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Google Word Verification Accessibility Petition

For those that are vision impaired there is nothing that aggravates them more than not being able to access websites that have elements that make it impossible to navigate. Most of the time what stops vision impaired people form being able to access services is word verification systems commonly called "Captcha". A long time reader of this website who happens

Google to get in on Podcast Advertising Game

If this commentary has merit it could be that Google is about to get in the Podcast advertising game and if they do, it could change the playing field for a lot of companies that are basing a great deal of their bottom line to podcast ad sales. We will see what develops but personally would love to see them

Banned by Google?

Their are always two sides to a story, so I am was hesitant to post this today, but I think it's important for companies that built new technology to be able to stand on their own two feet. When you are introducing some search algorithms that may in fact be better than what the biggest search engine out their, you

Using Google as a Proxy Server!

Did that headline cause your eyebrows to raise a little bit. Mine sure did and when you read the article on what has been cooked up your gonna have your eyebrows raised a little more. Pretty cool to say the least. [www.oreillynet.com]

Google Earth causing Foreign Government Agencies to be Nervous

Lets gets a couple of facts out of the way, first of all overhead pictures have been available from private companies for a long time, second anyone that had a credit card could get access to that data. So I am sure it makes some countries a bit nervous that this low resolution imagery can be seen by the public

Google Safe Browsing Firefox Extension

Firefox has released an extension that you should load. This extension will help you when you are are surfing the web and are directed to a website that may not be who or what it appears. Phishing has been going on for a while and people are usually sucked in when they get a e-mail that tells them to visit

Google Music

Don't get to excited the folks at Google are rolling out music search, not an actual store but they have formed partnerships with several of the major online music stores and will have additional information available about bands the album etc. [ZDnet] Thanks to Jim for the Link