Archive for December 5th, 2008

Google slows data center empire expansion (The Register)

'Volatile economic conditions' Citing "volatile economic conditions," Google has backed out of a $4.7 million grant that would have greased the expansion of its worldwide data center empire into the sleepy town of Lenoir , North Carolina.…

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Google Earth browser plug-in arrives for Mac (ZDNet UK)

A new plug-in for Mac OS X lets people use the Google Earth software as a browser plug-in

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Facebook and Google launch single sign-on services (Infomatics)

Facebook and Google have both launched new user-ID services that let users take their existing log-ins and deploy them across a number of sites. Google's Friend Connect , out now in beta, is pitched at webmasters who want to add social networking tools to their web sites.

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Google and Facebook launch connect services (The Inquirer)

Emma Hughes the Inquirer , Friday 5 December 2008. 12:55:00 On the same day BACK WHEN THE SUN almost shined, both Facebook and Google announced an extension to their services known as “connect” – this means taking your online identity with you all over the web. Yesterday, in a strange coincidence, both services were launched simultaneously....

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Facebook and Google launch single sign-on services (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Facebook and Google have both launched new user-ID services that let users take their existing log-ins and deploy them across a number of sites.

Friday, December 5th, 2008