Google CEO Eric Schmidt doesn’t reveal much about himself on his home page. But spending 30 minutes on the Google search engine lets one discover that Schmidt, 50, was worth an estimated $1.5 billion last year.
Earlier this year, he pulled in almost $90 million from sales of Google stock and made at least another $50 [...]
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Google Invades the Privacy Rights of Users?
Posted: 19th August 2010 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Science | Technology, What the F*ck!Tags: al gore, atherton calif, bennie and the jets, ceo eric schmidt, e mail service, free storage, google, google search engine, google users, government investigators, man art, online maps, search google, selling shares, town of atherton, virtual life, web accelerator, wife tipper, wife wendy
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Apparently Politicians Drink Too Much Bud Light Lime
Posted: 5th August 2010 by Veritas in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: big picture, bush tax cuts, c function, c source, colbert, extern, google, GOP, hat tip, hotlink, innerhtml, lgf, log c, n style, new image, onerror, return document, sqrt, Stephen Colbert, tax shelters, visibility function
In a recent edition of his daily segment “The Word,” Stephen Colbert hilariously skewered, by turns, “trickle-down economics,” the GOP stance on the deficit and the Bush-Era tax cuts, which may repealed by Congress (Hat tip to The Big Picture).
2204355 ??? Secret Video Taking Web Users by Storm
Posted: 6th July 2010 by Sus Scrofa in EntertainmentTags: 2204355, google, secret video
If you visit Google, type in 2204355 and hit the I’m Feeling Lucky button you’ll be presented with the odd video that is taking web users by storm.
Google Prepares to Launch Music Service
Posted: 22nd June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Entertainment, Science | TechnologyTags: google, launch, Music, service
Google is planning to launch an online music downloading service tied to its search engine, the Wall Street Journal reported, a move that would pit it against Apple and its popular iTunes site.
Pedestrian Sues Google Over Directions
Posted: 2nd June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Oddly EnoughTags: google, lawsuit
A pedestrian injured by a motorist while following an online route has filed a lawsuit claiming Google Inc. supplied unsafe directions.
Lauren Rosenberg filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking more than $100,000 in U.S. District Court in Utah. It also named a motorist she says hit her.
Rosenberg used her phone in January to [...]
Google Threatens to Exit China
Posted: 14th January 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Politics, Science | TechnologyTags: China, exits, google
Top Seven Ways Technology Owns You
Posted: 17th August 2009 by The Dude in Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: black box, CCTV, eavesdropping, evolution, facebook, google, GPS, monitor, radio frequency identification, rfid, Science | Technology, surveillance, tracking, youtube
It’s no secret that technological evolution has occurred at a frenetic pace. As technologies advance, they typically become cheaper, and in turn, their use becomes more widespread. But when it comes to those technologies that find their use in surveillance, tracking, and behavior control, it can be downright chilling how pervasive their use is in [...]
Come On People. What is a Browser?
Posted: 9th July 2009 by Sus Scrofa in FifsTags: firefox, google, internet explorer, web browser
People are soooo Dumb.
Michael Jackson’s Death Crashes Twitter, Google and the Internet
Posted: 26th June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in RandomnessTags: death, google, internet, internet crash, Michael Jackson, Twitter
Inquiries into Michael Jackson’s death yesterday flooded news and search sites, causing Twitter to crash, Google to give errors, and severe slowdown across the Internet as a whole.
Introducing the Google Translator for Iran
Posted: 19th June 2009 by Veritas in Politics, Science | TechnologyTags: ahmadinejad, ayatollah, farsi, google, internet, Iran, language, mousavi, persian, service, translator, web
Google Inc released a tool that translates Internet blogs, news articles and text messages from English to Persian, and vice-versa, in a move the firm said will “improve access to information” amid the turmoil and media restrictions following Iran’s disputed election.
The move is the latest example of the growing role that consumer Internet technology is [...]
The Future of Web Communication
Posted: 2nd June 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Science | TechnologyTags: google, internet, networking, web, web communication