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  • Blog format truce proposed

    In an attempt to lasso support from Google, a key proponent of the syndication format RSS has proposed that it merge with its challenger under the auspices of an Internet standards body.

  • Hot Java injection for Google App Engine

    Support for Java and cron jobs, and database mobility improvements headline an update to Google's App Engine announced by the search giant today.

  • Bing to hit Australia next Wednesday

    The local versions of Microsoft's latest crack at Google, a new search engine called Bing, will go live in Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday in beta form.

  • Google open sources 'Protocol Buffers'

    Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast computing cluster.

  • Google's math == FAIL!

    Google's calculator has some trouble handling math with some large numbers, an issue that's not unheard of in computing circles but that might not sit well at a supremely nerdy company that's named after a humongous number.

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  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    From search to aggregation addiction

    Will aggregation replace search when it comes to finding useful content on the Web? I reckon so.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    The ego has landed

    The Internet has long been an egomaniac's paradise, but there have been some major developments on the tech side for all matters narcissistic.

  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    A URL shortener for Google Maps

    The team at Brisbane-based Social Horizon has come up with aMAP.to, which they believe is the world's first service that shortens Google Maps URLs down to something manageable.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Telstra's iPhone-free parallel universe

    Given that the new iPhone 3G S is rated at up to 7.2Mbps, you'd think Telstra would be all over it as a potential show pony for Next G's purported high-speed performance. Yet the opposite seems to be true.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Conroy scraps filter blacklist

    Communications minister Stephen Conroy today announced the controversial web filtering blacklist will be scrapped and be replaced with a whitelist-based filtering regime, to be administered by viewer voting through a family-friendly digital TV-only show called 'The White List'.

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  • Google Wave

    Developers make good stress testers, and the initial Wave service has had a lot of testing in the last few months. We take a ride on the wave, which should be opening to a wider beta program at the end of September.

  • Samsung Galaxy Icon

    While we like the design, Samsung needs to do more with the software. Without customisation, Android's absent features are glaringly obvious.

  • Google Docs beta

    Google Docs is a fantastic free online application that offers some exciting features. However, by virtue of being an online application, users with a slow connection will experience lag, and Docs still doesn't contain enough functionality to be a replacement for today's mainstay office suites in most businesses.

  • Google Analytics

    If you're wary of Google knowing everything about your business and your web site, then Google Analytics is not for you. But for most, it's a useful ally in a challenging business climate.

  • Google combines word processing, spreadsheets

    Google is diving further into the Web-based productivity-applications market by offering a new product that combines its online word-processing and spreadsheet programs.

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