http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2008, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Sat, 17 May 2008 05:41:38 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/19726/Google_Addresses_Antitrust_Issue_on_Yahoo_Ad_Deal/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19726/Google_Addresses_Antitrust_Issue_on_Yahoo_Ad_Deal/ Last week, when Microsoft's attempt at buying Yahoo stranded, Steve Ballmer specifically mentioned Google, and how a possible deal between Google and Yahoo would limit choice and competition in the marketplace. Google explained yesterday how it would fend off possible antritrust concerns following an ad-sharing deal with Yahoo. In addtion, Google noted the irony in Microsoft's complaints. Fri, 09 May 2008 11:11:46 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Google 50 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News http://www.osnews.com/story/19669/Google_Summer_of_Code_2008/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19669/Google_Summer_of_Code_2008/ The various Google Summer of Code slots have been awarded to the participating projects. As most of you will know, the Summer of Code is all about enticing programmers to contribute to open source projects. Students submit their ideas to mentor organisations (these mentors are approved by Google first), and after selecting the ideas the mentors like the most, the programmers work to complete their task. If they succeed, Google will grant them a stipend. Google selected 174 mentor organisations for this year's Summer of Code. Read on for a selection of interesting applications that have been approved. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:34:24 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Google 7 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News http://www.osnews.com/story/19361/Google_Funds_Photoshop-on-Linux_Work/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19361/Google_Funds_Photoshop-on-Linux_Work/ Google is funding work to ensure the Windows version of Adobe Systems' Photoshop and other Creative Suite software can run on Linux computers. "We hired CodeWeavers to make Photoshop CS and CS2 work better under Wine," Dan Kegel, of Google's software engineering team and the Wine 1.0 release manager, said on Google's open-source blog. "Photoshop is one of those applications that desktop Linux users are constantly clamoring for, and we're happy to say they work pretty well now... We look forward to further improvements in this area." Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:57:47 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Google 84 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News Jeff Moore http://www.osnews.com/story/19264/Sneak_Preview:_Google_Android/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19264/Sneak_Preview:_Google_Android/ "Google invited developers to its London office for one of three workshops - the others being in Munich and Tel Aviv to spread the word and teach developers how to write for their new OS. Here's what they told us. The mantra for Android is that it's 'a complete and modern embedded OS, with a cutting edge mobile user experience, a world class software stack for building apps and open platform for developers users and industry'." Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:13:21 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Google 5 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News irbis http://www.osnews.com/story/19069/Developing_Apps_for_Google_Android:_Its_a_Mixed_Bag/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19069/Developing_Apps_for_Google_Android:_Its_a_Mixed_Bag/ "The software development kit for Google's Linux-based Android mobile phone operating system has been out in the wild for a over a month now, plenty of time for developers to form opinions of the platform and assess the capabilities of the API. The verdict from seasoned mobile software programmers is somewhat mixed; some are even expressing serious frustration." Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:57:47 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Google 11 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News http://www.osnews.com/story/18936/A_Developers_Perspective_on_Googles_Android_SDK/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18936/A_Developers_Perspective_on_Googles_Android_SDK/ "This in-depth, hands-on article introduces Android, Google's Linux/Java mobile phone SDK. After a tour of Android's tools, documentation, and code samples, it suggests a path for further exploration and concludes with a simple applet showing the power and simplicity of the Android environment." Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:38:12 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Google 19 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News anonymous http://www.osnews.com/story/18907/Google_Releases_Android_SDK_and_Emulator/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18907/Google_Releases_Android_SDK_and_Emulator/ Google has finally released Android, the opensource platform that will be used by the Open Handset Alliance. The platform is based in the Linux kernel, freetype, sqlite, webkit, a 2D/3D subsystem and other pieces, but the application framework is built in Java using a embedded-optimized VM called Dalvik. The SDK is available for Linux, Mac and Win and it includes an emulator. Video here. Update: The WebKit browser failed to render the desktop version of OSNews, so now we feed it our mobile one. