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Google test cars 'steer without drivers'

Google is road-testing cars that steer, stop and start without a human driver, the company says.

Google makes search results 'instant'

Google has stepped on its Internet search accelerator by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.

Google amplifies voice commands for Android phones

Just because mobile phones are becoming more like small computers doesn't mean you should have to do a lot of typing on them.

Google's China answer page inaccessible

A Google question-and-answer page for Chinese users was inaccessible from mainland China yesterday, less than a month after the search giant's Internet license was renewed amid a dispute over online censorship.

Image search gets revamp

The revamp of Google Image Search, the most extensive redesign since the service was launched in...

Image search gets revamp

Google last week launched a major redesign of its image search, an effort intended to open a new source of advertising revenue for the search giant and parry competition from Microsoft's Bing search engine.

Google finances projects to test digital library

Google is giving researchers nearly $US500,000 to test the academic value of its rapidly growing online library.

China confirms it renewed Google operating license

China confirmed Sunday that it renewed Google's license to operate after a monthslong standoff over Internet censorship, saying the company has pledged not to provide "lawbreaking content."

Google to change China service after Beijing objects

Google will stop automatically rerouting users of its China search site to its Hong Kong site after Beijing threatened the company with the loss of its internet license.

Google beats $US1 billion copyright suit - for now

A federal judge has handed Google a major victory by rebuffing media company Viacom's attempt to collect more than $US1 billion ($NZ 1.4 billion) in damages for the alleged copyright abuses of Google's popular YouTube service.

Google facing more privacy probes

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says that "a significant number" of states will be conducting an investigation into Google's gathering of personal data via wireless networks.

Google tells lawmakers it never used Wi-Fi data

Google is telling lawmakers that it never dissected or used any of the information that it accidentally sucked up while collecting data about public Wi-Fi networks in more than 30 countries.

Google company attacks Apple's iAd plans

Google company attacks Apple's iAd plans

Google thinks its increasingly bitter rival Apple is trying to muscle it out of the mobile advertising competition on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Bar codes become more useful

A QR barcode, which leads to the google.com site.

Bar codes become more useful

It used to be that the only time you'd notice a bar code was at a store, maybe when a cashier scanned your groceries. But lately bar codes are showing up in more places around town - and getting more sophisticated.

Police to investigate Google Street View

The Privacy Commissioner has today asked police to investigate Google's gathering of personal wireless internet data during its street view operation in New Zealand.

Google denies use of private data for mapping

Google representatives say the search engine company has not broken any laws with the collection of data for its mapping service, after Connecticut's attorney general pressed the company to "come clean with the American public."

Australia launches privacy investigation of Google

Australia has announced a police investigation into whether Google illegally collected private information from wireless networks, becoming at least the second country to probe the internet giant's "Street View" mapping service.

Google celebrates inventor of the holograph

Google celebrates inventor of the holograph

Google is marking the 110th birthday of the creator of the holograph with a "Google doodle" - an altered image of its logo on its search page.

Google sued over online walk directions

A pedestrian injured by a motorist while following an online route has filed a lawsuit claiming Google supplied unsafe directions.

Changes coming to the Google search page

The Google search page has always been clean, uncluttered and... well, some might say a little boring. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Google phasing out Windows: report

Microsoft is defending the security of Windows in the wake of reports internet giant Google is phasing out its use of the operating system because of security concerns.

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