Orkut

Google unveils new look for Orkut NEW DELHI: Social networking site Orkut has revamped its look and added a host of new features as it tries to regain ground from one of its toughest competitor Facebook. Google, which owns Orkut, said the...

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The company has just launched Dashboard, which aggregates the different information its gathered from 20 different Google products, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Web History, Orkut, YouTube, Picasa, Talk, Reader, Alerts, and Latitude.

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...to F1 racer Barrichello Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay 500,000 US dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut. The decision by the court in...

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...been capable of achieving. Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay $500,000 dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut. Agence France Presse Michael...

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On August 22, 2006, a Brazilian Federal Judge ordered Google to release Orkut user's information of a list of about two dozen Brazilian nationals, believed to be using the social network to sell drugs and to be involved in child pornography.

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...to become an industry standard. At launch, Dashboard covers more than 20 products and services, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Web History, Orkut, YouTube, Picasa, Talk, Reader, Alerts and Latitude. "The Dashboard is very useful and...

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...uploads are faster. The changes come at a time when Orkut is seeing major encroachments by Facebook in its strongest markets of India and Brazil (despite its efforts to make it hard for Orkut users to switch). Google's social network...

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...referring to Barrichello were removed. Orkut, owned by Google, has a big following in Brazil, though it is losing some ground to a new Portuguese-language version of Facebook that has become available. The 15th district court of Sao Paulo...

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...the man's home country. The civil case, which was filed in July 2006, related to hundreds of fake profiles for Barrichello that were created on Orkut, some of which depicted him as a toy turtle ¿ I kid you not. Earlier this week,...

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