Category Archives: Google

Android handset demo at Google Developer Day

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 16, 2008
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Simple solution to remember that long list of user ids and passwords

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 15, 2008
There are numerous posts, and arguments, on what is arguably the best way to remember that ever-growing list of user IDs and passwords. Some argue that they are safest in your head. Some suggest noting them down on a sheet of paper, and putting it under lock and key. And then, there are the nerds/geeks [...]
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Yahoo Open: Finally, a real answer to Google

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 14, 2008
SUNNYVALE, Calif.–On Friday, 300 programmers will descend upon Sunnyvale, Calif., to plant the seeds of what Yahoo hopes will be an answer to Google’s Internet might.
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Firefox 3.1 to gain modicum of privacy

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 14, 2008
Of the two big browsing features of 2008, one seems to run counter to where developers are driving their browsers. The melding of the location bar to the search bar was expected in Firefox and Opera, thanks to beta versions. Chrome has it, too, calling it the Omnibar. What seems to have caught developers off-guard [...]
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Google employees’ personal data stolen

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: July 14, 2008
Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. Source: CNET News
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Goolag: the easy way to hack

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: February 25, 2008
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Presentations: An addition to Google Docs

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: April 18, 2007
In addition to documents and spreadsheets, Google will add presentations as well. This is surely going to be watched keenly by Microsoft whose market for the Office package will surely take a hit with users lapping up the easy and convenient option. It’s surely the age of remote hosted applications where the consumer doesn’t have [...]
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