Google developing eavesdropping software
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Audio 'fingerprint' for content relevant ads Comment The first thing that came out of our mouths when we heard that Google is working on a system that listens to what's on your TV playing in the background, and then serves you relevant adverts, was "that's cool, but dangerous".â¦
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Perhaps it's not a handset but a slice of the wireless spectrum that Google is eyeing.
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Google Inc. said on Wednesday it was building Web software that runs online and off to let users work remotely on planes, trains, slow dial-up connections or even the most remote locations in the world.
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InfoWorld - Google believes that its consumer-grade Web applications represent the future of enterprise IT. But while Google is quick to trumpet its products&#39; innovative features, the search giant hasn&#39;t said much about their security. Until recently, that is.
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Google will unveil communications and productivity software aimed at businesses that will be accessible over the Internet.
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Hot Fuzz Google is developing an automated tool for finding common web application vulnerabilities.â¦
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As first prototype surfaces Mobile phone handsets based on Google's Android platform are due to appear some time in the second half of this year but hackers have already got a cut-down version of the software running on devices.â¦
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Search engine leader Google has been forced to respond to a security vulnerability in its Google Desktop Search software, which reportedly made it possible for computer intruders to view desktop search results via the Web.
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Google deal prompts Federal Trade Commission to recently propose a set of privacy principles for online behavioral advertising.
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Looks to commercial surveillance tools
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(InfoWorld) - Google Inc.'s acquisition of security company GreenBorder Technologies Inc. is a sign the search giant wants to bolster confidence in its browser-delivered applications amid growing threats from malicious software on the Internet. The acquisition,Â made earlier this month but revealed this week, gives the company a security product to offer with browser-delivered applications such as Docs and Spreadsheets, its productivity suite. Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE) and Mozilla's Firefox are the most commonly used browsers, but have experienced serious security vulnerabilities. For Google, which doesn't have a browser product itself, that's bad news and could put off IT managers from using browser-based applications. With the GreenBorder buy, Google is trying to instill confidence in enterprises and users. "Our belief is not that they wanted to get in the security business, but they want to make the browsing experience safe," said Jay Heiser, a research vice president with Gartner Inc. Google hasn't detailed how it will offer GreenBorder, designed to block "untrusted" programs, including malware, from affecting the underlying system. The program works with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Microsoft's Outlook as well as other browsers and e-mail programs. GreenBorder offered a free consumer version and sold enterprise versions of its program. If a user gets infected by visiting a malicious Web site or downloads a worm from an e-mail attachment, the bad program will only run in an isolated environment, or a "separate logical domain," according to a February 2005 evaluation from KeyLabs, a security testing company now owned by AppLabs Technologies Pvt. Ltd. When users notice their systems are slowing, the malware can simply be flushed out by resetting GreenBorder, and there are no traces left on the system. It's not easy technology to build: "Desktop security suites have not utilized an approach similar to GreenBorder's due to the extremely high degree of complexity," KeyLabs' report said. And it's also not a replacement for antivirus software. Most desktop AV suites receive regular updates, called signatures, that allow the programs to identify and remove malware. GreenBorder doesn't use signatures or sweep a machine clean of malware. GreenBorder also won't stop bad software that's already on the machine, the KeyLabs report said. Still, GreenBorder has received good reviews from some users. Christian Mohn, a system administrator for the Norwegian shipping company, Seatrans AS, wrote on his blog that GreenBorder was easy-to-use and didn't slow down Internet Explorer. "All in all, I'm impressed," Mohn wrote on his blog . Whatever limitations GreenBorder may have, increased confidence in software-as-a-service applications could be a worrisome issue for companies such as Microsoft, which has competing desktop products and is trying to figure out how to turn them into online services, said Christian A. Christiansen, program vice president, security products and services, at analysis company IDC. Â ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!
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The company's new software might let private information go public. Also: A new website pays you to help your friends buy products  & hellip;. LAN operators start to gear up  & hellip;. and more.
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Experts see Google partnering with a handset maker for bundled software that will enable everything from IM and maps to monitoring blood pressure.Image: Looking for clues in Google patent
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Google's experimental API lets other programs access its blacklist of Web sites that may host malware.
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Google believes that its consumer-grade Web applications represent the future of enterprise IT. But while Google is quick to trumpet its products' innovative features, the search giant hasn't said much about their security. Until recently, that is.
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Blog: Although rare, a sophisticated attacker could perform a man-in-the-middle attack using Google Desktop.
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Plus: Google apps for your site, and HP's pretexting debacle.