Google has created a new system to resolve DNS (domain name system) queries that the company claims will speed up Web browsing for end users, as well as make it more secure.
Google Public DNS, announced today, is still in an experimental phase.
It attempts to improve on existing DNS resolver technology with [...]
Microsoft has announced a free web-based version of its Office software. Office 2010 will include lightweight versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote when it ships next year. The new web offering will compete with Google’s free online Docs suite launched three years ago.
Microsoft said that 400 million customers who are Windows Live consumers will [...]
Internet search giant Google has updated its popular slim-line Google Chrome website browser with the first major new release since its initial launch 8 months ago. Elsewhere the browser has also been updated to fix hundreds of stability bugs and can now run JavaScript-heavy web pages about 30% faster than before.
New Features
Improved New Tab Page: [...]
Saying that its users are becoming increasingly sophisticated, Google has unveiled a list of new search technologies geared to help users ’slice and dice’ their Google search results, along with a new tool to help them cull information instead of Web pages.
Marissa Mayer, vice president of Google’s Search Products, said of Search Options in a [...]
Google has pushed out an update for its Chrome browser that lances two vulnerabilities, one of which it defines as critical. Google Chrome contains a background updating function so the browser will update itself to the latest version, Chrome 1.0.154.64, unbeknownst to most users.
The critical flaw involves a failure to properly validate input from a [...]
Google is set to make changes to its search ranking algorithm to combat the spate of links leading to malicious web pages appearing at the top of Google’s search results, according to an inside source.
Over the past few months, cybercriminals have been using blackhat SEO techniques to manipulate search rankings. When it first began, they [...]
A human error at Google caused its main search engine to briefly identify every site on the web as a potentially malicious destination that represented a threat to end users, the company said.
For a period on Saturday, all search results were flagged as potentially harmful, with users warned that the site “may harm your computer”. [...]
Google says the vast majority of the 1 million businesses that use Google Apps opt for the free advertising supported version. To make the free option less attractive they’ve been quietly lowering the number of user accounts that can be associated with a free account. Now as businesses grow, they’ll be forced to move to [...]
The Times Online reports that researchers claim that each query submitted to Google has a quantifiable impact. Specifically, two queries performed through a desktop computer generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a cup of tea.
From the article: “While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a typical search [...]
Google is now urging Gmail users to drop Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) in favour of Firefox or Chrome. Google recently removed Firefox from the Google Pack bundle, replaced it with Chrome, then added a direct download link for Chrome on Google and YouTube.
Google’s decision to list IE6 as an unsupported Gmail browser does not affect [...]
