Login

Please login to Techworld.com

Forgot password?
Need your new account confirmation email resent?
Forgot email?

Not a member yet?

Register for a Techworld Account and enjoy unlimited access to our extensive white paper library and exclusive Enterprise multi-user software trials. Account members can also comment on articles and access best practices guides.

GOOGLE

Topic Zone

Latest News

SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon cloud

SAP's Afaria mobile device management tool is now available on Amazon Web Services' cloud, offered as a way to make it easier to start using the platform, SAP said at the Sapphire conference on Monday.
Ubuntu users get cloud backup for Linux encryption keys

Cloud key management firm Gazzang is offering Ubuntu users the huge convenience of being able to securely back up and recover encryption keys used to scramble files in the home directory.
Yahoo launches big data analytics tool Genome for online advertisers

Yahoo's Genome announcement comes just a few weeks after Google touted BigQuery, a service that lets enterprises upload and analyse massive amounts of data on Google's cloud infrastructure.
Bing goes social in Microsoft's search war with Google

Microsoft's move to boost Bing's social networking feaures could finally give it an opportunity to truly take on Google's dominant search engine, analysts say.
Yahoo heads for fourth CEO since 2009 as Scott Thompson goes

Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has left the company, Yahoo announced Sunday, after more than a week of controversy over questions about embellishments to his CV.
Mozilla blasts Microsoft for anticompetitive behaviour with Windows RT

Mozilla has accused Microsoft of withholding APIs necessary to build a competitive browser for Windows RT, saying Microsoft's behaviour "may have antitrust implications."
Google simplifies use of Analytics API in new dashboard library

Google has developed a tool to automate the creation of custom-reporting dashboards for its Analytics website-usage tracking service, the company said on Wednesday.
Android developers never studied Sun's patents, testifies Google's Rubin

Google's engineers never studied other companies' patents while developing Android for fear of allowing those patents to influence their design decisions, Google's Android chief Andy Rubin testified on the stand Wednesday.
Judge refuses to eject Google's 'fair use' defense from Android trial

Oracle was dealt a minor setback in its lawsuit against Google when a judge denied its motion to toss out one of Google's key defences against copyright infringement.
Apple patches Safari, blocks outdated Flash Player

Apple has patched four security vulnerabilities in Safari and blocked outdated versions of Adobe's Flash Player from running in its browser.

Latest Features

How to make your Android more productive, more secure and faster than iPhone

IPhone users love to brag about their phones. They line up around the block and stand in line for hours when a new one is released. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform. Yes, its Achilles' heel is a big one: security. Android's openness and large market share mean that it's a juicy target for attackers.
Drag and Drop Search - Speed up searches and reduce typing

Drag and Drop Search is a free Chrome extension that offers an elegant solution to a common problem: Searching on the website that will give you the answers you need. Google is a great engine, but there is no reason to go through it for everything. If you're after quick facts and figures, you might be better off searching Wikipedia directly; if it's videos you're after, then a direct YouTube search might let you find them faster. If you'd like to get a sense for a place, searching for it on Flickr will show you what it's like. With Drag and Drop Search installed, you only need to select a term, then drag and drop it on the name of the search engine you'd like to use.
Cloud APIs ? Extending SOA and Web 2.0 architectures

Cloud APIs are emerging as a successful means of making cloud-based data centre resources and applications available to an array of web-connected devices in a flexible and cost-effective way.
Top 15 cloud storage tips and tasks

No single cloud service can do everything. Some shine when it comes to streaming a cloud music collection from the Web, but stink at syncing desktop folders. Other cloud services are great for sharing photos, but useless for reviewing a document's revision history.
Pondering Google Drive: Who owns your data in the cloud?

Google Drive raises several concerns about cloud storage. Many of these consumer-level questions - who owns your data, how data can be used and what happens if the data is lost or stolen - are ones enterprise IT executives should be asking, too.
Does BlackBerry still have the juice?

Research in Motion faces huge challenges in its battle to survive and they'll all be on attendees' minds at this week at RIM's annual BlackBerry World conference in Orlando. What will also be on our minds: the ticking clock counting down the time RIM has left to turn around its fortunes.
Google's BigQuery offers infrastructure to crunch big data

Google today announced the general availability of its cloud-based BigQuery Service, an online analytical processing (OLAP) system designed for crunching terabyte-scale datasets using the search engine giant's infrastructure.
Online black markets and how they work

The internet is no stranger to crime. From counterfeit and stolen products, to illegal drugs, stolen identities and weapons, nearly anything can be purchased online with a few clicks of the mouse. The online black market not only can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection, but the whole process of ordering illicit goods and services is alarmingly easy and anonymous, with multiple marketplaces to buy or sell anything you want.
Should you worry about Google Drive privacy?

