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July 2008
- After Yahoo, Microsoft Amps Up Search Effort
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 24, 08 4:21 PM CDT
  
  CEO Steve Ballmer is spinning Microsoft’s failure to acquire Yahoo expertly, telling analysts today that, unburdened by the search giant, the company can be more frisky and adaptable in its fight with nemesis Google, the Wall Street Journal reports. Actions might speak louder than words, though: Microsoft announced yesterday it would give the leader of its online efforts the boot, and restructure. More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • Yahoo • mergers and acquisitions • search engine • Steve Ballmer
- Google Unveils Wikipedia Rival
  
  newser | CNET | Jul 24, 08 4:30 AM CDT
  
  Could Wikipedia's assassin be lurking behind a Knol? Google opened up its online encyclopedia with articles—or "units of knowledge" Google calls "Knols"—to the public today, featuring major differences from its well-established rival. The pieces are written by experts and their names are highlighted, in marked contrast to the anonymous writers of Wikipedia, CNET reports. Google writers, if they choose to, will get a cut of advertising revenue. More »
  
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  Internet • Google • Wikipedia • online encyclopedia • knol
- Google's Walking Map Gives True Step-By-Step Directions
  
  newser | Wired | Jul 23, 08 3:45 PM CDT
  
  Google unveiled a new feature to its Maps site yesterday, Wired reports: walking directions. Users can now plot true step-by-step directions, taking into account one-way streets and a growing database of pedestrian pathways. The walking option will appear for distances less than 6.2 miles. More »
  
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  Google • Google Maps
- An Independent Yahoo Is Hard to Imagine
  
  newser | BusinessWeek | Jul 23, 08 12:09 PM CDT
  
  Yahoo’s earnings report yesterday didn’t portend an immediate turnaround, Catherine Holahan writes in BusinessWeek , meaning the company must do something to meet the “grandiose claims” it made in rejecting Microsoft’s bid. Some still see Yahoo ultimately taking that path, and expanding its deal with Google is another option that might justify Yahoo standing firm on its third-quarter and yearly forecasts. More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • Yahoo • Carl Icahn • search engine
- Pharma, Tech Kill Early Gains
  
  newser | MarketWatch | Jul 21, 08 3:40 PM CDT
  
  The markets failed to hold on to early-session gains today as oil rose above $131 per barrel and the overall economic outlook remained downcast, MarketWatch reports. The Dow lost 29.23 points to close at 11,467.34, the Nasdaq fell 3.25 to 2,279.53, and the S&P 500 dropped just 0.68, settling at 1,260.00. More »
  
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  Google • S&P 500 • Nasdaq • Dow Jones Industrial Average • Bank of America • pharmaceutical companies • Merck • Schering Plough
- Mixed Note Caps Big Week
  
  newser | MarketWatch | Jul 18, 08 3:23 PM CDT
  
  The markets were mixed today as poor results across the tech sector and from Merrill Lynch put the brakes on a two-day rally, MarketWatch reports. Good news from Citigroup kept the Dow buoyant, and it closed up 49.91, at 11,496.57. The tech-heavy Nasdaq took a 29.52-point dive, settling at 2,282.78, while the S&P 500 gained 0.36 to1,260.68. More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • S&P 500 • Nasdaq • Dow Jones Industrial Average • Citigroup • Merrill Lynch • AMD • tech stocks
- Tech Firms Buoyed by Demand Abroad
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 18, 08 8:53 AM CDT
  
  The tech sector keeps rolling even as the overall economy continues to flail, the Wall Street Journal reports. Four of tech’s giants, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Nokia, posted quarterly results yesterday, riding high on developed nations’ need for cost-saving technologies and emerging economies’ demand for infrastructure upgrades as the Internet and cell phones enjoy wider use in the developing world. More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • stock market • technology • Intel • IBM • Nokia • NASDAQ • AMD • emerging markets
- Sparks Fly as Yahoo, Microsoft Take to Hill
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 16, 08 11:08 AM CDT
  
  Congressional hearings on Yahoo's proposed ad deal with Google got a little heated yesterday, with a Microsoft lawyer testifying that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang recently admitted, in a private meeting, that the pact would reduce competition, the Los Angeles Times reports. Yahoo’s general counsel said he recalled no such remarks at the meeting, and a spokesman later swatted the charge aside. More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • Yahoo • Jerry Yang • antitrust
- It's Google's Turn on the Hot Seat
  
  newser | Seattle Times | Jul 14, 08 2:10 PM CDT
  
  You have to forgive Microsoft if it indulges in some schadenfreude today, writes Brier Dudley of the Seattle Times. Archrival Google is facing a peril that’s all too familiar in Redmond. Steve Ballmer can sit back tomorrow as Google’s top execs go before the Senate subcommittee on antitrust, secure in the knowledge that he helped put them there. More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • Congress • Yahoo • Steve Ballmer • antitrust
- Google Refuses to Hand Over Employee Data
  
  newser | CNET | Jul 13, 08 9:17 AM CDT
  
  Google is refusing to turn over records of content its employees at YouTube have uploaded, CNET reports. Two weeks ago, a judge ordered the company to disclose a huge set of user data, along with information on employees, as part of Viacom’s copyright claim. If workers uploaded copyright-protected material, the video-sharing site's protection under federal law could be in jeopardy. More »
  
