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Oracle CEO Ellison's salary drops to US$1

News Larry Ellison agrees to receive symbolic salary for fiscal 2010, putting hiim on same package as other tech chiefs. But world's fourth wealthiest person won't starve.

Monday, August 24 2009 09:15 AM

Tags: Business applications, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Databases, Apple Inc., Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin, Compensation, Forbes, Stock, Larry Page

Google: Firms can 'get rid' of Office in a year

News Search giant sets sights on office software leader, Microsoft Office, with "30 to 50 updates" to be released for Google Docs next year, says top exec.

Friday, November 13 2009 04:44 PM

Tags: Microsoft Office, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Google Inc., OpenDocument Format, Worker, Microsoft Corp., software, Office Open XML, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)

After 5 years, Firefox faces new challenges

Insight Mozilla helped reshape the Web since releasing Firefox 1.0 five years ago. Now it's got a reawakened Microsoft and Google Chrome to reckon with.

Wednesday, November 11 2009 04:31 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Web browsers, Open Source, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., software, Web 2.0, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp.

Google doles out US$6.3M in exec bonuses

News Filing shows company issued US$6.3 million in bonuses to its executive team for 2008, with its new CFO landing a US$1.24 million bonus after five months on the job.

Wednesday, March 04 2009 11:34 AM

Tags: Internet advertising, Bonus, CFO, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Larry Page, millionaire, Eric Schmidt, senior vice president

Top Google execs: US$1 salary, no bonus, no options

News Maybe there is such a thing as enough money. Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin, and Larry Page got no salary, bonus, stock grants, or stock options in 2008.

Thursday, March 26 2009 10:06 AM

Tags: Stock options and grants, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., Compensation, stock grant, Stock, Larry Page, stock compensation, Stock options and grants, Salary

Google co-founder pushes for Yahoo ad deal

News Larry Page says an advertising deal between the two companies could be structured so as to keep Yahoo independent without stirring up antitrust issues.

Friday, May 23 2008 10:02 AM

Tags: Antitrust, Internet advertising, Business development/management, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Larry Page, Advertisement, software, text advertisement, Yahoo IM

Google addresses antitrust issue on Yahoo ad deal

News Microsoft is concerned an ad deal between Google and Yahoo would extend Google's search-ad dominance. Google execs say people should look at the bigger ad market.

Friday, May 09 2008 08:42 AM

Tags: Internet advertising, Business development/management, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Advertiser, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Larry Page, Advertisement

A Google Wave reality check

News Search giant's new combo product dazzled developers two months ago. Now comes the hard part: getting rid of the bugs.

Monday, August 03 2009 11:13 AM

Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Business applications, Web 2.0, Web services, Conference, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., payroll, Larry Page, co-founder

Gunning for an elephant in Silicon Valley

News Tiny Arista, started by a Sun co-founder, is challenging Cisco with superfast networking gear.

Tuesday, October 13 2009 11:18 AM

Tags: Data Management, Database management, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Equinix, software, network, Andreas Bechtolsheim, Cisco Systems Inc.

Targets for Google's merger machine

News What's next on Google's mergers and acquisitions list? Head of corporate development lists search, advertising and mobile services as "top priorities".

Monday, November 02 2009 10:31 AM

Tags: Search, Google Inc., Twitter Inc., David Lawee, JumpTap, advertisement, CEO, network, mobile, Search Result

Google's Brin: Time to speed up Web

News Even though the Web is becoming the dominant development environment for applications, online performance still has a way to go, says Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

Tuesday, June 02 2009 11:10 AM

Tags: Web services, Web sites, Digital media, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., Web Application, Advertisement, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., performance

Teen Muziic founder: Shawn Fanning is my hero

News David Nelson, who is 15, will face enormous hurdles if his new music service, Muziic, is to become a hit. But he's betting YouTube is smart enough to recognize a good thing.

Monday, March 16 2009 11:30 AM

Tags: Music, Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Site, Google Inc., Napster Inc., Video, Terms Of Service, Shawn Fanning

Google losing aversion to advertising itself

News The Internet company is getting more serious about promoting its brand in a variety of ways, including plain old ads, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Monday, October 06 2008 02:04 AM

Tags: Legal, Advertising, Marketing, Google Inc., Advertisement, advertising agency, co-founder, Eric Schmidt, China, Wall Street Journal