The wording of the Google Drive terms of service has ruffled some feathers. However, the short answer to the question posed in the title of this article is "no". Allow me to explain.
Developer support for BlackBerry 10 key to RIM's future

HTML5 and RIM's larger development strategy will come into sharp focus at BlackBerry World in Orlando. This year, it includes the heavily promoted BlackBerry 10 Jam, an intensive, developer-focused agenda for the new operating system, which has not yet been released in final form.

How-tos

How to nail the technical job interview

How to promote your business successfully on YouTube

How to keep your website off Google naughty list

How to get started with infographics

How to stay within your data cap on an Android phone

How to cancel your Google account for good

How to be ready for Big Data

Top 10 Google Docs Annoyances (and How to Fix Them)

Slideshows

Also in slideshows:

11 open source programming tools on the rise

Industrial robot revolution changing face of industry

Chrome on Android: Take the tour

Featured White Papers

Migrating your applications to the cloud

Technologies are now available for both desktop virtualisation and application virtualisation. Many applications are already available in the cloud, including Salesforce, Google Docs and Microsoft?s Office 365. These cloud-based applications employ a web front end, with all the processing completed on databases hosted on public or private cloud storage.
Download whitepaper

7-steps to succeeding with social media

If you are one of the 500m Facebook users or you have a professional profile on LinkedIn or you Tweet then you will know that social networking is an important communication medium and can be a vital business and personal tool. Download this white paper to examines the benefits and risks of social networking and examine the different ways companies can reconcile them.
Download whitepaper

Business intelligence for the people

Users today demand the same speed and ease-of-use from their workplace software as commonly used tools like Google deliver in their personal life. In response to user demand, a new breed of business intelligence is replacing cumbersome, complex technology with applications that make information searching and decision-making intuitive and rewarding. Download this white paper to see how you can take advantage of these nimble and powerful new tools while avoiding the 10 common pitfalls that prevent you from achieving the full value from your BI investment.
Download whitepaper

Google Apps security-based collaboration platform

This paper will explain the ways Google creates a security-based platform for offering its Google Apps products, covering topics like information security, physical security and operational security. Download this paper and find out how security is an integral component of Google's cloud computing system, as well as a core element of their design and development processes.
Download whitepaper

Measuring the total economic impact of Google Apps

Download this whitepaper to evaluate the potential financial impact of switching from legacy email and productivity solutions to Google Apps.
Download whitepaper

Recommended in Applications

Recommended News

Mozilla ships Firefox 8, patches 8 bugs and adds Twitter search

BlackBerry services struggling again but there is no outage, says RIM

RackConnect updates with security, automation features

Hackers poison Brazilian ISP DNS to infect users with banking Trojan

Question of the day!

Are your management tools adequate for a hybrid cloud?

Follow the conversation at @Know_Cloud

Question of the day!

Are your management tools adequate for a hybrid cloud?

% of Techworld readers agree with you

Yes

TBC

What are the key management tools you need to take advantage of the hybrid cloud?

Follow the conversation at @Know_Cloud

Featured Reviews

Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition review

Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture stole the limelight this year, summarily trouncing its predecessors, and the best that AMD had to offer, with considerable performance boosts and power savings. Today, Intel is announcing the Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition, an £800 CPU that distills the lessons the company has learned over the past year into a single piece of premium silicon. read more...

VMWare Fusion 4 review

Fusion 4 is the newest version of VMware's virtualisation solution for the Mac, which allows you to run multiple operating systems within Mac OS X. Since we reviewed Fusion 3, VMWare has added support for Lion and the ability to create OS X Lion virtual machines, reduced the consumption of system resources to zero when you aren't running a virtual machine, redesigned the settings window, and much more. read more...

Dell PowerEdge R715 review

New 16-core AMD Opteron 6200-series CPUs in the Dell R715 bring huge bang for the buck to wide virtualization workloads, but not until your OS supports it read more...

NetworkClean review

Facebook is a lot of fun...until you realize that much of the information posted there could be found by someone you might not want to see it. Like your boss, or potential boss. Your mother, or your potential mother-in-law. Ever wonder how your Facebook page might make you look to someone else? NetworkClean can show you: This free service scans and monitors your Facebook account, alerting you to any problems lurking there. read more...

HP Folio 13 review

The HP Folio 13 is a sleek 13.3-inch Ultrabook that comes in a slim profile measuring just 18mm thick. HP positions it as a business-grade laptop that eschews an optical drive for portability and crams in a battery that the company says is good for up to 9.5 hours. The HP Folio 13 also includes a number of business-centric capabilities ignored by other computer makers. read more...