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Report: Microsoft may help News Corp. delist sites
News The media empire is talking with tech giant about having its Web sites removed from Google search results, according to a Financial Times report.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Google Inc., search engine, Rupert Murdoch, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, News Corp., financial
Google buys Teracent to boost display ad push
News Google's latest acquisition is a startup that helps advertisers format and target display ads to particular groups.
Tags: Internet advertising, Acquisitions, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Teracent, advertisement, Internet Search Advertising, Stock, DoubleClick Inc., leader
New standard lets browsers get a grip on files
News The Files interface, now a draft at the World Wide Web Consortium, could lead to better uploading and other chores. It's largely built into Firefox 3.6.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., File, Web Browser, Photo-sharing, Web-based Application, W3C, Mozilla Corp., Web Application
Android gets voice search in Google Maps
News The search-engine company adds voice search to Google Maps on its Linux-based Android software platform
Tags: Linux, Netbook, Dell Latitude, Voice, hardware maker, Linux, software, Google Maps, New York, Google Inc.
Google edges toward Rosetta Stone status
News Search giant offers a native-language view of Web through translated search results and adds a new a dictionary service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, Web sites, Google Inc., CEO, Web sites, Web 2.0, Los Angeles Times, Ask.com, data-processing
Google extends personalized search to all
News Previously, Google would only alter search results based on search history for those signed into Google accounts. Now, it plans to do that for everyone.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Personalized Search, Cookie, advertisement, Internet search, accountant, Boston, Search Result
Google acquires EtherPad online collaboration tool
News Net colossus is bolstering Google Wave project by acquiring AppJet, a smaller rival with an online collaboration service. EtherPad will shut down next year.
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Inc., EtherPad, AppJet, Online Collaboration, Google Wave, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Web 2.0, Tool
Google aims to unclog Net's DNS plumbing
News Net giant, ever eager for a faster Internet, debuts its Google Public DNS service. With it, Google could become even more central to the Net.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Google Inc., Net, advertisement, DNS Server, Web sites, IP, Service, IP Address
Singapore gets Google Street View, finally
News Google's ground-level imagery feature called Street View, is at last a go in the island state.
Tags: Privacy, Location-based services, Google Inc., Trike, Computer, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Japan, 360-degree
Another news tweak for Google
News Publishers who want their content to appear in Google search results but not its Google News aggregator (or vice versa) can now automate that process.
Tags: Search, Market research, Google Inc., search engine, Rupert Murdoch, Microsoft Corp., CEO, revenue, Internet search, News Corp.
New Google search UI brings color, search options
News Search results user interface being tested highlights different options in eye-catching color, a nod to rivals trying to dent its lead with presentation improvements.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web browsers, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., search engine, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, Web 2.0, Search Result
News Corp.'s challenge to Google
News Rupert Murdoch may make a deal with Microsoft to make Bing the only search engine to deliver News Corp. content--unless antitrust cops object.
Tags: Antitrust, Search, Google Inc., search engine, Rupert Murdoch, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., News Corp., Wall Street Journal, vice president
Offline Gmail no longer shuns attachments
News Google hasn't forgotten about improving offline use of its Web apps. Gmail now can handle attachments when a computer is off the network.
Tags: E-mail clients, E-mail servers, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Calendar, Web Application, e-mail, Google Docs, Google Gmail, Microsoft Outlook
News Corp.'s talks with Microsoft: A flawed deal?
News Confining content from The Wall Street Journal and other News Corp. publications to Microsoft's Bing will do more to hurt Rupert Murdoch than Google.
Tags: Search, Web browsers, Social Networking, MySpace, Google Inc., Arianna Huffington, Rupert Murdoch, Microsoft Corp., News Corp., Wall Street Journal
Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
News Windows 7 features called Direct2D and DirectWrite will speed up Internet Explorer 9 performance. But Firefox hopes it might retool for the same benefit first.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., Direct2D, DirectWrite, Bas Schouten, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Graphics, Mozilla Corp.
