Developer David Kocher has updated Cyberduck (http://cyberduck.ch/) — an open source FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files andAmazon S3 browser — to version 3.5. The upgrade featuressupport to store and retrieve documents from Google Docs.
Read MoreGoogle is phasing out the internal use of Windows because of security concerns, reports the “Financial Times” (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html), attributing the info to “several Google employees.”
The directive to move to other operating systems “began in earnest” in January, after Google’s Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more than 10,000 workers internationally, the article adds. New employees are now given the option of using Macs or PCs running Linux.
Read MoreConsumer Watchdog has called on the state attorneys general to investigate Google’s WiSpy snooping in their respective states to determine what state laws were broken.
“While the activity is likely a violation of federal laws, we believe there is a good possibility it also broke state wiretap, privacy and unfair business practices laws in many cases,” wrote John M. Simpson, consumer advocate with the nonpartisan, nonprofit group. “We call on each attorney general to investigate the extent to which this is the case in his or her jurisdiction.”
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Google has introduced the “stable channel release” of Google Chrome for Mac (http://www.google.com/chrome), providing their very first non-beta release of the web browser for the Mac. It comes with a host of new features.
Read MoreAs the battle lines sharpen between Google’s vision of a mobile web and Apple’s application ecosystem, the leading figures in Europe’s mobile industry are meeting in London for their annual C-level get-together at the Open Mobile Summit next week.
Taking place on May 26 and 27 at the London Hilton Tower Bridge hotel, the Open Mobile Summit is where experts in the converging mobile, Internet and media industry meet once-a-year, to map out the future. This year’s closing plenary asks “Will the Web win?”
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