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An Italian court has convicted three Google Inc. executives on Wednesday for being criminally responsible for a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied. Though they can appeal against the verdict, the case highlights the broader problem related to Internet freedom. Google has responded strongly to the verdict saying that if the verdict stands, ‘The web as we know will cease to exist’. It [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Google has been publicly blasted by users as well as industry analysts for privacy invasion on Google Buzz. The results get even scarier if you are a parent who wants to control and monitor your child’s activity on social networks on the internet. Any Gmail contacts of your kid become followers by default and that’s not a good thing to happen. The status [...]

If like us, you’re too impatient to wait for Google to roll-out the latest Nexus One patch to your phone, you can install the update manually. It’s quite a simple process (you don’t need to ‘root’ your phone), and all the instructions can be found below: Download the official patch from google. Rename the downloaded file to update.zip Plug in phone via USB and Mount the [...]

Image via Wikipedia Apple and Google have made it a habit to cross each other’s roads – Be it over Eric Schmidt, Apple blocking Google Voice on iPhone or the recent showdown of iPhone vs. Nexus One. Now, with Google releasing details of its Chromium Tablet, the Apple Google rivalry seems to be entering a new dimension altogether. Apple iPad is touted to be a game changer for the publishing [...]

Image by ToastyKen via Flickr After categorically denying any involvement in the recent cyber attacks on Google, China has signalled its intent to improve its deteriorating relations with Google. In a recent press release, China has indicated that it would welcome Google Android without any restrictions. Google had postponed its smartphone launch in China after its announcement that it would [...]

The verdict is out – google (mind the lower case), my personal choice for company of the decade has been named as ‘Word of the Decade’ by the American Dialect Society. The lower case implies that the word means an internet search and does not refer to the name of the company. Tweet received the ‘Word of the Year’ award for 2009 but was no match up to Google in the Word of the Decade category. [...]

Image by jlori via Flickr You all know Sporkings bring you the latest and greatest, as such we’re giving away 5 Google Wave invites for free! Simply email Wave[at]Sporkings[dot]com  with your gmail address to be in with a chance of winning. Keep in mind that this version of Wave is  a bit rocky at times, but fun can still be had. Invitations will not be sent immediately. We will pick [...]

If you remember, in the last post we have discussed how Microsoft’s Bing has included Tweets in its search. This was a partnership between Twitter and Microsoft and their teams. And Twitter users got crazy about it. The idea is fantastic and Microsoft had the courage to implement it. However, Microsoft’s main competitor, Google is coming into the scene. And, guess what, Twitter is also the target. Here [...]

Image via Wikipedia Yahoo is continuing to show signs of weakness and vulnerability, with Q2 earning reports just being released they are showing a 13% decrease in earnings on the same period as last year (1.14 billion dollars from 1.35 billion dollars). Looks Yahoo is continuing to feel the pinch of recession, although as many are quick to point out, these figures are better than expected. [...]