It's still too early to say what will happen as a result of this investigation," CNIL [French National Commission on Computing and Liberty] said Thursday.
"However, we can already state that [...] Google did indeed record e-mail access passwords [and] extracts of the content of e-mail messages," CNIL said.
Google has filed a patent for technology that helps identify undercovered topics on the internet by comparing what users search for and what they find, according to Kenneth Li at the Financial Times.
These underserved topic areas are called "inadequate content" — white space in the digital media landscape.
Technology that can find this white space would allow Google to outflank companies like Demand Media, which was mentioned in Andrew Rice's New York Times Magazine piece in May about what readers want on the internet.
If you were to mozy on over Google Trends this morning (June 17, 2010) you may have noticed that something was amiss. Not only were the terms listed as hot trends and searches off from their normal pop-fluff fair, but there was a rather unkind term in the number one spot.
You can narrow down your searches quite a bit, as well. Not only can you look at houses for sale, you can also find places for rent, number of bedrooms, bathrooms and even by price. According to the Google Lat Long Blog:
The map will update to show the properties matching those criteria – and also dynamically update as you scroll and zoom around the map until you’ve found your dream spot.
If you’re a YouTube user who never got around to learning how to edit video, the company has you covered. Today, YouTube unveiled its web-based video editor, which offers several simple ways to make your videos better.
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