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Google Explains the Site-Wide Mistake: “Human Error”

Earlier this morning, every single one of Google’s search results came with a warning that the site “may harm your computer,” including their own properties like Gmail and Google Maps. They’ve since explained what happened: Google works with the non-profit StopBadware.org to create a list of potentially dangerous sites, which is updated periodically. One such…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jan 31

Google Street View Completes Tour of Real America With Dude Carrying Rifle

Google’s really trying to get in touch with their inner red state lately, aren’t they? [Google Maps via The Smoking Gun via Valleywag] https://gizmodo.com/google-maps-car-hits-a-deer-records-entire-ordeal-on-g-5141974

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 30

Google GDrive Online Storage Getting Closer

GDrive is Google’s long-rumored online hard drive in the sky which might offer unlimited space for all of your files. Descriptions of GDrive have appeared in newly updated code on the Google Pack site. Here are the meaty bits in the string: // Localized product category of GDrive _CI_messages.CI_GDRIVE_CATEGORY = ‘Online file backup and storage’;…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 30

Dell Builds Prototype Android and Windows Mobile Phones, May Finally Sell Them

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Dell might go into the smartphone business. OOOLLLDDD? But today the WSJ reports Dell’s closer than ever, with prototypes built in two different styles and two competing platforms. The two styles may seem familiar to you, as demonstrated by my totally fake images above. One, we’ll call “iPhone,”…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 29

Swiss Police Uncover Hidden Marijuana Farm Using Google Earth

Swiss Police, aided by Google Earth, busted a group of “agricultural enthusiasts” who concealed two acres of ganja in the middle of a corn field. The only thing they didn’t account for: satellite imaging. Police weren’t specifically looking for the farm at the time of the bust, but were using the mapping software for a…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 29

Google Maps Car Hits a Deer, Records Entire Ordeal on Google Maps

Here’s a sad one: the Google Maps car took out a baby deer, and it recorded the entire process for all Google Maps users to see. For shame, Google Maps car! As you follow the street view scene down Five Points Road in Rush, NY, you can see the deer run out in front of…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 29

Opera Mini For Android Leaves Beta, Fixes Nagging Bugs

Opera Mini‘s final release addresses most of the problems we found in our beta test, and is available now in the ‘Communications’ category of the Android Market. Changes for this release: 1. added JSR-75 (File API) support which gives access to the SD card for uploading and downloading and also the possibility to save pages…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 29

Screenshot Tour: Taking Android’s “Cupcake” 1.5 Update For An Early Spin

If you want to see what’s next for Android in “Cupcake”-including that delicious on-screen keypad-you can grab the SDK and root around yourself before T-Mo pushes it to your G1. Or, check our gallery. We’ve known how this Cupcake tastes for a few days now, and we’re still most excited about the soft keypad, of…

Tech News John Mahoney Jan 27

DSTL1 Android Smartphone Is Battlestar Galactica’s iPhone

This is the Android-based, 3-inch Sharp touchscreen, General Mobile DSTL1. And it is everything the T-Mobile isn’t: A stunning design and features combination that may convince regular consumers to choose the Android platform over iPhone. Seriously, while the T-Mobile G1 leaves me completely in a blah state of mind, DSTL1 actually makes me horny in…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 27

Google Street View Discovers Rift in Spacetime Contiuum

Pre-medieval warriors! Battling to the death! In Pittsburgh! (Appropriately, at Samsonia Way.) Obviously a serious tear in the spacetime contiuum, since it even replaced their iron weapons with modern foam-rubber. [Google Maps – Thanks tipster!]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 26

Fake Android G2 Phones Invading the World

Trying to capitalize on the current buzz around the HTC/T-Mobile Android G1, a wholalotlot fake Android G2 phones are popping everywhere. Some of them even come with fake screens that include Mac OS X widgets. https://gizmodo.com/android-g2-photos-thinner-and-no-keyboard-5135926 Most probably, these cellphones are real Android-based terminals, but they are certainly not the droids you were looking for,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 26

Multitouch Implemented on G1 Android, Unofficially

Whether for fear of patent infringement or as the result of a colossal lapse in judgment, Android didn’t ship with multitouch. No worries—the hardware was ready, and the third-party developers willing to oblige. Developer Luke Hutchison has devised a way to implement multitouch in a few of the major apps (Chrome and Maps) as well…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 26

