Google Suffers Setback in Copyright Case (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Yahoo Inc. has rebuffed Google Inc.'s attempt to learn more about its efforts to create digital copies of books, dealing the Internet search leader another setback as it prepares to fight against a c

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NC County Gets Google Restraining Order (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

A Johnston County judge ordered Internet search engine Google Inc. on Wednesday to remove personal content accidentally posted online.

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Google CEO says Internet is key to campaign win (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Google's chief executive offered some advice on Wednesday to Republicans looking ahead to the 2008 presidential contest: make better use of the Internet's electioneering power if you want to win next

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Google out of Answers (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Google said it was pulling the plug on a fee-based Answers service that failed to catch on after being launched by the US Internet search titan more than four years ago.

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Google to abandon answer service (AP via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc. doesn't have all the answers — a fact underscored by the Internet search leader's decision to abandon a 4-year-old service that hired researchers to field questions on everything from sch

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Google to Abandon Answer Service (San Francisco Chronicle)

Google Inc. doesn't have all the answers _ a fact underscored by the Internet search leader's decision to abandon a 4-year-old service that hired researchers to field questions on everything from scho

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North Carolina county gets restraining order against Google: AP (Market Watch)

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A North Carolina judge on Wednesday ordered Google Inc. to remove personal taxpayer information accidentally posted online, according to a media report.

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Google to abandon answer service (AP via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc. doesn't have all the answers — a fact underscored by the Internet search leader's decision to abandon a 4-year-old service that hired researchers to field questions on everything from sch

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Google As News Archivist (Search Engine Watch)

Until recently, it was difficult to find news archives on the web more than 30 days old. That's changed in a big way with the advent of Google's News Archive search.

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Google to Abandon Answer Service (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Google Inc. doesn't have all the answers -- a fact underscored by the Internet search leader's decision to abandon a 4-year-old service that hired researchers to field questions on everything from sc

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Google's got no answer for Yahoo Answers (Market Watch)

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc. said Wednesday that it's effectively dismantling a four-year-old feature called Google Answers, which provided answers to questions on any number of topics f

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Google to abandon answer service (AP via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc. doesn't have all the answers — a fact underscored by the Internet search leader's decision to abandon a 4-year-old service that hired researchers to field questions on everything from sch

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NC County Gets Google Restraining Order (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

A Johnston County judge ordered Internet search engine Google Inc. on Wednesday to remove personal content accidentally posted online.

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Google all out of answers (Denver Post)

Google Inc., operator of the most- used Internet search engine, is ending a service that lets users pose questions on its Web site and get answers for a fee.

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Google to Abandon Answer Service (San Francisco Chronicle)

Google Inc. doesn't have all the answers _ a fact underscored by the Internet search leader's decision to abandon a 4-year-old service that hired researchers to field questions on everything from scho

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Google’s Secret Display Advertising Network (Search Engine Journal)

Google has created a ’secret’ Google Display Advertising Network to attract Fortune 1000 companies into the Google advertising realm. Google’s Display Advertising Network is exclusive and invitation o

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Google to abandon answer service (AP via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc. doesn't have all the answers — a fact underscored by the Internet search leader's decision to abandon a 4-year-old service that hired researchers to field questions on everything from sch

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Cellular providers pressuring Google over mobile apps (Ars Technica)

The cellular networks don't like Google apps muscling in on their turf. What's behind the uproar?

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Google Questions Google Answers (TechWeb)

Google shuts down service, which was getting beat badly by Yahoo Answers.

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Google Answers: RIP (CNET)

Blog: Google has killed off its question-and-answer Web site, which connected people with questions to people with answers for a price....

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Google all out of answers (Denver Post)

Google Inc., operator of the most- used Internet search engine, is ending a service that lets users pose questions on its Web site and get answers for a fee.

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Google Answers decides to close up shop (Ars Technica)

Google is closing its doors on Google Answers, but what's the real reason behind this decision?