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  Google • lawsuit • YouTube • copyright • Viacom • copyright infringement
- FTC Rejects Call for Internet Privacy Law
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 9, 08 5:23 PM CDT
  
  An federal official testifying at a Senate hearing today shot down calls for a federal law to regulate websites that track users' data for advertising purposes. The FTC doesn't think it's necessary to place a rule on the books—one that could quickly become obsolete—and instead encouraged "meaningful, enforceable self regulation," reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • online advertising • Federal Trade Commission • World Wide Web • Internet privacy
- Google Yet to Find Pitch for YouTube Ads
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 9, 08 10:50 AM CDT
  
  Google is still struggling to make advertising revenues from YouTube resemble the site's popularity, the Wall Street Journal reports, with big industry heavyweights still leery about placing their ads alongside amateur video. With a well-below-expectation $200 million in ad revenue forecast this year, it's obvious "most advertisers are still testing the waters on YouTube," one exec said. More »
  
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  Google • YouTube • online advertising • online videos • civil lawsuits • ad revenue
- Parents Not Ga Ga Over Google Day Care
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 5, 08 2:51 PM CDT
  
  So much for Google the good. The search giant announced 2 months ago a plan to raise in-house day care prices by 75%—to about $57,000 a year for parents with two kids. Some workers wept when the news broke in secret focus group meetings. Now the company that Fortune has twice called the "best to work for" faces parents bent on taking their kids elsewhere. More »
  
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  Google • children • parents • daycare
- Google Must Turn Over YouTube Records: Judge
  
  newser | Wired | Jul 4, 08 3:46 AM CDT
  
  A judge has ordered Google to give Viacom records of all videos ever watched on YouTube, including users’ names and IP addresses, Wired reports. Viacom is seeking the data to bolster its $1 billion lawsuit against Google for allowing copyrighted Viacom clips on YouTube. The media giant believes the data will show that copyrighted clips draw more views than user-created content. More »
  
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  Google • lawsuit • YouTube • online privacy • copyright • Viacom • copyright infringement
- Adobe Lets Web Spiders Snag Animation
  
  newser | MIT Technology Review | Jul 3, 08 1:30 PM CDT
  
  For years, web developers have faced a tough choice: Make their pages pretty with Flash animations, or optimize for search engines? Now, Flash maker Adobe has tried to make that choice easier, by giving Google and Yahoo the software to read and index Flash files. “For end users, they're going to see a lot more results, and a lot better results,” says Flash’s project manager. More »
  
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  Internet • Google • Yahoo • search engine • Adobe • websites • Flash
- Yahoo Looks to Time Warner, News Corp.
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 3, 08 11:49 AM CDT
  
  Yahoo—back in the sights of Microsoft—is trying to keep its fate in its own hands, launching talks with potential partners, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Internet company reopened talks with Time Warner about a deal that would make AOL part of Yahoo and give Time Warner a minority interest in the new venture; Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is also in the mix. More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • Yahoo • mergers and acquisitions • Time Warner
- Feds Probing Google-Yahoo Deal
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 2, 08 9:24 AM CDT
  
  Google’s agreement to provide Yahoo with advertising for some of its searches in the US and Canada has prompted the Justice Department to launch a formal antitrust investigation into the deal, the Washington Post reports. "They don't do it without having identified significant issues," one lawyer said of the action, which goes beyond the voluntary review the search giant expected. More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • Yahoo • antitrust • Justice Department
- Microsoft Preps a New Run at Yahoo
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 2, 08 8:18 AM CDT
  
  Microsoft is back in pursuit of Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports, with the company in talks with both News Corp. and Time Warner as potential partners for a restructured deal to buy the search giant . Yahoo has been in Microsoft’s sights for nearly six months, but initial efforts to buy the entire company collapsed, and Microsoft has since been looking instead to acquire the search business and spin off the rest. More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • Yahoo • Carl Icahn • takeover bid
- Coming Soon: Your Medical Info on the Net
  
  newser | MIT Technology Review | Jul 1, 08 8:05 PM CDT
  
  Both Google and Microsoft are working on programs that allow patients to store their medical information online, reports the MIT Technology Review . Google Health was released in May, 7 months after Microsoft's HealthVault. Both programs will eventually gather test results and info from hospitals and share them with doctors and other health care providers. More »
  
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  Google • Microsoft • online medical records
June 2008
- Tech Giants Join Forces Against 'Patent Trolls'
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 30, 08 11:45 AM CDT
  
  Some of tech's biggest players are banding together to corner the market on patents key to their various businesses, the Wall Street Journal reports. Companies like Google and Verizon are afraid of being held hostage by small players with a claim on key bits of intellectual property, and wary of so-called "patent trolls," outfits that buy intellectual property solely to launch lawsuits. More »
  
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  Google • Verizon • Hewlett Packard • intellectual property • tech industry • patent • Ericsson • patent trolls

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