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Google Search over SSL has an oops

According to Google’s Web Search Help blog, the search giant has decided it’s important to keep search inquiries from the prying eyes:

“With Google search over SSL, you can have an end-to-end encrypted search solution between your computer and Google. This secured channel helps protect your search terms and your search results [...]

While Apple Slept On Their Hobby, Google Executed

After noting Apple practically being a zero in terms of mentions in yesterday’s keynote at Google I/O, today saw the gloves come off as Google came out swinging against its competitor – and it had to be noted, even from this longtime Mac customer – that many of the punches landed, [...]

Smart Rescheduler in Google Calendar Labs

As you can imagine, those of us on the Google Calendar team spend a lot of time thinking about scheduling. We regularly talk to people who schedule and reschedule a lot of meetings: administrative assistants. Talking to them, we understand just how much time they spend looking at schedules, investigating other people’s calendars, finding replacement [...]

Inside the Excruciatingly Slow Death of Internet Explorer 6

It’s the bane of Web designers everywhere, and it makes most modern Websites look broken and horrible. So why are 20% of web surfers still using it?

Today was supposed to be a great day for the Web. As of March 1, 2010, Google will no longer support Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 browser-a decade-old dinosaur engineered [...]

Apple taken to task for reporting partners’ child labor violations

Apple’s new supplier responsibility report, issued last week in advance of its shareholder meeting, is now being used to attack the company for auditing its foreign suppliers’ labor practices and acting to stop worker exploitation.

The report, which describes the company’s efforts to police a “Supplier Code of Conduct” on the companies it contracts with, those [...]

Google Granted the Right to Buy and Sell Electricity

Back in December, Google took steps to form Google Energy, a subsidiary created for the express purpose of buying and selling electricity in bulk. In January, the company filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to enter the market, and yesterday received permission to purchase and resell wholesale energy (PDF).

Google says it [...]