SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss most of a lawsuit against Google Inc over allegations the company improperly scanned the content of customers’ emails in order to place ads. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California ruled that the proposed class action lawsuit against Google can proceed.… Read More »
Electronic “government”* spying has been occurring for decades. Recently, it has become a hot-topic because of Edward Snowden’s whistle-blowing. The news of this, however, is not a new thing. There has been warrantless wiretapping, NSA spying, and all sorts of communications databasing happening since W. Bush was the ostensible “leader” of the land-of-the-free, and before.
This may become a mini-series on my blog – how to UnGoogle your life. Google offers lots of services, but the one product that I fell in love with was Google Chrome. It loads really fast, runs really fast, uses screen space more efficiently than other browsers, and is more stable and secure than any… Read More »
Google has taken over the web in a very respectable way. They achieved it by doing one thing well and then adding more services over time. That is a fantastic business model for anyone to follow, but you can do one thing well and still be immoral and abusive. I mean, Rome did crucifixions well… Read More »
The Internet is becoming our main source of memory instead of our own brains, a study has concluded. In the age of Google, our minds are adapting so that we are experts at knowing where to find information even though we don’t recall what it is. The researchers found that when we want to know… Read More »
Google has an encrypted search page at https://encrypted.google.com/webhp?hl=en. For an explanation of what and why you would want this, visit the SSL Search learn more page at Google.
Google docs, as if it weren’t cool and convenient enough, now allows you to upload any file format and store it on your Google account. This means mp3’s, movie files, text files, pictures, etc. You can sort files by directory, drag and drop them to different directories, and even share them. What’s great about the… Read More »