Archive for March 27th, 2009

Google still hiring after layoffs  (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Google is hiring to fill about 360 jobs, even after it announced plans this week to lay off almost 200 sales and marketing employees in its third round of job cuts this year.

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Google to fund another round of NetSurf development (Drobe.co.uk)

By Michael Drake . Published: 22nd Mar 2009, 22:49:15. Development work on the open source NetSurf web browser project will once again be funded by Google as part of the internet giant's Summer of Code scheme . NetSurf has been accepted into this year's GSoC, which pays students to develop open source software during their holiday, under the guidance of a mentor.

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Google lays off 200 advertising staff (Times Online)

Google is cutting its sales and marketing team by roughly 200 employees, in its largest round of layoffs yet.

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Google takes action to build IPv6 momentum (ZDNet UK)

The search giant believes there is now a financial incentive for companies to support the next-generation internet standard and Google itself could profit

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Google Voice forbids itself (The Register)

You did read the T&C, didn't you? The chocolate factory's latest service, Google Voice, expressly forbids using the service for voice mail - despite that being one of the most promoted features of the service.… Whitepaper - Accelerating virtualised environments

Friday, March 27th, 2009