Oct 20, 2010
The Dead Sea Scrolls, among the world’s most important, mysterious and tightly restricted archaeological treasures, are about to get Googled.
Google tests cars that can steer without drivers
By Daniel Wagner | Monday Oct 11, 2010
Google Inc. is road-testing cars that steer, stop and start without a human driver, the company says.
Google milks animated doodle mystery on Twitter
By Jessica Mintz | Wednesday Sep 8, 2010
Google has so far left Tuesday’s doodle a mystery, prompting people to speculate about the meaning of this mass of blue, red, yellow and green bouncing balls that skitter across Google.com.
Google plugs free PC-to-phone calling into e-mail
By Michael Liedtke | Thursday Aug 26, 2010
Google Inc. is adding a free e-mail feature that may persuade more people to cut the cords on their landline phones.
NYC woman to Google: Who’s posting trash about me?
By Jennifer Peltz | Wednesday Aug 18, 2010
A business consultant wants a court to force YouTube and owner Google to unmask a cyber cipher who posted what she says are unauthorized videos of her and online comments that hurt her reputation.
Google amplifies voice commands for Android phones
By Michael Liedtke | Thursday Aug 12, 2010
Just because mobile phones are becoming more like small computers doesn’t mean you should have to do a lot of typing on them.
Verizon, Google outline vision on Internet traffic
By Joelle Tessler | Tuesday Aug 10, 2010
Phone and cable TV companies that provide Internet access should be barred from slowing down, blocking or charging to prioritize Internet traffic flowing over their regular broadband lines, Verizon Communications Inc. and Google Inc. said in a policy statement released Monday.
Google pulls plug on Wave development
Thursday Aug 5, 2010
Google Inc. said Wednesday it will shut down Google Wave, a Web-based program that lets people chat, share files and collaborate on documents in real time.
Source: Google, Verizon near net neutrality plan
By Joelle Tessler | Thursday Aug 5, 2010
Google Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. are close to finalizing a proposal for so-called "network neutrality" rules, which would dictate how broadband providers treat Internet traffic flowing over their lines, according to a person briefed on the negotiations.
Gay Google Employees to Receive Compensation for Federal Insurance Penalty
By Kilian Melloy | Thursday Jul 1, 2010
It costs more to be in a committed same-sex relationship than to be straight and married. Google, Inc. has introduced a new benefit for its gay and lesbian employees to help balance the books.

