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Picasa & Blogger Set for Rename, Report says
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – According to Mashable, Google is planning to rebrand popular services including image service Picasa and Blogger. “Google Blogs” will be the new name for Blogger while “Google Photos” will become the new name for Picasa, according...

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Hosting Wrap Up: LulzSec, Google+, Botnets & More
Friday, July 1st, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Many of us interested in the IT industry have been paying heavy attention to breaches carried out by hacking group LulzSec. Over the last couple months, the group has successfully breached sites belonging to the CIA,...

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Google Unveils Social Network
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Google unveiled a new social network called Google+ on Tuesday, possibly setting up a new rivalry with social networking site Facebook. In a post outlining the social network on the company’s blog, Google stated, “We’d like...

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$2.6 Billion Sought by Oracle in Suit against Google
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Database management company Oracle recently filed a new document in U.S. District Court specifying that they’re seeking 2.6 billion  from Google. Oracle claims that Google has ripped off its patent designs related to Java. The company...

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Cloud Provider Nirvanix Hires Ex-Google Employee
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Cloud storage provider Nirvanix recently announced that it had hired Paul Froutan as its new Chief Technology Officer. Froutan started out at Rackspace Hosting and then moved up, working at Google as the company’s Head of Global...

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Web Leaders Push for Free Internet at G8
Thursday, May 26th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – On Thursday, web leaders discussed the internet at the G8 summit, warning that too much regulation could limit free access. The summit included such high profile executives as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google chairman Eric...

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Google Data Center Will Use Baltic Sea Cooling
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Google, always looking to innovate, will open a new data center in Finland, which will harness water from the Baltic Sea to cool its servers. The new facility will be the first to use the technique....

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Google Chairman Talks Privacy In London
Friday, May 20th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – In light of the recent controversy over data tracking, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt spoke out, promising that Google would work to simplify privacy controls on Android devices. The comments were made  during Google’s Big Tent conference,...

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Google Rolls Out Android Security Fix
Thursday, May 19th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – A German security firm recently found a loophole in mobile operating system Android that could have exposed up to 99% of some users’ information as contained in Android’s calendar and contacts features. While the problem doesn’t...

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Social Giants Oppose Privacy Bill
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – A proposed bill in California by state Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-San Leandro) seeks to apply sweeping privacy changes to online social sites including Twitter, Google, Facebook, and Skype. However, the legislation has the...

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