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Google BigQuery, the enterprise level database for home users

You can still get access to the tool prior invite, but the time where Google BigQuery will be available to the public is getting closer. What is BigQuery? With its slogan “Analyze terabytes of data with a simple click or a single call to the API” everybody IT centric should have been now able to understand what BigQuery is. The project consists...

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Google plus ready to add the business with it's new toy

Quite recently, I have read an Italian article about Google+ failing. An interesting reading although I don't agree with the author's position, especially considering recently - last Monday - Google announced Pages, a new Google+ integrated service. Much like Facebook Pages, Google+ pages are dedicated to the business entities that would like to...

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301 redirection loop to generate duplicate content

As many of you know, a 301 redirect is the solution for many SEO issues. You may wonder the reason for this article then. Very recently, I provided support to a user in the Google Webmaster Forum claiming the 301 was not work correctly. Particularly, he was complaining on the GWT reporting some pages previously redirected having duplicate meta...

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German group of hackers crack the SSL protocol

Three days ago a group of German Hackers officially released a new DDoS tool]100 (Denial of Service) that exploit a weakness in the SSL protocol in an attempt to encourage the industry to reinforce the security standard adopted by the protocol and make citizens safe and secure again. This is quite interesting, especially considering that it is not...

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Looking for an investment? Yahoo is on sale

After CEO Carol Bartz has been brutally fired from the company, Yahoo! decline has definitely become more prominent than ever. Their profit share recorded a loss of 24%, which in numbers correspond to 1,22 billions (according to WSJ). Google is ready to buy, but other competitors are on his way. Microsoft, which attempted to buy the Sunnivale...

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Google sticks hands on real time search (again)?

Earlier this year, Google acquired the patents for a real time search engine called Wowd (whose development started in 2009). As opposed to other search engines, Wowd relies on the use of a plugin people need to install locally to help the engine to identify news, trends, popular topics and visited pages. The result of the acquisition is in a new...

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