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:45:07 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Google 29 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News diegocg http://www.osnews.com/story/18624/Google_Welcomes_ISO_Decision_on_OOXML/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18624/Google_Welcomes_ISO_Decision_on_OOXML/ Google has released a statement regarding the decision not to fast-track Microsoft's OOXML for certification. "Google welcomes the ISO decision to not approve the fast track of Office Open XML proposed standard DIS 29500 (ECMA 376). Our engineers conducted an independent analysis of the OOXML specification and found several areas of concern, which we communicated both to the ISO and to the public." Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:16:25 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Google 47 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News D. Suse http://www.osnews.com/story/18424/Google_Gives_Linux_Its_Patent_Protection/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18424/Google_Gives_Linux_Its_Patent_Protection/ Search giant Google has promised not to use its patent portfolio against the Linux operating system and other open source projects by becoming the first end-user licensee of the Open Invention Network. By joining the OIN Google has licensed over 100 patents from the non-profit organization, which was formed in November 2005 by IBM, Novell, Red Hat, Sony and Phillips to stockpile intellectual property for use as a defensive weapon. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:18:22 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Google 8 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News Rob http://www.osnews.com/story/18394/Linux_to_Power_Google_GPhone/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18394/Linux_to_Power_Google_GPhone/ "Google's first mobile phone reportedly will run a Linux operating system on a Texas Instruments "Edge" chipset, and will likely ship to T-Mobile and Orange customers in the Spring of 2008. "GPhone" call minutes and text messages will apparently be funded by mobile advertising, according to reports." The report found at the popular embedded systems Linux news site LinuxDevices. Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:49:57 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru) Google 31 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News irbis http://www.osnews.com/story/18381/Report:_Google_Shows_Phone_Prototype_to_Vendors/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18381/Report:_Google_Shows_Phone_Prototype_to_Vendors/ Google has developed a prototype cell phone that could reach markets within a year, and plans to offer consumers free subscriptions by bundling advertisements with its search engine, e-mail and Web browser software applications, according to a story of The Wall Street Journal. More info here and here. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:58:09 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Google 16 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News Tim Friend http://www.osnews.com/story/18159/Google_Desktop_Goes_Linux/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18159/Google_Desktop_Goes_Linux/ Google is launching this week a beta version of Google Desktop search for Linux in a sign of encouragement by the search giant for Linux on the desktop. Google Desktop allows people to search the Web while also searching the full text of all the information on their computer, including Gmail and their Web search history. Because the index is stored locally on the computer, users can access Gmail and Web history while offline. Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:32:46 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Google 20 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News Beffidile http://www.osnews.com/story/18072/Google_Privacy_Worst_on_the_Web/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18072/Google_Privacy_Worst_on_the_Web/ Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users. In a report released Saturday, London-based Privacy International assigned Google its lowest possible grade. The category is reserved for companies with "comprehensive consumer surveillance and entrenched hostility to privacy." Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:39:37 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru) Google 53 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News http://www.osnews.com/story/18005/Google_Takes_Web_Applications_Offline/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18005/Google_Takes_Web_Applications_Offline/ Google announced today the availability of a new open-source browser plug-in, Google Gears, that promises developers the ability to create applications that work within a browser - even without Internet connectivity. Thu, 31 May 2007 17:38:33 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Google 41 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 News anonymous http://www.osnews.com/story/17928/Google_-_Dont_Be_Evil/ http://www.osnews.com/story/17928/Google_-_Dont_Be_Evil/ A recent Google acquisition of DoubleClick for a whopping USD 3.1 billion has turned many heads. The recent past certainly does not fit into Google's traditional non-aggressive attitude towards acquisitions for monopoly in the market. DoubleClick Inc., a spearhead in ad-serving, is only one of many companies acquired by Google. A comprehensive list can be seen here. Beside Google's acquisitions, this article will also explore some changes in Google's philosophy and potential threats to web community. Thu, 17 May 2007 15:07:05 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Google 59 http://www.osnews.com/topics/28 Editorial Mohit Ranka