Image by tuexperto_com5, licensed under Creative Commons Google rules the virtual world but if it ruled the real one, would things be a bit different? Google.org which is the philanthropic arm of Google blogged that it wants to see America weaned off fossil fuels by 2030 for its electricity. Also, Google's own energy efficiency initiatives will be equivalent to shutting down 10-20 coal-fired ...

The Sunday Times investigates Google’s tax arrangements in the UK. Well, actually, they have Richard Murphy read the accounts for them. In a nutshell when you buy an ad from Google you do so from Google Ireland rather than Google UK. Thus tax on any profits ends up in the Irish Treasury rather than the UK

This won't make any sense unless you first look at this rather good and amusing piece on Paul Staines' blog, about the predictive suggestions Google gives you when you type "Gordon Brown is". Then go to google.co.uk, and type in "Paul Staines", and see what predictive text Google suggests. FIRST PLACE GOOGLE SUGGESTION IS "PAUL STAINES BNP". As Paul says so wisely "GOOGLE KNOWS". Those g...

Presenting the Lib Dem version of Gordon Brown’s "all the talents" – promotion for Lembit "Asteroid Watcher" Opik and Norman "UFO spotter" Baker.Lembit Opik with Cheeky Girl Gabriela IrimiaLem

Eccentric Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik has announced to the world that he has 'found' God. A spokesman for God responded 'The Almighty wishes to distance himself from Mr Opik, and is sensitive to the bad press that this announcement could bring'. Mr Opik was quoted as asking, "If you're an atheist, how do you know you're right". Well Lembit, I don't. I just prefer to l...

1) Write about Google at a well known media outlet. 2) Write something about Google at a well known media site that Google would like to finesse. 3) Profit!

Forget the big tax battle this arvo,  (which bar talk suggests is in the bag) the only vote Nick Clegg and his cabal are worried about here at Lib Dem conference is Lembit Opik's bid for world domination - starting with his party's presidency. Lembit Opik on his Segway sccoter The election doesn't even take place until next month, but Opik is doing his best to sh...

Today's New York Times has a fun piece about Google X, the secret lab where Google is working on its special projects. The ideas are, suitability, far out. They are, apparently, looking at connecting household appliances to the internet and creating a robot that could go to the office so you don't have to. It would be tempting to laugh if not for what Google has already pulled off. Indee...

It looks as though Montgomeryshire's finest comic export is at it again. Lembit Opik has been caught out in the latest expenses scandal for claiming over £100,000 for a flat he was barely using and renting it out. Lembit Opik lived with his then girlfriend Sian Lloyd while renting out his taxpayer-funded London home to his friend and party agent. Over seven years, the Liberal Democrat M...

Looks like the clock has struck thirteen for Google. Confirmation. So far as I can gather, this means that the Google.cn site now in Hong Kong is completely blocked while Google.com can be accessed under the usual controls, though it...