Google seeks surfers’ help to label images (Macworld UK)

Google seeks surfers’ help to label images (Macworld UK)
Google is asking Web surfers with time on their hands to help it categorize and label the images indexed by its search engine, building a database of knowledge about the contents of the images.

Google releases open sauce OCR (The Inquirer)

Google releases open sauce OCR (The Inquirer)
GOOGLE HAS updated and released the Tesseract OCR software under an Open Sauce licence.

Google to Comply with Brazilian Court Order (Addict 3D)

Google to Comply with Brazilian Court Order (Addict 3D)
Google Inc., which refused in the past year to hand over user search data to U.S. authorities fighting children’s access to pornography, said yesterday that it was complying with a Brazilian court’s orders to turn over data that could help identify users accused of taking part in online communities that encourage racism, pedophilia and homophobia.