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Google Checkout to shut down in November
Google will retire its Checkout payment processing tool on Nov. 20, and warned retailers they will need to move to a different payment processing platform.
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Bitcoiners crave coders to cope with demand
Bitcoin is not going away, the digital currency's developers say, and they're craving more technically savvy people to support its use.
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No big-bang Apps news at I/O, but some announcements merit attention
Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at the show and in prior weeks deserve attention from customers of the cloud email and collaboration suite.
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At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight
Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week.
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Dell's thumb PC, Project Ophelia, to ship in July
Dell's thumb-sized PC called Project Ophelia, which is the size of a USB stick, will start shipping in July for around US$100.
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Tech City start-ups offered 'wibre' to quickly connect to cloud
Tech City businesses in Shoreditch, east London are being offered combined data centre and new "wibre" connectivity services to help them quickly grow.
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At Google I/O, Glass wearers say 'trust us'
Google is facing some tough questions from Congress over the privacy concerns raised by Glass, its fledgling augmented reality system for recording and receiving information on the fly. But on the ground at the company's I/O conference for developers, attendees are largely enthusiastic about the technology.
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Lawmakers press Google on Glass privacy
Members of a U.S. congressional group on privacy wrote Thursday to Google CEO Larry Page requesting information on how the futuristic device handles privacy issues.
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Microsoft responds to Larry Page remarks, but Oracle is quiet
Microsoft has responded to a high-profile put-down by Google CEO Larry Page, but Oracle, at least for now, won't be drawn into a public fight with the executive.
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Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr try out social networking apps for Glass
While Google promotes its Glass head-mounted display as a new way for people to receive and document information on the fly, several social networking companies including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr now want a piece of the action, by offering social applications on the device.
