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Feds Subpoena Google January 20, 2006 Updated: January 20, 2006 by Ken Chan

The San Jose Mercury News reported that the Feds have subpoenaed Google in a bid to obtain their search records. In an act reminiscent of certain countries in “Old Europe,” Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL all surrendered, leaving Google to fight it alone. Here are copies of the motions. I’ve OCR’d…

Editors, Reporters, Conventional Media -> New Jobs Bloggers November 20, 2005 Updated: February 4, 2016 by Tim Stanley

Hi Friends, Stacy and I went to the The Stanford Daily alumni dinner tonight following another Stanford loss to Cal (congrats RS). Thanks to Elna Tymes, whose son Adrian was one of the programmers at FindLaw, did a great job putting together the dinner. As for the dinner talks, after…

Google Mini and Little Sheba the Hug Pug Puppy Photos & Fun September 29, 2005 Updated: September 29, 2005 by Tim Stanley

Hi Friends, We just got a brand new 1U blue boxed Google Mini for full text indexing of a new database we are setting up. It took about an hour to get it out of the box, install and index our content set (although we are doing some extra work…

Hurricane Katrina Web Resources – News, Missing Persons, Publications September 7, 2005 Updated: September 20, 2019 by Ken Chan

Since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, I have been absolutely shocked by the magnitude of destruction left in her wake. In California, we’ve experienced our share of natural disasters, including the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989. While the damage from that earthquake was extensive, it did not force the…

Google Opens GMail to All US Mobile Phone Users August 26, 2005 Updated: February 4, 2016 by Ken Chan

Last year, Google announced that it was launching a preview release of Gmail, its supercharged seach-based webmail product with 1 Gig of free storage. This, in turn, probably lead Yahoo to unveil its “New and Improved” Yahoo! Mail service with increased storage space shortly thereafter. Initially, Gmail was only open…

Google Maps Goes Extraterrestrial July 20, 2005 Updated: July 20, 2005 by Ken Chan

In honor of the first manned Moon landing, Google presents Google Moon, a version of the Google Maps interface that plots the Apollo moon landing sites on a photo image of the moon. You can zoom in and zoom out, but if you look too closely, you’ll discover that the…

Research Tips for Finding Information Hidden from the Major Search Engines June 17, 2005 Updated: February 4, 2016 by Ken Chan

Google proudly displays the number of web pages contained within its index. At 8 billion pages and counting, this potentially represents an immense quantity of useful information. Indeed, Google is well suited for finding all sorts of arcane trivia tucked into the many recesses of the web. However, web researchers…

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