http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters. Covering current affairs, world news, environmental affairs and sport en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296338,google-removes-offensive-image-of-michelle-obama.html San Francisco - Google on Wednesday apologized for an offensive picture of US First Lady Michelle Obama that appeared on top of its image search results, and later removed it after initially saying that company policy prevented it from censoring the ... Internet,Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:46:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296338,google-removes-offensive-image-of-michelle-obama.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294115,googles-holiday-gift-to-travellers-in-us--free-airport-wi-fi.html San Francisco - Internet giant Google is offering travellers in the United States a generous gift for the holidays. The Silicon Valley company said Tuesday that it would provide free Wi-Fi service at 47 major airports throughout the US until January ... Internet,Technology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:58:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294115,googles-holiday-gift-to-travellers-in-us--free-airport-wi-fi.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295709,googles-dashboard-lets-users-keep-eye-on-personal-data.html Munich - Dashboard, a new function from Google, lets the company's customers keep an eye on what personal data Google has gathered on them. For example, the function shows what information is gathered when people use services like Google's e-mail pro... Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:10:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295709,googles-dashboard-lets-users-keep-eye-on-personal-data.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294629,youtube-says-hi-to-high-definition.html San Francisco - Online video site YouTube is to introduce high definition video capabilities next week in a move that marks another milestone in the transformation of the internet into a full-fledged video viewing platform. The Google-owned company s... Internet,Technology Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:52:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294629,youtube-says-hi-to-high-definition.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294615,dell-aims-for-china-and-brazil-with-first-smartphone.html San Francisco - US computer giant Dell launched its first ever smartphone Friday and is targeting the product at China and Brazil. The Mini 3 is powered by Google's Android operating system and will reach Chinese and Brazilian consumers through local... US,Business Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:16:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294615,dell-aims-for-china-and-brazil-with-first-smartphone.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293946,google-to-buy-admob-for-750-million-dollars.html San Francisco - Google is to pay 750 million dollars to buy AdMob, a provider of advertisingon mobile phones, the internet search leader announced Monday. The deal is the third largest ever undertaken by Google and underscores the company's strategy ... Internet,Technology Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:52:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293946,google-to-buy-admob-for-750-million-dollars.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294736,google-unveils-social-search-function.html Hamburg - Google is testing a new Social Search function to make it easier for people find their friends' blogs and twitter feeds. The only catch is that users of the service need to have an open profile with Google that includes personal contact dat... Internet,Technology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:10:24 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294736,google-unveils-social-search-function.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295926,report-microsoft-and-news-corp-in-search-pact-talks.html San Francisco - Microsoft and News Corp are in advanced negotiations that would see the media conglomerate's content removed from Google's search index and appear exclusively via Microsoft's Bing search engine, the Financial Times reported Monday. Ne... US,Business Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:58:13 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295926,report-microsoft-and-news-corp-in-search-pact-talks.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290638,computer-and-internet-briefs.html Washington - Need to create a website for a team project? Google now makes it easy with Google Sites (http://sites.google.com). Sites can be customised to provide the features your team needs. You can add calendars, upload documents, share and collab... Internet,Technology Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:10:47 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290638,computer-and-internet-briefs.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294699,new-google-books-settlement-restricts-scale-of-project.html New York/Hamburg - Google has reached a new, more limited agreement with US publishers over the internet search giant's project to make millions of digitalised books available online. The new Google Books settlement, following months of negotiations,... Internet,Technology Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:34:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294699,new-google-books-settlement-restricts-scale-of-project.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291666,cloud-computing-doesnt-have-to-be-risky.html Berlin - It's become ever easier to save a document with Google or a picture with Flickr thanks to the quick spread of online storage services, known as the cloud. Quite simply, the cloud allows users to dispense with purchasing their own software or... Internet,Technology Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:16:46 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291666,cloud-computing-doesnt-have-to-be-risky.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294791,german-publishers-criticize-new-google-books-deal.html Frankfurt - German book publishers - angered at being included in the Google Books Settlement without being consulted - voiced concern Sunday that they had now been excluded. The US search giant and US publishers announced Friday that the revolutiona... Internet,Technology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:58:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294791,german-publishers-criticize-new-google-books-deal.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294985,german-official-europe-needs-plan-to-handle-orphan-works-texts.html Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief culture adviser welcomed Monday the removal of German books from search giant Google's project to create a world online library, and said Europe must solve the orphan works dilemma on its own. Google... Internet,Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:07:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294985,german-official-europe-needs-plan-to-handle-orphan-works-texts.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290331,google-executive-search-giant-to-seek-separate-european-deal.html Frankfurt - Internet search giant Google is to seek a separate accord with European publishers, chief legal officer David Drummond told reporters Thursday at the Frankfurt Book Fair. German and French book publishers have angrily rejected an accord b... Internet,Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:46:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290331,google-executive-search-giant-to-seek-separate-european-deal.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290381,google-revenues-and-income-rise.html San Francisco - Web search leader Google saw profits rise 27 per cent in the third quarter to 1.64 billion dollars, the company said Thursday. Revenue rose 7.3 per cent to 5.94 billion dollars. ... US,Business Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:04:48 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290381,google-revenues-and-income-rise.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290390,year-after-launch-googles-phone-ambitions-ring-true--feature.html San Francisco - Ever since its stunning success in revolutionizing the internet search market eight years ago, Google has been searching for a second act that would help the company diversify. After failed attempts at entering the newspaper, televisi... US,Business Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:10:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290390,year-after-launch-googles-phone-ambitions-ring-true--feature.html