Truth is Stranger than Fiction » Google http://currawong.net Wed, 09 May 2012 23:35:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Google gives Microsoft the flick, MS refutes http://currawong.net/2010/06/01/google-gives-microsoft-the-flick-ms-refutes/ http://currawong.net/2010/06/01/google-gives-microsoft-the-flick-ms-refutes/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:03:45 +0000 currawong http://currawong.net/?p=378 Google gives Microsoft the flick, MS refutes.

Brandon LeBlanc of Microsoft:

And it’s not just the hackers; third-party influentials and industry leaders like Cisco tell us regularly that our focus and investment continues to surpass others.

When you make the biggest mess, it takes the most focus and investment to clean up.  Just ask BP.

]]> http://currawong.net/2010/06/01/google-gives-microsoft-the-flick-ms-refutes/feed/ 0 The Honeymoon is Over or: Why I went back to the iPhone from the HTC Desire | http://currawong.net/2010/05/16/the-honeymoon-is-over-or-why-i-went-back-to-the-iphone-from-the-htc-desire/ http://currawong.net/2010/05/16/the-honeymoon-is-over-or-why-i-went-back-to-the-iphone-from-the-htc-desire/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 11:19:28 +0000 currawong http://currawong.net/?p=355 Nice one from Shane Lord. Shotgun summary: “Because I want to be able to USE my phone.” And to think my Motorolas were bad when it came to being slow and clunky.

The Honeymoon is Over or: Why I went back to the iPhone from the HTC Desire |.

]]> http://currawong.net/2010/05/16/the-honeymoon-is-over-or-why-i-went-back-to-the-iphone-from-the-htc-desire/feed/ 0 Clueless web users Googling Facebook login mistake article for Facebook http://currawong.net/2010/02/14/clueless-web-users-googling-facebook-login-mistake-article-for-facebook/ http://currawong.net/2010/02/14/clueless-web-users-googling-facebook-login-mistake-article-for-facebook/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:01:23 +0000 currawong http://currawong.net/?p=308 ReadWriteWeb published a story, Facebook Wants to Be Your One True Login which seems to have shot to the top of the Google results if you search for “Facebook login”.  However the downside of this was that many clueless people appear to be logging in to Facebook by Googling “facebook login” then hitting the first result.  This was made apparent by the comments posted on the article, such as

“Ok If I have to I will comment,I love facebook so right now just want to log in if thats ok with you..lol Keep up the good work…”

“ok cool now can I get to facebook”

“The new facebook sucks> NOW LET ME IN.”

etc ad infinitum.

Is anyone else as worried as I am about people’s level of intelligent and computer knowledge these days?

]]> http://currawong.net/2010/02/14/clueless-web-users-googling-facebook-login-mistake-article-for-facebook/feed/ 0 Wipe your bum with Google http://currawong.net/2010/01/24/wipe-your-bum-with-google/ http://currawong.net/2010/01/24/wipe-your-bum-with-google/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:08:50 +0000 currawong http://currawong.net/?p=278 …in Vietnam, of all places.

This Google’s made from 100% Virgin pulp, not chrome — Engadget.

]]> http://currawong.net/2010/01/24/wipe-your-bum-with-google/feed/ 0 Italian prosecutors seek jail for Google executives over bullying video http://currawong.net/2009/12/05/italian-prosecutors-seek-jail-for-google-executives-over-bullying-video/ http://currawong.net/2009/12/05/italian-prosecutors-seek-jail-for-google-executives-over-bullying-video/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:17:42 +0000 currawong http://currawong.net/?p=246 What’s disturbing is the precedent such a case could set.  You wouldn’t be able to run a community web site without risking jail for the content your users post.

GOOGLE executives could be jailed over a video showing a teen with Down’s Syndrome being bullied.

Italian prosecutors have accused four current and former Google executives of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data.

Google strongly denounced the case, calling it “a direct attack on a free, open internet.”

via Italian prosecutors seek jail for Google executives over bullying video | News.com.au.

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