Google is training police in India on how to find “objectionable” material and remove it from Google properties including Orkut.
Google’s activities in India previously drew international headlines when Google provided local police information leading to the arrest of Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid for posting to an Orkut group named “I hate Sonia Ghandi.”
The new initiative sees [...]

Google’s come up with a handy new tool to help you weigh various political figures’ stances (or at least what they’ve said in the media) on a variety of hot button topics. Google In Quotes pulls the latest direct quotes from news publications on any topic you want, for most any candidate you want. [...]

And so it was, that on the 23rd day of September in the year of our lord 2008 that Google entered the mobile space with the T-Mobile G1. Having spent a good couple of hours reading every review, staring at every picture, and watching some neat videos, I haven’t changed my mind from yesterday: the [...]

`Tis international talk like a shipmate tide, an’ here`s how ye can join in th’ fun…or in non pirate, it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and here’s how you can join in the fun!
The official International Talk Like a Pirate Day site is here, and while it’s archaic as a gentleman o’ fortune, it’s [...]

The first phone running Google’s Android mobile platform will go on sale in October for $199.
Pictures of the HTC designed device leaked yesterday, and now more details are available. The $199 price will be available from T-Mobile on a contract, with the Google brand to be showcased at the point of sale, according to the [...]

The Inquirer has published a story claiming that Google is about to announce the acquisition of computer games developer Valve, the company behind Half Life.
If you’ve just thought WTF in the same way as I did when I read the report, there’s some semblance of sanity behind the move and Google isn’t interested (well we [...]

Some days you think that Google is taking the piss on such as large scale that its primary goal is an entry for humor in the Guiness Book of Records. Then other days, the scope and might of Google is scary.
The latest Google everywhere news is plans to establish a Google Navy, floating data centers [...]

Codeweavers, the company behind Crossover office, the software package that lets users run Windows applications on Mac and Linux as if they were native applications (ie without needing a Windows install or virtual machine) has released CrossOver Chromium bringing Google Chrome to Mac and Linux users for the first time.
Crossover Chromium uses the Chromium open [...]

News broke earlier today that Google has acquired Korean blogging outfit TNC, the company behind the TextCube blogging service.
TNC founder Chang Kim doesn’t disclose the full details of the sale, but speculates that the acquisition may have been motivated by Google’s desire to improve its presence in South Korea, a market the American search giant [...]

Google’s officially gotten rid of its Performics search marketing system. The company revealed its deal to sell the former DoubleClick operation in early August and just moments ago announced the sale had been finalized.
Google had been looking to pair off from Performics since it first acquired DoubleClick in March, saying it was clear it [...]

Google and NBC Universal have signed a deal that will see Google sell advertisements on some of NBC’s cable channels including MSNBC, Oxygen and the Sci Fi network.
NBC said that the deal was an attempt to reach advertisers who currently advertise online using Adwords but don’t advertise on television. For Google, it’s a shot in [...]

Google has announced a new effort to digitize old newspapers and make them readily available on the Internet.
The expanded Google News Archive will let you search for print publications from decades ago and see them in their original form. Content, naturally, is being added bit-by-bit. Some highlights of history are already included, though, [...]

Just over 4 days are left for your chance to buy a piece of Google history: a Google Chrome comic book, with the profit going to charity.
Bidding is currently at $320 AUD and has attracted 12 bidders. See the full auction details here, or our early post here.
Our thanks to everyone who has linked [...]