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Update: MS says Google/Yahoo deal means less competition Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has told Microsoft executives that the company's search advertising deal with Google would reduce the Internet search market from two poles to one, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo to test Google search ads Yahoo will test displaying Google search ads in a small number of its search engine queries, a move likely to be interpreted as the latest in a series of Yahoo maneuvers to resist Microsoft's acquisition attempt. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Google CEO prefers an independent Yahoo Google believes an independent Yahoo is better for the marketplace than one that becomes part of Microsoft, Google Chairman/CEO Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday.Schmidt was the featured speaker at a Newhouse Schoo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Google, Microsoft trade barbs over Yahoo bid Google has made its first official comments on Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo, saying that the deal raises "troubling questions" and that the underlying principles of the Internet stand to be tested by the proposed deal. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Mundie: Google owes business to Microsoft Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie said Tuesday that competitor Google owes its business in part to Microsoft and that his company is not concerned about losing its position as an innovator in the technology market to the search and advertisi Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Report: Antitrust regulators eye Google-Yahoo ad sharing The U.S. Department of Justice is trying to determine whether Yahoo's two-week test to deliver relevant Web advertising from Google alongside its own search results violates any antitrust laws, according to a Reuters news service report. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Yahoo ends talks with Microsoft, nears Google deal Yahoo has ended its talks with Microsoft about a deal narrower in scope than a full acquisition, Yahoo revealed on Thursday. Instead, the company is nearing an agreement with Google, The Wall Street Journal repo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Google seeks route around Microsoft with Chrome Google's surprise announcement of a new browser, Chrome, via a Web comic book could prove to be another game-changing development for the Internet in the coming years.The browser presents a serious challenge to Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Don't bet it all on Google Chrome Think that Google's much-ballyhooed new Web browser, Chrome, is aimed at helping people surf the Web? Think again.The browser instead takes dead aim at Microsoft Office and Microsoft Exchange. If Google has its Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Google and Oracle boldly go to new markets Google entered the mobile phone market this week when T-Mobile rolled out the first handset running the search engine's Android mobile operating system. Oracle also ventured into new territory by announcing that it will sell a hardware product -- a database server the Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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As Google turns 10, enterprise success in question Most computer industry companies would feel satisfied with ruling the highly lucrative and technically complex search engine advertising market -- but not Google.As the search giant celebrates its 10th anniversa Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Google brings offline access to Docs and Apps Google is rolling out a much-awaited feature for its hosted applications: the ability for people to use them even when they aren't connected to the Internet.The first application to get this offline access will Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Google, IBM, Sun cite developer outreach Officials from Google and IBM detailed efforts Tuesday to extend their platforms to developers via APIs and Web 2.0 technologies. But a Sun Microsystems executive cautioned that openness offered via forums such as blogs can have negative consequences if not managed we Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo defends Google deal to shareholders Yahoo on Wednesday sent a letter to its shareholders justifying its deal with Google, saying it will enhance the company's profitability and provide more shareholder value than the offer put forth by Microsoft to invest in Yahoo's search business. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Google steals search share from rivals Extending its dominance in the search market, Google grew its share of queries in April at the expense of rivals Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, and Ask.com.Google's U.S. search query share in April grew to 61.6 percent, Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Report: Google holds meeting on revived Microsoft-Yahoo deal Executives of Google held an emergency meeting last night to discuss the implications of revived talks between Microsoft and Yahoo, according to a report in The Times in the U.K.Over the weekend, Microsoft said Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Ozzie is key to Microsoft's success against Google The departure of Microsoft's founder and iconic leader Bill Gates comes at a pivotal time in the company's history as it struggles to compete with Google, the architect of the new Web economy and perhaps the company's most formidable foe ever. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Report: DOJ hires antitrust expert in Google/Yahoo probe The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has hired a high-profile antitrust attorney to help it review, and possibly challenge, Yahoo's agreement to outsource part of its search advertising business to Google, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: OOXML, MIDs, Google's moves, Eclipse's crossroads Microsoft's OOXML made the cut as an international standard this week, but it will still take time for the file format to be widely implemented. Meanwhile, expect to see mobile Internet devices using Intel's Centrino Atom chip hit the market, even though not many were Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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IBM, Acrobat offer response to Google Apps and Office The official rollout on Tuesday of IBM?s Lotus Symphony suite of productivity applications along with the launch yesterday of the official beta version of Acrobat.com from Adobe has all the experts asking the same well-worn questions: Now that Adobe, IBM, and Google a Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |