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Old 08-23-2005, 10:09 PM   #1
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Google is supposed to come out with it tomorrow...
going to take over msn?
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Old 08-23-2005, 10:38 PM   #2
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They've certainly come a long way from "that crappy insurgent company that hates big business and has a nifty search engine"
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Old 08-23-2005, 10:45 PM   #3
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google used to hate big business? well your right, they've taken quite the turn from that stance. what next, google is gonna have an internet service? their google earth is really cool though
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Old 08-23-2005, 10:56 PM   #4
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Well when they started up they always painted themselves as the non-corporate search engine
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Old 08-23-2005, 11:03 PM   #5
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The fact that they catalogue and save everything that goes through their systems for later search ability is why I don't use anything except their search engine... (without cookies BTW)
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Old 08-24-2005, 12:36 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Astonfan
google used to hate big business? well your right, they've taken quite the turn from that stance. what next, google is gonna have an internet service? their google earth is really cool though
next will be, google university, so you can learn how to use all of these new features google can offer.
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Old 08-24-2005, 05:45 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by RC45
The fact that they catalogue and save everything that goes through their systems for later search ability is why I don't use anything except their search engine... (without cookies BTW)
i was about to comment, on that
i guarantee they will record every word you say in conversation..

and half the things i talk about on msn.. i do not want to come back to me at a later date...
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Old 08-24-2005, 02:42 PM   #8
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http://www.google.com/talk/

as for the log info
http://www.google.com/talk/privacy.html
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Old 08-24-2005, 03:18 PM   #9
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Log info is not in question - it is the cached traffic they are storing.

This traffic/data is not covered by their "disclosures".
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Old 08-24-2005, 03:21 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by corpse_grinder0
Originally Posted by Astonfan
google used to hate big business? well your right, they've taken quite the turn from that stance. what next, google is gonna have an internet service? their google earth is really cool though
next will be, google university, so you can learn how to use all of these new features google can offer.
lol
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Old 08-24-2005, 08:13 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by thamar
Where are the days of peer to peer Telnet & SSH sessions
Be brave - just trust IRC...
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Old 08-24-2005, 11:19 PM   #12
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Can't wait for their new OS!!!
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