Category: Google
US Senate considers changes to Electronic Privacy Law
In 1986, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), with the admonition that “privacy protections must advance with technology, or privacy will gradually erode as technology advances.” The committee again met Wednesday to deliberate over updates to the aging law. Chairman of the committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), said that “while [...]
Cloud Printers A Security Risk?
The modern printer is one of the most versatile bits of office equipment around. New printer models can scan, copy, and print your documents in a flash. Some advanced printers can even be hooked up to the Internet and through cloud technologies such as Google Cloud Print and Hp ePrint, you can use them remotely [...]
Bold Claims From Google But Are They Real Foresight Or Just Empty Threats?
Recently, Google Apps, the web-based operating system product from Google, ran a four page ad in the Economist magazine, in an effort to stir up more interest from users and businesses all over. Since its inception in 2007, the company boasts a subscription base of more than 3,000,000 users that continues to grow by 3,000 [...]
Google cloud computing apps get certification for US government use
Google wants the federal government to use its e-mail. The company earned federal certification last week for its cloud-based e-mail, calendar and other collaboration applications after the General Services Administration determined they met moderate-level federal security requirements. It’s the first cloud-based suite to earn such accreditation and serves as an impetus for the Mountain View, [...]
Why Microsoft Windows Azure is a threat to Google
By Charlotte Dunlap Microsoft’s new features announced last week to its cloud computing platform, Azure, gives developers the option to build applications in the cloud via Microsoft’s data centers, rather than in a company’s server. Giving customers this sort of flexibility in IT and software development is important to customers looking for ways to reduce [...]
Google testing cloud printing internally
Google is testing its Google Cloud Print service internally and hopes to make it available in the coming months after testing it with printer makers, the company said June 7. HP announced its support for Google Cloud Print at an event in New York City, where the printer maker unveiled a suite of cloud-aware printers [...]
Google prepares the Government Cloud
Google has submitted final materials to get its cloud computing services certified for use by federal agencies, and is nearing release of its government-specific cloud, a top Google executive said Wednesday. While Google Enterprise president Dave Girouard admitted in an interview after his keynote at the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C., that the process [...]
Google releases cloud coding tool
Google has released a programming tool to help move its Native Client project–and more broadly, its cloud-computing ambitions–from abstract idea to practical reality. The new Native Client software developer kit, though only a developer preview version, is designed to make it easier for programmers to use the Net giant’s browser-boosting Native Client technology. “The Native [...]
