Google-funded firm launches DNA test in Europe
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - A private firm funded by Google Inc launched its Web-based DNA test in Europe on Tuesday, hoping to build on a successful start in the United States, where the $999 service went on sale in November.
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The private firm, 23andMe,  launched its Web-based DNA test in Europe, hoping to build on a successful start in the United States, where the $999 service went on sale in November.
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By ALASTAIR DALTON  COMPUTER users could win new rights over the use of personal information by Google after a European investigation was launched into the world's largest search engine.
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Researchers say a new programme could help create a DNA database of all life on Earth, ever.
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Cycling authorities have decided to study the possibility of imposing mandatory DNA testing on ProTour cyclists to combat doping.
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Â· Britons assist in analysis of mobile phone dataÂ· Portuguese newspaper tells of new DNA evidence
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A new genetic blood test allowing a closer match between donors and recipients is being developed.
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The search giant Google is rumoured to be working on its own web browser.
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Blog: Ancestry.com announced plans Monday to add DNA digging to its mix of ancestral sleuthing tools.
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Privacy to be central to lawmaker hearings in Europe on Google's proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick.
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Europeans seek assurances that company is respecting privacy rights of people whose data it retains.
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The Complutense University of Madrid is   becoming the first library in a non-English-speaking country to   join Google Inc.'s GOOG.O bid to scan every book in print, as   the controversial project extends its global reach.
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Google is backing a fledgling biotech firm started by the bride of the world-renowned Internet search engine&#39;s co-founder Sergey Brin.
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(InfoWorld) - Google has appointed a top IBM researcher to lead the expansion of its engineering group in Europe, the search company announced Thursday. Nelson Mattos worked for 15 years at IBM and was most recently a vice president and "distinguished engineer" at IBM Research, where his projects included data management and search. He becomes Google's first ever vice president for engineering in Europe, responsible for managing project teams and hiring new engineers in the region. Google has been working hard to expand its services in Europe. While its search engine leads in most European countries, it faces strong local competitors in areas such as mapping and online video. The appointment of Mattos, who will be based in Zurich, Switzerland, underlines Google's commitment to Europe and a desire to harness its "extraordinary local computer science talent," the company said. Google employs about 2,500 people in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, roughly a third of whom are engineers. That's a relatively small portion of its global workforce, which stood at almost 14,000 at the end of June, but the company appears ready to step up its European growth. Google plans to increase its global workforce by a third in the next few years, with most of the new additions coming in Europe, according to a report in Thursday's Financial Times newspaper. Mattos told the paper he plans to expand the EMEA engineering team to be the same size as that of North America. He also hopes to improve Google's image here. "We are not seen correctly in Europe," Mattos told the Financial Times. "My impression is that Google is seen as a big U.S. company that is here to make money." The company's recent expansion in Europe has included new versions of Google Maps in Scandinavia, and localized versions of YouTube for France, Germany, and other countries. It has also stumbled occasionally.Â Google News has faced protestsÂ from publishers in Belgium, Denmark, and elsewhere, and data protection officials in Brussels have raisedÂ data privacy concernsÂ about its services. Google's engineers in EMEA work at 12 research and development centers in cities including London, Dublin, Munich, Moscow, and Tel Aviv. They work on products that are offered worldwide, including search, advertising, and mobile services, as well as those for local markets. At IBM Research, Mattos was most recently vice president for information and user interaction, working on a variety of IBM's advanced data management technologies. In the past he played a key role in developing IBM's DB2 database, represented the company on standards bodies, and built IBM's Information Integration segment from scratch to be a big business for IBM, according to his profile on IBM's Web site. Â
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The European Union on Thursday authorized Germany to give $165 million for research on Internet search-engine technologies that could someday challenge U.S. search giant Google Inc.
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23andMe has been much talked about. Here's what that little start-up is going to be doing.
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PARIS, Dec. 21 -- European regulators are investigating whether a proposed merger of the Internet search engine Google and the dominant online advertiser DoubleClick would violate competition regulations, even as U.S. authorities approved an American marriage between the two companies Thursday.