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Will Google buy Steam?

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:43:46 GMT

Google is intended to buy Valve - a game developer. Valve develops a universal platform for content management, called Steam, which is the subject of interest of the search giant.

According to analysts, the acquisition would enable Google to develop a new service that will be a combination of social networking, gaming and significantly enhance the ability of advertisers, providing new platforms for advertising.

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Google released a new search for Windows Mobile

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:43:08 GMT

Google has released a new mobile search for devices that run Windows Mobile. In previous versions each search was performed according to the latest session, while in the new version the service determines the current location using Gears Geolocation API, and offers the results, according to these coordinates. The technology that is used in the search is similar to that used in Google maps for mobile devices.

U.S. and Britain users (this is where the service was launched) can perform search of local businesses, view the weather forecast for the area, and much more.

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Google has issued an open Keyczar.

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:28 GMT

Google has issued open-source version of its own encryption tool Keyczar.

Keyczar supports coding and authentication of symmetric algorithms and algorithms with public key. The monitoring system of Keyczar's versions allows to modify or revoke the keys without risking the loss of access or change of the code.

Source: Keyczar: Safe and Simple Cryptography

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2008 has a record number of viruses and spam attacks.

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:50:23 GMT

According to Postini - the service of corporate email protection from spam and viruses, 2008 is a record year by the number of spam attacks and distributed viruses with a peak of about 10 million messages on July 24.

The most common were messages with links for downloading malicious software. Links were embedded by spammers in messages from known organizations, particularly in the news letters from CNN.

Postini is part of Google and was acquired in July 2007. Currently, Postini's base has about 14 million subscribers.

According to Google Enterprise Blog

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Hitwise analysed search engines in July.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:54:31 GMT

According to Hitwise, Google continues to lead among search engines in the U.S. and gained an additional 2% of all searches for July 2008. Compared with last year, Google increased the number of searches by 10%. The total number of searches made in Google in July amounted to 70.77%.

Yahoo! Search took second place with 18.65%, followed by MSN Live Search (5.36%) and Ask.com with (3.53%).

Hitwise also notes the increase in the number of visits to Google. The number of visits increased by 25% for the year.

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