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More Google Buzz problems.. they probably should’ve went beta first

Google, Security on February 17th, 2010 View Comments

Only a week after the release of Google Buzz, some hackers have found an exploit after tirelessly looking for one. Awesome! They found an exploit that can completely compromise your Google buzz account! According to ha.ckers.org, the exploit actually is inside the code on the mobile side of things.

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So you want to completely turn off Buzz.. good for you! Here’s how:

Google, Technology on February 17th, 2010 View Comments

Personally, I am not a huge fan of Google Buzz. I don’t care about all that privacy mumbo jumbo so much, I guess I am just afraid of change. It is like starting something completely new, and since I am just starting everything up on Twitter and Facebook, I don’t see a decent enough reason [...]

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Well lookie here! The Droid can translate text.. with pictures!

Google, Search Engines on February 16th, 2010 View Comments

Apparently Google has been in the process of making some wicked software that can translate text from pictures that you take with your cell phone into different languages! Sadly it can’t translate spoken words, but it can translate something from say.. a German dinner menu. The demonstration by Google translated the text: “Fruhlingssalat mit Wildkrautern” [...]

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Google to offer Buzz independently from GMail?

Google, Technology on February 13th, 2010 View Comments

The folks at Search Engine Land are brilliant, and this article is a godsend for so many. Google says it may allow people to participate in Google Buzz without having it integrated within Gmail, in addition to offering a combined Gmail service. That may be a welcome move for users of both products, especially in [...]

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Apple vs Google, This time it’s hitting the iPhone

Apple, Google, Mobile, Search Engines on January 20th, 2010 View Comments

According to Businessweek, hell is going to freeze over. The Apple iPhone might be losing it’s default browser of Google to Bing, and Apple said that hell will have to freeze over before Apple partners with Microsoft at all. It’s a pretty risky deal, I personally hope that they still allow Google to be chosen [...]

It’s time to drop that silly Google Toolbar

Google, Technology on January 5th, 2010 View Comments

So many times clients of mine have called up complaining that every time they open Internet Explorer their computer seems to crash or melt down. It took me a while to figure this out, but apparently the Google Toolbar seems to have some issues with IE6 and IE7. And since both of those browsers (and [...]

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