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Microsoft beats Google
A judge has temporarily barred a former Microsoft executive hired by Google from performing any duties at the search giant similar to those he performed at Microsoft. Washington state Superior Court Judge Steven Gonzalez on Thursday granted Microsoft's request for a temporary restraining order to prevent Kai-Fu Lee from violating his noncompete agreement.
Amazon.com becoming Big Brother
Any review you post on the Amazon.com website could one day find its way into a huge database used by the company to suggest future gifts and reminders.
Google launches TV search service
The net search giant Google has launched a search service that lets people look for TV programmes. The service, Google Video beta, searches closed caption information that comes with programmes. The first version of the service is part of Google's expanding efforts to be a ubiquitous search engine for people to find what they want on the web and beyond.
Google creators in share sell-off
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have announced plans to sell millions of shares in the web search company they launched in 1998. The pair each stand to pocket over $1bn (£535m) at current prices - and will still hold 27% of stock between them.
Google warns sales growth to slow
Google, the world's most-used internet search engine, has warned that fiercer competition is set to hit sales growth. The firm, which had a successful share flotation earlier this year, said its rate of growth from the second quarter to the third may not be sustainable.
Google shares released for sale
Employees and early investors in the world's most popular web search engine, Google, will be able to sell 39 million shares from Tuesday.In one of the most closely-watched initial public offerings in stock market history, the US-based company sold 19.6 million shares at $85 each. Since then, they have risen to more than $185 apiece.
Google sales, profit double on ad revenue
Google Inc. said third-quarter profit and sales more than doubled as it sold more advertising and attracted more Internet surfers to its Web sites.
Googles IPO may see delay due to article in 'Playboy'
Google Inc. plans to open the auction for its hotly anticipated IPO today and set the final price next week, despite legal questions about a newly published Playboy interview with the founders of the online search engine.
Lycos a warning for Google Investors
As google puts a triple digit price on its IPO, there are important lessons to be learnt from the failure of other internet companies such as Lycos.
Google share sale to raise $3.3bn
Google, the world's most used internet search engine, has said its much anticipated initial public offering could raise as much as $3.3bn. This would give the California-based firm an initial market value of as much as $36.25bn.
Hotmail increases storage space
Hotmail is boosting the amount of storage space for users of both its free and paid e-mail service. From July the basic Hotmail allowance will be boosted to 250MB and paying customers will get two gigabytes.
Goodbye Google!
Google suffers a major blow, as Yahoo! replaces it with Inktomi.
Overture enters Australian Market
Online marketing services firm Overture has officially launched in Australia to grow the business and provide a local point of contact for existing customers, according to Overture Australia's managing director Mel Bohse.
Webwasher nows support Cisco
Webwasher, a leading provider of Internet Content Security software, has expanded its hardware support to include the Cisco Content Engine and Bluecoat Proxy SG content delivery appliances.
Google moves closer to IPO
Google today moved a step closer to a much anticipated IPO. The Mountain View company is believd to have selected two investment banks for what could well turn out to be a dot-com era IPO.
Is Google turning into Microsoft?
Privately backed Google has lately conjured up some Microsoft-like comparisons, but its recent moves, including the release of its ``Search by Location,'' suggest its culture remains far removed from the ``evil empire.''
Website Defacers - the Graffiti Artists of the Internet?
When does a Website become art? Many of us have asked ourselves this question at some point, but to no avail: there is no definitive answer. A more effective way to approach this question might be to look at it from another angle. We could ask “What constitutes “art”?” and then apply our description to particular aspects of the Internet.
Google's Ambitions
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Recent advances in the range and diversity of Google's services has raised speculation that the engine has ambitions beyond being the number one search engine, we asked David Krane about this and other rumours... |
Google search for Weather.com
Google's web search is now available on all pages of the weather.com website. When weather.com users search the web using Google, targeted advertising also appears on the search result pages based on a user's specific search query, providing the user with more relevant information.
Ask Jeeves posts 2nd Quarter Profit
Ask Jeeves posts a profit for the second quarter results, driven largely by increased usuage and the sale of some of it's non core business assets, including it's enterprise search division to Kansia for an estimate $4.2 million.
Google News search enhanced
Google has introduced a new feature in its news service, Google News, called the Advanced News Search, allows visitors to search headlines by date, location, exact phrases or publication. Google news displays news from over 4500 news sources around the web.
Overture sees continued Growth
Overture Services reported its second-quarter financial results on Wednesday, enjoying growth in the number of paid clicks and in the revenue each click generated.
Microsoft aims at Google, stays friendly with Yahoo
Microsoft is beefing up its MSN search engine to go head-to-head with Google Inc., but at the same time has no immediate plans to cancel its agreement for paid search listings with Overture Services, which was recently bought by MSN rival Yahoo.
Oracle teams with Yahoo! to bring personalized content to enterprise portals
Lycos Heats Up HotBot With The Launch of HotBot's Quick-Search Deskbar
Yahoo and Overture: A Deadly Combination?
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