Google launches global kids science fair

Google on Tuesday launched its first ever global science fair for young people aged 13 to 18, with the grand prize being a trip to the Galapagos Islands and a 50,000-dollar scholarship.- 12/01/2011, Gadgets & Tech

Google Goggles to ungarble gobbledegook

Incomprehensible menus in fancy French restaurants need never be a source of angst again. Those unsure of whether they’d like their steak “bien cuit ou saignant” can simply consult their mobile phones. Internet giant Google has released software allowing users of its Android phone to translate foreign signs or even complete Sudo...- 11/01/2011, News

Facebook tops Google in website hits: study

Facebook stole the thunder from Google this year as the most-visited website in the United States, according to a new study from Internet research firm Experian Hitwise.- 04/01/2011, Gadgets & Tech

Google moving in on Apple's digital newsstand

Google is trying to get media backing for a new Google-operated digital newsstand for users of devices that runs its Android software, hoping to muscle in on Apple's own version, The Wall Street Journal said Sunday.- 03/01/2011, TV & Radio

John Rentoul: Coalition over already

Search for "coalition agreement" on Google and it finds the pdf of the document on the Cabinet Office website. Only someone has moved it. ...- 26/12/2010, Commentators

New Google TV sets facing delays: reports

Google has asked several television makers to delay their launch of sets featuring Google TV, which merges online content with traditional TV programming, newspapers reported on Monday.- 22/12/2010, Gadgets & Tech

Google alerting searchers to hacked websites

Google on Friday announced search engine upgrades that included alerting people to hacked websites that make it into query results.- 20/12/2010, Gadgets & Tech

Facebook in challenge to Google crown

Facebook is challenging Google's supremacy on the Internet with a radically different approach to how people live, work, play and search online.- 18/12/2010, Gadgets & Tech

Google gets personal with enhanced voice recognition

Google is helping mobile phones to understand the intricate nuances in your voice so you can start searching the internet more accurately - without using your fingers.- 15/12/2010, Gadgets & Tech

Google defends local search results

Google on Monday defended its local search results in the face of a Wall Street Journal report of complaints that the firm favors its online content over that of rivals.- 14/12/2010, Gadgets & Tech

Santa uses Google Voice to call your kids this Christmas

Writing letters to Santa is so 2009; after all, he's always far too busy to reply.- 13/12/2010, Life & Style

Publishers welcome Google eBooks

UK publishers yesterday welcomed Google's move to take on Amazon and Apple with the launch of its eBook store.- 08/12/2010, Business News

Google's new Chrome notebook leaves desktop apps in the dust

The first generation of Google's Chrome notebook, the Cr-48, is a sleek, black, unbranded web-ready device that boots up in just 10 seconds.- 08/12/2010, Gadgets & Tech

Scientists turn to Google for answers

Internet giant Google unveiled its latest product, the Google Earth Engine, on December 2 at the International Climate Change Conference (COP16) in Cancun, Mexico. It is hoped that the new product will help researchers and scientists better track and analyze environmental changes. - 08/12/2010, Environment

Google opens online shop for Chrome applications

Google on Tuesday opened an online shop stocked with applications tailored for its increasingly popular Chrome Web browsing software.- 08/12/2010, Gadgets & Tech