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Google’s Secret Display Advertising Network (Search Engine Journal)

Google has created a ’secret’ Google Display Advertising Network to attract Fortune 1000 companies into the Google advertising realm. Google’s Display Advertising Network is exclusive and invitation o

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Cellular providers pressuring Google over mobile apps (Ars Technica)

The cellular networks don't like Google apps muscling in on their turf. What's behind the uproar?

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Google Ending 'Answers' Service (Forbes)

Google co-founder Sergey Brin had stated that the company was concerned about too many individual products.

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Google Questions Google Answers (TechWeb)

Google shuts down service, which was getting beat badly by Yahoo Answers.

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Google Ending 'Answers' Service (Forbes)

Google co-founder Sergey Brin had stated that the company was concerned about too many individual products.

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Google Answers: RIP (CNET)

Blog: Google has killed off its question-and-answer Web site, which connected people with questions to people with answers for a price....

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Google pledges $2M to Stanford Law Internet center (East Bay Business Times)

Stanford Law School said Wednesday that Google Inc. has pledged $2 million to help fund the school's Center for Internet and Society.

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Google Answers decides to close up shop (Ars Technica)

Google is closing its doors on Google Answers, but what's the real reason behind this decision?

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Google Ending 'Answers' Service (Forbes)

Google co-founder Sergey Brin had stated that the company was concerned about too many individual products.

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Google pledges $2M to Stanford Law Internet center (San Francisco Business Times)

Stanford Law School said Wednesday that Google Inc. has pledged $2 million to help fund the school's Center for Internet and Society (CIS).

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Google Questions Google Answers (InformationWeek)

Google shuts down service, which was getting beat badly by Yahoo Answers.

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Google Questions Google Answers (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

Google shuts down service, which was getting beat badly by Yahoo Answers.

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Google As News Archivist (Search Engine Watch)

Until recently, it was difficult to find news archives on the web more than 30 days old. That's changed in a big way with the advent of Google's News Archive search.

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Google pledges $2M to Stanford Law Internet center (East Bay Business Times)

Stanford Law School said Wednesday that Google Inc. has pledged $2 million to help fund the school's Center for Internet and Society.

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Google Shuts Down Answers Service (NewsFactor)

As it turns out, not everything Google touches turns to gold. The wheels have finally come off one of Google's properties this week as the search giant announced it is pulling the plug on Google Answers, a service that allowed people to get answers to questions for a research fee. The company said the four-year experiment, stemming from an idea first pitched by Google cofounder Larry Page,

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Google Shuts Down Answers Service (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)

As it turns out, not everything Google touches turns to gold. The wheels have finally come off one of Google's properties this week as the search giant announced it is pulling the plug on Google Answers, a service that allowed people to get answers to questions for a research fee.

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Google Questions Google Answers (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

Google shuts down service, which was getting beat badly by Yahoo Answers.

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Google As News Archivist (Search Engine Watch)

Until recently, it was difficult to find news archives on the web more than 30 days old. That's changed in a big way with the advent of Google's News Archive search.

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Google pledges $2M to Stanford Law Internet center (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)

Stanford Law School said Wednesday that Google Inc. has pledged $2 million to help fund the school's Center for Internet and Society (CIS).

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Google Shuts Down Answers Service (NewsFactor)

As it turns out, not everything Google touches turns to gold. The wheels have finally come off one of Google's properties this week as the search giant announced it is pulling the plug on Google Answers, a service that allowed people to get answers to questions for a research fee. The company said the four-year experiment, stemming from an idea first pitched by Google cofounder Larry Page,

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French Film Company Targets Google Video (NewsFactor)

It has been a busy time for legal departments at many video-oriented Web sites recently, as more and more content producers are getting litigious about online copyright violations. Now, Google has found itself among the growing number of Web properties having to defend themselves from copyright suits. A French film company, Flach Film, has filed a lawsuit against the search giant in Paris

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Google Shuts Down Answers Service (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)

As it turns out, not everything Google touches turns to gold. The wheels have finally come off one of Google's properties this week as the search giant announced it is pulling the plug on Google Answers, a service that allowed people to get answers to questions for a research fee.

