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Ga Ga for Google

"Google is this era's transformational computing platform." - Stephen Arnold

Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Or, in this case, the brightly colored company with the anything-but-evil ethos taking over every aspect of the web. Google is the 800-pound gorilla of the Internet game, and the tech industry is running scared. Traditional media companies (think Viacom) are suing 'em and new media companies (think Yahoo!) are trying to just keep up. And with Google's technology edge, even the once-invincible Microsoft can't seem to get a leg up. No one seems to know yet whether Google is friend or foe—or perhaps, as one pundit called them—a “frenemy.”

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June 2008
- Big Clients Slam Google 'Piggybacking'
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 3, 08 1:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Google is under fire from big companies upset about an advertising mechanism that sometimes results in smaller companies “piggybacking” on larger ones, the Wall Street Journal reports. For example, a hotel search turned up an ad labeled “Marriott Atlanta” that led to hoteltravel.com, which isn’t authorized to use the Marriott label. Google bans the practice, but some accuse the search giant of poor monitoring. More »
May 2008
- Who's Afraid of Google Health?
  
  Atlantic Monthly | May 23, 08 11:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Google's new health record-sharing service has privacy advocates' hearts racing. But the benefits outweigh the risks, both in costs and potential lives saved, James Gibney argues in the Atlantic. Ready access to personal health records could prevent medical errors like incorrectly prescribed meds while saving billions in related costs. More »
- Google Readies Defense of Yahoo Ad Deal
  
  New York Times | May 22, 08 9:35 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An advertising deal between Google and Yahoo is certain to stir the Justice Department’s antitrust division into action, no matter what the two do to address concerns, experts anticipating a partnership between the two Internet leaders tell the New York Times . Google says a deal would simply be a supply matter, with parallels in other industries. More »
- Google Launches Online Health Records Service
  
  New York Times | May 20, 08 12:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Google has launched google.com/health, the latest in a field of online personal health services that allow consumers to send records to doctors and clinics and to schedule their care. Early tests indicate that patients are excited to use the portal—and unconcerned about putting personal information in the hands of a large tech company, the New York Times reports. More »
- Lieberman Calls on Google to Cut Terrorist Clips
  
  Associated Press | May 20, 08 8:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sen. Joseph Lieberman yesterday urged Google to crack down on YouTube videos aimed at spreading terrorist messages, AP reports. The Connecticut senator cited al-Qaeda-produced clips that “show attacks on US forces in which American soldiers are injured and, in some cases, killed.” Google relies heavily on users to police the site, to which hundreds of thousands of videos are submitted daily. More »
- Anti-Semitism Pushed Google Guru's Family From Russia
  
  CNET | May 19, 08 9:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Anti-Semitism pushed Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s family to leave Russia, he told an Israeli website. “The great suffering put on my parents in Russia because of anti-Semitism was the primary reason that they left. And that has had a major influence on my life,” Brin told TheMarker.com, CNET reports. His family emigrated to the US when he was a child in 1979. More »
- Google Making Whole Web Social Network
  
  Washington Post | May 12, 08 3:18 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Google is unveiling a new service that could effectively turn the whole Web into a social network, the Washington Post reports. Friend Connect allows visitors to participating sites to meet and interact with others who visit the same site. "Wherever people go on the Web, they want to have their friends with them, and this makes it possible," says one Google worker. More »
- Ballmer's Competitive Streak Drove Yahoo Bid
  
  Associated Press | May 4, 08 7:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft's Yahoo bid put CEO Steve Ballmer to the test: How much would he pay to fulfill his promise to "(expletive) kill Google"? Forty-seven billion bucks was too high, but many say he'll try again—and may have a tough time convincing investors it's all cool calculation. Microsoft still lags behind Google in search advertising, and that makes Ballmer steam, the AP reports. More »
April 2008
- Left Out of Prez Debates, New Orleans Goes Online
  
  Times-Picayune (New Orleans) | Apr 29, 08 2:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Overlooked by the commission that schedules presidential debates, New Orleans has enlisted Google and YouTube in organizing its own forum, the Times-Picayune reports. The Sept. 18 event, 8 days before the first official debate, is intended to bring the political spotlight to the beleaguered city. Gov. Bobby Jindal touted it as "a discussion of many challenges facing not just New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, but our entire country." More »
- My Search Term, Myself
  
  Guardian (UK) | Apr 21, 08 2:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Freud would have a field day studying Google searches, posits a blogger who tracked the terms visitors to his web page used and found a window into man's pathologies. John Kelly, a columnist on leave from the Washington Post, writes in the Guardian about "how the fetishes, pathologies and strange obsessions of humankind are catalogued every day on the world wide web." More »
- Rosy Q1 for Google
  
  Bloomberg | Apr 17, 08 5:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Google reported a 30% increase in first-quarter profits today, bettering analysts’ predictions and sending share prices up 17%, Bloomberg reports. Forecasters had assumed that growth in domestic advertising clicks would slow, but Google said it “remains healthy;” a 55% increase in international ad sales gave the search giant the bump it needed to exceed expectations. More »
- Web Health Records Raise Privacy Fears
  
  New York Times | Apr 17, 08 11:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Medical researchers worry that Internet giants’ ventures into personal health records could turn the system on its head, threatening individual privacy, the New York Times reports. Two experts warn that companies like Microsoft and Google, whose new services put patient information on the web, aren’t subject to standard healthcare regulations, and could be easy targets for advertisers’ probes. More »
- Yahoo, Google Close in on Search Ad Deal
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 17, 08 8:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A deal that would have Google operate Yahoo’s core search ad business may be closer now that the two have successfully tested the system, reports the Wall Street Journal. An agreement would increase Yahoo’s cash flow by as much as $1 billion annually, and give it additional leverage to fight a hostile Microsoft takeover bid—or at least boost its sale price. More »
- Google Accused of 'Gaming' FCC Auction
  
  PC World | Apr 16, 08 3:31 PM CDT