Apple action ‘threatens Google’

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Apple’s patent case against HTC may have implications for all phone makers using Google software, an analyst warns.

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Google bosses convicted in Italy

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Google executives are convicted in Italy after a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied was posted online.

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US ‘closes in on Google hackers’

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Investigators say they are closing in on the source of the cyber attacks that hit Google and other firms, according to reports.

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US ‘closes in on Google hackers’

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Investigators say they are closing in on the source of the cyber attacks that hit Google and other firms, according to reports.

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Google books plan still in limbo

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A New York judge said he will not rush to judgement over Google’s plans to create a giant digital library.

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Google books plan still in limbo

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A New York judge said he will not rush to judgement over Google’s plans to create a giant digital library.

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Google in court over books deal

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Google is facing its opponents in a New York court over long-delayed plans to create the world’s biggest digital library.

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Google in court over books deal

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Google is facing its opponents in a New York court over long-delayed plans to create the world’s biggest digital library.

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Google in court over books deal

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Google is facing its opponents in a New York court over long-delayed plans to create the world’s biggest digital library.

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Google Buzz ‘breaks privacy laws’

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A leading privacy watchdog files a complaint with US regulators urging them to investigate Google’s Buzz social network.

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Google to build US fibre network

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Google announces plans to build a ‘ultra high-speed’ broadband network to connect up to half a million homes in the US.

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Harper Valley PTA – crazy memories.

One of the songs we played this morning was the classic “Harper Valley PTA”.  The song was written by Tom T. Hall and tells the story of a widow who receives a letter from the PTA of her daughter’s school district chastising her for “wearing her dresses way too high” and “Runnin’ round and goin’ wild,” and that she shouldn’t be “raisin’ her little girl this way.” And it was signed by the secretary, Harper Valley PTA.

Well, the song is a classic  and James and I had discussion related not only to the song but also the movie that starred Barbara Eden. Barbara, also of “I Dream of Jeannie” fame was every young males “dream”. (Yes, I said it again “dream”.) Our conversation led me this morning to Google Barbara and we learned that she was 45 when the movie was produced.

I think that I remember the details of the movie so well because I saw it at a drive-in movie theater. That’s something the kids of today will never have the joy of experiencing. This is what Munising needs…a drive-in movie theater. We would always ride in the back of the pick-up truck, laying down of course because it must have been illegal to ride in the bed of a pick-up even in the ’70’s. My mom and dad would tell us to “keep your heads down until we get there”. We would bring our own popcorn & pop, mom would even make some “chef-boy-r-dee” pizzas to take with. We would watch the movie from the bed of the pick-up…being eat’in alive by mosquitos. No matter how hot the summer in northern Kansas was, the ride home was always cool in the bed of the truck.

Oh well, that’s what memories are good for. And this memory is brought to you by Barbara Eden and a man’s memories of growing up with such timeless beauties as Barbara. By the way, Barbara, born in 1934, is still beautiful at 76 years of age. That’s what they call timeless.

~ Leif

US objects to Google books plan

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The US Department of Justice says that it is still not satisfied with a deal that would allow Google to build a digital library.

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Google phases out support for IE6

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Google has begun phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6, identified as the weak link in a cyber attack on the firm.

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