Steve Bryant

Pixelated portriats of Larry, Sergey and Eric Schmidt. Courtesy of eBoy, found via Kottke. Does eBoy dislike Google? All the image files have the word “jerk” in them.

The University of California at Berkeley is using Google Video to deliver college courses free of charge, according to Reuters. The university has placed over 250 hours of video online for the public. They’re also the first institution to have their own branded page. If you’re an education institution, would you rather put your video […]

Throughout most of its eight-year history, Google has taken the high road when it comes to criticism and debate. When Google has been criticized, whether by click fraud watchdogs or copyright mavens, the company has remained relatively quiet. But in not responding to accusations in a timely manner, Google sometimes let public opinion get away […]

Google turns eight today. I think I’m supposed to maintain some sort of journalistic remove from congratulating it directly, or drooling my praises for its good work, or generally being in awe. So I won’t say that stuff. You can try to see how the Google home page has morphed over time at the Internet […]

update: After talking to some people who have the wrong impression of this post, I’d just like to clear things up by saying yes, Comcast probably just had a DNS problem and yes, it would be very silly for them to intentionally block Google. It just doesn’t make sense for them to block Google, especially […]

The world’s largest wealth management firm, UBS, issued a note this week advising investors that the unpredictable results of Google’s adjustments to ad systems and algorithms, combined with an expected 3Q seasonal downturn in online advertising, makes investing in GOOG a risky proposition in the short-term, at least until 3Q results are published. Longer-term, the […]

Last Update: See this post for a follow-up on the Comcast situation. Users of Comcast’s Internet services in Massachusetts are unable to access Google sites, Google Watch has learned. Internet users woke up this morning to find that Internet access worked fine for all sites except Google and Google’s services, such as Google Calendar and […]

Google is asking the computer industry to create a simpler and more efficient power supply standard. According to an articlein today’s New York Times, two Google data center designers will present a paper at the Intel Developer Forum today that calls for an industry shift away from multivoltage power supplies to a single 12-volt standard. […]

Is that headline joke old yet? Just in time for the holiday season, Google plans to extend its product search capabilities by helping users refine their product queries with a second search box. Refined queries will lead users to product listings on Google Base, which Google will promote over its old shopping service, Froogle, according […]

In a speech studded with references to Web 2.0, long tail economics and media critic Marshall McLuhan, NBC President Jeff Zucker said today that Google has a compelling business model, but that it doesn’t compare to the business models of the big media companies. “Google was built on the power of math and algorithms. NBC […]