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FCC Gives Green Light To Google's Android Phone
The HTC Dream will run Google's operating system as well as sport Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 3G capabilities over T-Mobile's networks. read more
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"But if Google wants to Do No Evil, they gotta quit making people nervous and saying 'privacy doesn't exist.' That was boneheaded."
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Google Puts $10 Million Into Geothermal Technology
The move is part of Google's effort to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into green energy sources. read more
Google Scores High In Michigan Customer Satisfaction Survey
Google has extended its lead in the Internet search engine/portals category in the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction index, leaving all search engine competitors, including Yahoo and Microsoft, in the dust. read more
Google Begins Testing Ads In Mobile YouTube Videos
Google has been working hard to get a mobile version of YouTube onto as many handsets as possible over the past year or so. If you thought you were going to be able to watch those videos on your phone without having to watch advertisements, think again. read more
T-Mobile USA And HTC To Offer First Android Phone
HTC will launch the first commercially available smartphone running the Android platform on T-Mobile USA's network, according to a new report. read more
Google Docs Competitor Zoho Adds Support For Macros In Spreadsheet Software
Zoho Sheet can now record and play back Visual Basic macros. It's the only cloud-based spreadsheet that can do that. In fact, the only other spreadsheet that can do that is Microsoft Excel. Google, are you going to ante up? read more
YouTube User Sues Google Because He Feels He Deserves Something
A Massachusetts man claims to have applied but been rejected from YouTube's revenue-sharing Partner Program, a slight he attributes to a deliberate attempt by the video site's staff to mislead him. read more
Omnisio (Google's Latest Buy) Could Go Where No Twitterer Has Gone
This week's big news that the YouTube folks at Google acquired Omnisio is a pleasant reminder that there's plenty of room for innovation in the Net video space. read more
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Editor's Note
Google Wants The Airwaves
On Monday, Google, in conjunction with several public interest and industry advocacy groups, launched Free The Airwaves, a campaign to rally support for its plan to open underutilized portions of the television broadcast spectrum for high-speed wireless Internet networking.
Google and its allies argue that opening the unused TV spectrum, called white space, to carry wireless Internet signals is crucial to making Internet access in the U.S. more affordable and more competitive with what's available elsewhere in the world.
The National Association of Broadcasters has been vocal in its attempt to derail efforts. Back in March, a prototype white space networking device Microsoft provided to the FCC for testing failed. Dennis Wharton, NAB executive VP, characterized the malfunction as a sign that the technology was problematic.
NAB's position has been that using white spaces for Internet signals will result in TV signal interference and will disrupt wireless microphones used at sporting and live events. In July, 2007, the FCC's test of two prototype white space devices indicated that the devices caused interference with TV signals and wireless microphones.
But various news reports this month have quoted Motorola executives saying that recent white space device prototype testing has been going well. And Google maintains that the technical issues will be resolved.
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