New Sony Google TV remote is a horrifying nightmare

Oct 6, 2010
Viewers of ABC's Nightline got a quick glimpse of a remote that Sony is preparing to go along with the new Google TV. And holy mackerel it looks...

Foursquare goes down for 15 hours

Oct 5, 2010
You may have noticed the world plunged into chaos and all governments collapsed because for 15 hours, NO ONE KNEW WHERE ANYONE ELSE WAS. Fake...

Google has been found guilty of libel in France.

Sep 27, 2010
A convicted sex offender who is appealing his conviction objected to the word "rape" coming up in a search of his name. The French court said he's...

Google's election guide

Sep 22, 2010
Can be found here. Lots of fun to drill down into for political junkies.

Google Transparency Project isn't all that transparent

Sep 21, 2010
Google is always getting asked by governments around the world to take down certain material or to hand over data. They sometimes go along with it,...

Internet Explorer 9 beta launches

Sep 15, 2010
I think we need a new story category on this blog: Geek Chow. Stories that probably don't matter a whole lot in the short term to the average...

YouTube Time Machine? YouTube Time Machine!

Sep 9, 2010
Here's a site where you can pick a year and see videos from that year. Earliest is 1860 and they're pretty sporadic for a while but then it picks...

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What will you do with the time you save on Google Instant?

Sep 9, 2010
Google says that if you use the new Instant feature, you'll save 2 to 5 seconds per search. We want to know what you'll do with that time (we're...

Google search feature no longer hard to find

Aug 26, 2010
Google's RealTime search got its own page today.  The service turns offers search results from news sites, blogs, Twitter, Facebook and more in a...

What Gmail Voice will give Google

Aug 26, 2010
Everybody's talking about the new service Google rolled out yesterday - making voice calls through Gmail.  Wired's Ryan Single has an...