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Google’s latest Penguin update lets you squeal on spammy websites — as well as anyone else

Penguin 2.0 makes large-scale algorithm changes, affecting 2.3% of U.S.-English results The latest version of Google’s sophisticated anti-spam algorithm, dubbed Penguin 2.0, was announced yesterday in an official blog post from the company’s well-known webspam czar, Mike Cutts. The 2.0 label was applied, according to Cutts, because the update is a major one — it […]

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are secret backers behind European Privacy Association

The privacy organization has hidden its ties to corporate backers After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association (EPA) has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers. The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), which works to expose privileged access in E.U. policy making, said in a complaint […]

Internet Explorer only? IE doubt it

Fewer businesses standardizing browser use on Internet Explorer, but the practice isn’t gone yet. Just as Internet users in general have defected in huge numbers from Microsoft Internet Explorer over the past several years, the business world, as well, is becoming less dependent on the venerable browser. Companies that used to mandate the use of […]

Top 5 cities for big data jobs

San Francisco tops Modis list, followed by McLean, Va., Boston, St. Louis and Toronto Corporate data stores are growing exponentially, nearly every tech vendor is positioning their products to help handle the influx of data, and IT departments are scrambling to find the right people to collect, analyze and interpret data in a way that’s […]

Google boosts Web bug bounties to $20,000

Increases payments for bugs in core sites, services and Web apps Computerworld – Google today dramatically raised the bounties it pays independent researchers for reporting bugs in its core websites, services and online applications. The search giant boosted the maximum reward from $3,133 to $20,000, and added a $10,000 payment to the program. The Vulnerability […]

Why Google should be allowed to ‘harvest’ your Wi-Fi data

The hysteria around the Google ‘WiSpy’ case is based on an irrational double standard Computerworld – The Federal Communications Commission cleared Google of wrongdoing in the so-called “WiSpy” case. It was the right decision. Why? Because Google didn’t do anything wrong. Two years ago, Google said its Street View cars had been “harvesting” information from […]

Google Drive will offer 5GB of free storage, leak suggests

Google’s cloud storage service rumored for release next monthIt looks as though Google will offer users 5GB of free cloud storage space on its new Drive service. According to a leaked image obtained by the Talk Android blog, Google Drive will give users “5GB from the start” with the ability to “upgrade to get more […]

Essential browser tools for Web developers

Essential browser tools for Web developers What the professionals use and recommend to their colleagues Computerworld – Out of the thousands of cool add-ons out there for Firefox, Chrome and other popular Web browsers, only a select few make it onto the desktops of professional Web developers and designers. Which are the most useful for […]

Apple launches the iPad into the classroom

A home is where treasures are kept. Treasures in many California homes are in the form of furniture collections with a coffee table from a favorite antique store or a wing-back chair you inherited from a grandmother , or may be your electronics collection with flat screen high-definition television and surround sound equipment. Even your […]

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