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Google Me: The Next Facebook? Speculation Ahoy!

Google Me: The Next Facebook? Speculation Ahoy!

In the age of Twitter, nothing remains a secret for very long. Nothing.

 

Citing a very credible source, Kevin Rose, the founder of the ever-popular news aggregator Digg, tweeted over the weekend that Google was preparing a Facebook competitor called "Google Me." The post itself disappeared shortly after, leaving many questioning its validity, b...

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NORAD Protects America, Provides Santa Tracker

NORAD Protects America, Provides Santa Tracker

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has a pretty important job: It protects all of North American from a surprise missile or an air attack. If anything suspicious makes an appearance in U.S. airspace, NORAD knows it.
 

And if that something suspicious just happens to be Santa’s sleigh, NORAD knows that too.
 

For five decades, N...

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Google Text Messaging Gives Mobile Internet to the Poor

Google Text Messaging Gives Mobile Internet to the Poor

 Many college students cannot afford Blackberrys or iPhones with internet access because all too often a drunken night somehow claims their cell phone. For all of you who habitually lose your phone in blackouts, drop it in toilets or pints of beer, or forget it in forestry after bush-diving, Google has come to your aid. Instead of wasting money ...

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LetMeGoogleThatForYou is Google for Your Idiot Friends

LetMeGoogleThatForYou is Google for Your Idiot Friends

Do you ever have a friend IM you and ask you a question you don't know the answer to? No, I don't mean like, "Dude what are you really feeling about the breakup with Morgan?" I mean like, "Hey where I have seen this Robert Pattinson douche before?" 

 

The answer is undoubtedly, "Why don't you just Google that?" and that's why some brilliant folk...

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Even Post-Grad Dream Jobs are Hurting, Google Making Perk Cuts

Even Post-Grad Dream Jobs are Hurting, Google Making Perk Cuts

Google, the seemingly invincible internet supergiant, is even being affected by the toilet-like economic climate as of late. They just sent out a memo to their New York office saying that cafeteria hours were being trimmed, food selection will be decreased and traditions like Tuesday afternoon tea (yes they did that) are suspended indefinitely....

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Hubert Chang Rejected Google For An NYU Ph.D.

Hubert Chang Rejected Google For An NYU Ph.D.

Everybody wants a piece of the pie… especially if that pie is made of Google’s billions and billions of dollars.
 

Now that Google is king of the universe and even coming out with its own iPhone rival, a man by the name of Hubert Chang is coming forward. Never heard of him? Of course not, he's the guy who walked away from Google back in the ear...

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In the Mood For A Birthday Celebration? Google Turns 10

In the Mood For A Birthday Celebration? Google Turns 10

This month in 1998, the Internet God known as Google was launched.
 

Since then it has become the most used search engine on the Web, with more than 135 million visitors in the U.S. alone and at least several hundred million searches a day.
 

So happy birthday Google!

 

However, if you want to be technical (ha, technical, Google, get it?) the e...

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Google Chrome Web Browser Finally Released for Download

Google Chrome Web Browser Finally Released for Download

In its latest bid to ensure we'll all someday be working for  them after graduation, today Google has launched “Google Chrome,” their new open source web browser. Before I even say anything else, I’m sure you’re all scrambling to download it immediately so here’s the coveted link.


The browser is only in beta, so don’t expect it to blow you away...

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University of Washington Rocks the Tech World

University of Washington Rocks the Tech World

Oh yes, it's true: U-Dub does put the "dub" in "www". The AeA, the American Electronics Association, has given Seattle a gold star for its tech-nastiness. The city led the nation in net new tech jobs in 2006, and these jobs make it that much better for University of Washington grads, who have access to the Washington offices of Microsoft, Amazon...

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Google Knol: Another Uncitable Source

Google Knol: Another Uncitable Source

Watch out Wikipedia, there’s a new online information source in town. Google’s website, Knol, became available to the public yesterday, with featured articles including “How to Backpack,” “Lung Cancer” and “Toilet Clogs.”
 

Much like the master of the user-generated encyclopedia, Knol allows people to share their knowledge with the world. Howev...

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