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  • Chrome exits beta status

    Google's Chrome Web browser is coming out of beta testing, according to a US report yesterday.

  • Google adds privacy link to homepage

    Google has made a minor change to its homepage, adding a link that leads to the company's Privacy Center Web page.

  • Facebook suspends Top Friend peephole app

    Facebook has suspended the "Top Friends" application after a Canadian computer technician discovered it allowed anyone to peep through normally inaccessible parts of Facebook accounts.

  • Google's changes rely on guinea pig users

    Google is using users as crash test dummies to measure exactly what changes it should make to its main search website both to its famously Spartan search box and to the results it produces.

  • Sony softens stance on DRM

    Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world's second largest music label, has become the last of the top four majors to scuttle digital rights management (DRM) software on music downloads.

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  • Virtual desktops, real security

    Virtualised desktop environments, in some cases using Linux, are gaining in popularity as IT administrators realise they can deliver security advantages. We tell the story of one Australian government department and take you through the landscape.

  • What the Google-AOL deal means for users

    Google promises purity in its interface and results, but expect more ads, video links and AIM chat.

  • Do you Google?

    As the company reaches beyond its Internet search roots, critics ask whether success may breed an identity crisis.

  • Oracle: Deal, no deal or ....

    The latest Oracle ruling is just another indication that consolidation, mergers and acquisitions are part and parcel of the business landscape. The underlying issue for customers is this: who controls the destiny of their software?

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  • Google search gets newsier

    Google has unveiled an expanded test version of its search engine for current events and news, the latest step in the company's move into new markets.

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