Archive for March 10th, 2009

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-03-10 22:21 Google employees swap 93 pct of underwater options (Interactive Investor)

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Web search leader Google Inc said on Tuesday its employees exchanged about 93 percent of "underwater" stock options for new options with a lower exercise price. The exchange, which became a subject of shareholder criticism after it was announced in January, was completed on Monday morning. According to a regulatory filing, 15,642 Google employees ...

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Google optimistic YouTube music row can be resolved (The Herald)

Search engine giant Google today said it was hoping to resolve a licensing dispute which has prompted it to block the viewing of professional music videos on YouTube.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Google Docs security: it’s free, what do you expect? (Computer Weekly)

Google has fixed a security problem on Google Docs that caused users to share documents inadvertently. The company said the issue affected 0.05% of...

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

UK gov gets twitchy on Google feature creep (The Register)

Less lassitude on Latitude please Comment Google was the target of MPs' ire yesterday as four of them signed an Early Day Motion expressing concern about the chocolate factory's latest feature, one that allows willing subjects to be tracked through their phones.…

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

MPs call on parliament to examine Google Latitude (Computing.co.uk)

Parliamentary reporter, Computing , Tuesday 10 March 2009 at 13:00:00 Commons motion raises fears over privacy aspects of mobile phone tracking system MPs have launched a protest in Westminster over Google’s new Latitude phone tracking software that makes location data available from mobile phone users. Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake has put down a motion in parliament ...

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009