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At its recent developer conference, the Mountain View search giant showcased a number of new personalized technologies that many consumers will find useful, such as alerts of upcoming flights and restaurant recommendations.

A Google security expert who has clashed with Microsoft in the past over how it discloses Windows security flaws is at it again.

SSL certificates are used to encrypt communication and verify the integrity of another party with which a user is interacting.

Internet radio company Pandora Media reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts' forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for ad-free listening more than doubled to exceed 2.5 million.

GOOGLE'S breakthrough internet-connected spectacles, Google Glass, have finally arrived in Australia, with one workplace health and safety firm testing the glasses in cities around the country.

Google , maker of the Android operating system, is considering buying map-software provider Waze, setting up a possible bidding war with Facebook , people familiar with the matter said.

Two of Google's most senior executives have used a lecture in London to press their belief in the transparency of the internet and warned of the dangers of "digital ethnic cleansing". After two weeks spent fending off questions over the company's tax affairs , executive chairman Eric Schmidt and director of Google ideas, Jared Cohen, devoted much ... (more)

Microsoft Corp won a round in a complex patent war on Thursday when the International Trade Commission said the company's popular Xbox entertainment system did not violate a patent owned by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility.

According to CNET, the new service uses Google Wallet and lets people send money to anyone with a U.S. based email address.

Soon it will take only the click of a mouse or finger swipe on a tablet to explore some of the Galapagos Islands' most remote areas, surrounding waters and unique creatures.

Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips.

Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.

Google's moonshot lab Google X is buying up Makani Power, a startup that makes a kite-like wind power device.

READY to wear a computer on your face? Google thinks you are. The company's Glass headset seeks to bring wearable computing into the mainstream - but what will the average person do with it? There are privacy fears , but a sneak peek at some of the first Glass apps gives a glimpse of how useful the device might be.

European leaders meet on Wednesday to discuss tax policy and specifically their concerns over how a number of high-profile international companies have managed to pay next to no tax on their vast sales revenue generated in Europe.

Google's Drive cloud storage service has undergone a facelift for Android users, and is now capable of capturing a document by converting a photo of it to text.

Apple wants to add the new Galaxy S4 to an ongoing case involving Apple and Samsung being heard in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Jose Division, according to a filing with that court on Tuesday.

In exchange for giving up our personal data, we get to watch each other's cat videos, while Google becomes the new state 'Facebook or Google's YouTube are not the culture industries so much as the vulture industries, taking an information surcharge from us while we amuse each other, and selling us to advertisers.' Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ... (more)

Google has announced that its new voice search technology for the Chrome web browser will soon be integrated within the iOS apps.

Last week at Google's annual I/O conference in San Francisco the web giant launched a new feature called quick actions for Gmail which recognizes certain types of messages and lets you take immediate action on them directly from the inbox -- RSVP to an invitation, or quickly see flight info for example.