Archive for April 20th, 2009

Google boffins unveil new ‘What’s UP?’ CAPTCHA (The Register)

Arms race extended Attempting to take the upper hand in the battle against bots, researchers from Google have devised a new CAPTCHA system that uses a series of randomly rotated images to distinguish between human visitors and automated scripts.… Whitepaper - Protecting small business server and other tips for SMBs

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Google’s revenue structure avoids £100m in UK taxes (vnunet.com)

Rosalie Marshall, vnunet.com , Monday 20 April 2009 at 15:04:00 Web giant’s corporate responsibility reputation tarnished Google has sparked outrage as it has emerged that the firm has evaded paying over £100m in UK tax through employing an elaborate revenue billing structure....

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Google Earth lead thief jailed after being caught for second time (Croydon Guardian)

A thief who used Google Earth to target buildings with lead tiles has been sentenced to jail after he was caught stealing for the second time to fund his champagne lifestyle.

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Google accused of UK tax dodge (The Register)

UK tax bill? No results Search giant Google has been accused of avoiding UK tax by routing most of its earnings through Ireland.… Whitepaper - Thinking beyond tape

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Pharmaceutical Companies Concerned About FDA’s Rules For Google Internet Search Ads (Medical News Today)

Drug industry executives have raised concerns that FDA regulations on Internet search advertisements are unclear and that complying with the rules could make the ads confusing or misleading, the New York Times reports. Search advertisements are brief text ads that appear alongside search results on search engines such as Google (Clifford, New York Times, 4/17).

Monday, April 20th, 2009