Rogue Android App Allegedly Destroying G1 Memory, Installing Adware

There was a disturbance in the Android App Market today as an application called MemoryUp was allegedly erasing contacts and installing adware. The mystery is how it got there in the first place. The app, created by a developer named Peter Liu to optimize the handset’s memory, was also responsible for random memory wipes and…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jan 25

T-Mobile G1 Available in All US Markets Starting Tomorrow

When the G1 was released, you had to live in a 3G-supported market to find to find one locally. Starting tomorrow (January 24th), it will be available at all T-Mobiles and supported partner stores. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-g1-available-in-retail-stores-nationwide-today-5066950

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 23

Google Street View Captures Image of Two-Story Giant

A race of giants roams the streets of LA. Google Street View captured an image of one as it boldly exposed itself in broad daylight, examining the street view truck like a Hot Wheels car. Typically nocturnal, after generations spent away from civilization, it’s unknown if these giants understand normal little people speech, so if…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 23

Android Cupcake OS Update Screenshots Show Virtual Keyboard, New Applications

While Google’s Android “Cupcake” updates may not be available just yet, detailed screenshots of the platform update show new applications in addition to the highly-anticipated virtual keyboard. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-g1-getting-cupcake-os-update-may-be-targete-5133283 Developer Arron La was able to test the most recent batch of Cupcake and make his own observations about the changes. According to him, there will be…

Tech News Erica Ho Jan 22

Android G2 Photos: Thinner and No Keyboard

Here they are: Alleged spy photos of the second generation Android cellphone, the thinner, shinier, and totally lickable T-Mobile G2 made by HTC. It has no keyboard and its back looks oh-so-soap-bar-smooth: Click to viewAs you can see, it has a 3.2 megapixel camera. According to our source, it will come in mid-May. Currently it…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 21

The Next Gadget Gods

This past year, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs began to focus on priorities other than tech. Who will fill their winged sandals and become the new Gadget Gods? These next gods will, like their predecessors, be people whose professional and private lives, and even personal appearance, are of equal importance to hordes of obsessed nerds.…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 20

If You Commit a Felony, Don’t Google It or You’ll Go to Jail

Lee Harbert was a San Francisco-based investment banker with a history of DUIs. On Jan. 11, 2005, he killed 55-year-old Gurdeep Kaur in a hit-and-run with his Jaguar. Google got him convicted. Harbert claimed he thought he’d hit a deer, which meant he wouldn’t have needed to stop and help the person he mowed down,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 19

T-Mobile G1 Getting “Cupcake” OS Update, May Be Targeted For Late January

Rumors about when/if the “cupcake” OS update might be heading for the G1 got a little more confirmation today as Google and Blog discovered after speaking with a G1 PDA Specialist. https://gizmodo.com/cupcake-roadmap-hints-at-whatll-be-in-the-next-android-5113029 According to the rep, the update (dubbed RC31) is, in fact, coming to the T-Mobile G1 with an end of January target for…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 16

Google Explains the Site-Wide Mistake: “Human Error”

Google Street View Completes Tour of Real America With Dude Carrying Rifle

Google GDrive Online Storage Getting Closer

Dell Builds Prototype Android and Windows Mobile Phones, May Finally Sell Them

Swiss Police Uncover Hidden Marijuana Farm Using Google Earth

Google Maps Car Hits a Deer, Records Entire Ordeal on Google Maps

Opera Mini For Android Leaves Beta, Fixes Nagging Bugs

Screenshot Tour: Taking Android’s “Cupcake” 1.5 Update For An Early Spin

DSTL1 Android Smartphone Is Battlestar Galactica’s iPhone

Google Street View Discovers Rift in Spacetime Contiuum

Fake Android G2 Phones Invading the World

Multitouch Implemented on G1 Android, Unofficially

Rogue Android App Allegedly Destroying G1 Memory, Installing Adware

T-Mobile G1 Available in All US Markets Starting Tomorrow

Google Street View Captures Image of Two-Story Giant

Android Cupcake OS Update Screenshots Show Virtual Keyboard, New Applications

Android G2 Photos: Thinner and No Keyboard

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If You Commit a Felony, Don’t Google It or You’ll Go to Jail

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