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Replies End From Google Answers (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Google shuts down ad-hoc online consulting service.

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Google Answers axed (TG Daily)

Inquisitive Internet users will no longer be able to ask new questions on Google Answers, as the search giant announced on its blog that the online Q&A service is officially canned.

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Google pledges $2M to Stanford Law Internet center (Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal)

Stanford Law School said Wednesday that Google Inc. has pledged $2 million to help fund the school's Center for Internet and Society (CIS).

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Google runs out of Answers (Guardian Unlimited)

4pm: The internet company Google is shutting down Google Answers - its low-tech search service on which people answer queries about anything from shoe sizes to the meaning of life. By Andrew Clark in New York.

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Belgian Court To Hear Google Defense (KGO-TV Bay Area)

A Belgian court will hear Google Inc.'s defense against local newspaper complaints that it stole content from their Web sites without paying them or asking their permission.

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Google Answers axed (TG Daily)

Inquisitive Internet users will no longer be able to ask new questions on Google Answers, as the search giant announced on its blog that the online Q&A service is officially canned.

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Google Answers Shuts Down (Addict 3D)

In the past, Google’s treatment of their Q&A site Google Answers had already been a disappointment to many Google Answers Researchers (I too answered questions as GAR a couple of years ago, around the time when I started this blog in Malaysia) – Google didn’t push their service, and in fact slowly started to get rid of entry points towards it, too.

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Google runs out of Answers (Guardian Unlimited)

4pm: The internet company Google is shutting down Google Answers - its low-tech search service on which people answer queries about anything from shoe sizes to the meaning of life. By Andrew Clark in New York.

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Belgian Court To Hear Google Defense (KGO-TV Bay Area)

A Belgian court will hear Google Inc.'s defense against local newspaper complaints that it stole content from their Web sites without paying them or asking their permission.

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A final answer for Google (CNET)

Blog: Has Google finally made a mistake?The Internet juggernaut announced Tuesday that it was closing its Answers site. The program,...

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Google Answers Shuts Down (Addict 3D)

In the past, Google’s treatment of their Q&A site Google Answers had already been a disappointment to many Google Answers Researchers (I too answered questions as GAR a couple of years ago, around the time when I started this blog in Malaysia) – Google didn’t push their service, and in fact slowly started to get rid of entry points towards it, too.

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Prosecutors investigate two Google execs over videos showing abuse (USA Today)

Italian authorities are targeting two Google executives over videos the site displayed showing a disabled youth being abused. Although users post items on Google's video service without the company's prior approval, Milan prosecutors are targeting the executives for failing to control content on their sites.

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Google cancels Google Answers (PC Advisor)

Google is pulling the plug on Google Answers, a service that allows people to submit questions over the Internet that researchers answer for a fee.

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A final answer for Google (CNET)

Blog: Has Google finally made a mistake?The Internet juggernaut announced Tuesday that it was closing its Answers site. The program,...

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Google Italia execs on the spot (San Jose Mercury News)

Italian authorities are targeting two Google executives over videos the site displayed showing a disabled youth being abused. Although users post items on Google's video service without the Mountain View company's prior approval, Milan prosecutors are targeting the executives for failing to control content on their sites. The case comes despite European law, adopted by Italy in 2003, specifying

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Prosecutors investigate two Google execs over videos showing abuse (USA Today)

Italian authorities are targeting two Google executives over videos the site displayed showing a disabled youth being abused. Although users post items on Google's video service without the company's prior approval, Milan prosecutors are targeting the executives for failing to control content on their sites.

