Archive for January, 2006



Google Stock: After-Hours Plummet

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Though reporting nearly double net income in the fourth quarter, Google’s earnings fall below analyst expectations and the stock price plunges for the first time since its 2004 IPO.
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MS Rules on Gov’t Complaints

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Microsoft will only block access to blogs and websites it hosts if a government objects to the content by serving a court order. Concerns raised when the company pulled a Chinese blog at the government’s request prompt the decision.
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No Nieuws is bad news

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Posted by Luuk van Dijk, Zurich Tech Team



Last week, we launched 10 new versions of Google News. Now, Google Nieuws is available in Dutch for the Netherlands, and furthermore, news readers in Belgium can get country-specific news in either Dutch or French. We also released English-language versions of Google News with news targeted for Ireland and South Africa, and Spanish-language versions of Google News were released for Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Venezuela, and the U.S.



We’re proud of each new country, language, and feature we release, and Dutch engineers on the Google News team have been especially motivated by this launch: now we in Zurich and in Mountain View can finally keep up via Google News with what’s happening at home. Even more important, since we’re sworn to secrecy during much of pre-launch product development, we’re relieved that we now can answer when friends and family ask what it is we actually work on.

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Humans Mellow With Age

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Better brain control comes with getting older. Plus: Stem cells repair livers…. Women can’t replenish their egg supplies. In Bodyhack.
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Could Terrorists Hijack Your Brain?

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
According to a new report on biosecurity, technological advances in the not-so-distant future may make it a possibility.
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Faster, Farther Wi-Fi

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Newly approved Wi-Fi standards should give a boost to the wireless industry — and likely expand media in the home.
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Narnia Nominated for Oscars

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe has received three Academy Award nominations!
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Fetal Heart Procedure a Success

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
The first recipient of a prenatal heart “stent” procedure goes home from the hospital in good shape, and in a much better position to face the rigors of additional surgery.
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Gadget Lab: Traffic Map to Go

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
The lab rats check out a mobile map that puts the traffic grid in the palm of your hand, Logitech’s bumpin’ iPod speakers and a moldable WonderVase. By Chris Baker and Brian Lam from Wired magazine.
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AT&T Sued Over NSA Eavesdropping

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
The EFF files a class-action lawsuit on behalf of customers allegedly caught up in the NSA’s domestic surveillance program, claiming that AT&T illegally gave the government access to customer databases. By Ryan Singel.
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