NewsTrove.com - Judge to order Google to relinquish some data
Calif amp Google Incs legal showdown with the Bush administration over the right to protect the privacy of its audience and trade secrets appears to be tilting in the Internet search engines favor even though a federal judge has signaled he will order the company to turn over some records to the government
District Court Judge James Ware repeatedly emphasized his sensitivity to Googles concerns during a Tuesday court hearing It concluded with Ware saying he intends to give the Justice Department a peek at a sliver of the online search engine leaders vast database...
NewsTrove.com - Quiz Reveals Spyware Chicanery
Security vendor SiteAdvisor unveiled an online quiz Wednesday that tests consumers ability to spot sites hosting spyware and adware
Dubbed Spyware Quiz by SiteAdvisor the 12 test covers five categories of sites notorious for distributing adware and spyware including those dedicated to screensavers smileys emoticons games musical lyrics and file sharing
We designed this to demonstrate how difficult it can be to tell which sites are safe said Tom Pinckney cofounder of SiteAdvisor Distributors of spyware and adware have become very good at making their sites look inviting and credible...
NewsTrove.com - Google subpoena debated in court
With the hearing now over Judge James Ware from the District Court for the Northern District of California must decide whether the subpoena is justified as the government argues or whether it is overreaching and compromises the privacy of users as Google contends
The is happy with early reports of what transpired at the hearing said spokesman Charles Miller If my reports are correct that the judge ruled that Google had to turn over the information that we had requested were pleased he said...
NewsTrove.com - When Terry Met Jerry, Yahoo!
Posted March 01
Yahoo Inc announced nearly five years ago that Terry S Semel then a former leader of the Warner Brothers motion picture studio would become its chairman and chief executive the reaction both outside and within Yahoo was not exactly one of wild encouragement
Despite a hugely successful career running companies that make movies television shows and music Mr Semel was immediately labeled an old media guy Worse he was a Hollywood guy and had barely touched a computer during the nearly two decades he oversaw Warner Brothers with Robert A Daly...
NewsTrove.com - Google vs Microsoft: Google\'s Office Invasion Is On
Posted March 11
Google didnt spend all its time Thursday getting roughed up by investors over its clickfraud settlement The company also added a word processor to its evergrowing arsenal of products a move that takes its Webbased vision of the future and sticks it right in Microsoft boss Bill Gates craw The company announced via its blog that it had acquired Upstartle the company that developed Writely a free Webbased word processor...