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Google Answers Crashes Out (WebProNews)

Even though few of Google's services beyond search have caught on with the public like its omnipresent search engine, the company rarely kills off those projects; that made the announcement that Google Answers would be shutdown mildly surprising. "Doctor Jones? Adieu." The villain bids Indy goodbye, Raiders of the Lost Ark Andrew Fikes and Lexi Baugher, software engineers who

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When Google Crashes, The Web 2.0 Bubble Bursts (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

The emerging internet field would suffer serious collateral damage from a Google stock decline.

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Google Answers Crashes Out (WebProNews)

Even though few of Google's services beyond search have caught on with the public like its omnipresent search engine, the company rarely kills off those projects; that made the announcement that Google Answers would be shutdown mildly surprising. "Doctor Jones? Adieu." The villain bids Indy goodbye, Raiders of the Lost Ark Andrew Fikes and Lexi Baugher, software engineers who

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Google enters debate on cable measure (Lansing State Journal)

Internet search giant Google Inc. is using its newfound state residency to launch its first full-court lobbying press in Lansing.

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When Google Crashes, The Web 2.0 Bubble Bursts (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

The emerging internet field would suffer serious collateral damage from a Google stock decline.

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Google As News Archivist (Search Engine Watch)

Until recently, it was difficult to find news archives on the web more than 30 days old. That's changed in a big way with the advent of Google's News Archive search.

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Google enters debate on cable measure (Lansing State Journal)

Internet search giant Google Inc. is using its newfound state residency to launch its first full-court lobbying press in Lansing.

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Google reaches deal in Belgian dispute (AP via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc. said Tuesday it has struck a content-sharing deal with two organizations to partly settle a dispute in Belgium over news articles available through the Internet search engine.

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Google reaches deal in Belgian dispute (AP via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc. said Tuesday it has struck a content-sharing deal with two organizations to partly settle a dispute in Belgium over news articles available through the Internet search engine.

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Italy targets Google executives in abuse video inquiry (Houston Chronicle)

Although users post items on Google Inc.'s video service without the company's prior approval, Milan prosecutors are targeting the executives for failing to control content on their sites.

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Italy targets Google executives in abuse video inquiry (Houston Chronicle)

Although users post items on Google Inc.'s video service without the company's prior approval, Milan prosecutors are targeting the executives for failing to control content on their sites.

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Google's ambitions going mobile (CNET)

newsmaker Deep Nishar, Google's director of product management, sees mobility as the next new frontier of the Internet.

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Google's ambitions going mobile (CNET)

newsmaker Deep Nishar, Google's director of product management, sees mobility as the next new frontier of the Internet.

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Google Rivals Scramble to Keep Up (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

As the top search provider in the U.S., Google Inc. has defined the criteria for success for its competitors. The company's resounding success in building a business on tiny text-based links beside search results has left others scrambling to catch up -- even if search isn't their core business.

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Google Rivals Scramble to Keep Up (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

As the top search provider in the U.S., Google Inc. has defined the criteria for success for its competitors. The company's resounding success in building a business on tiny text-based links beside search results has left others scrambling to catch up -- even if search isn't their core business.

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French Film Company Targets Google Video (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)

It has been a busy time for legal departments at many video-oriented Web sites recently, as more and more content producers are getting litigious about online copyright violations. Now, Google has found itself among the growing number of Web properties having to defend themselves from copyright suits.

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French Film Company Targets Google Video (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)

It has been a busy time for legal departments at many video-oriented Web sites recently, as more and more content producers are getting litigious about online copyright violations. Now, Google has found itself among the growing number of Web properties having to defend themselves from copyright suits.

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Google's Ranking Algorithm

Many people have tried to find how Google ranks web pages. While the algorithm is still secret and in continuous change, we know it uses more than 200 signals, one of the most important being PageRank.
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Google Recommends Using Meta Description Tag

There has always been confusion on if Google uses the meta tag data. Some say Google uses the meta description tag, some say they don't. Most say, Google doesn't use the meta keywords tag. In any event, Google's Vanessa Fox said that you should use the meta description tag....

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Microsoft vs. Google Heats Up

I know, a predictable (almost tabloid-y) blog headline. But in this case, there really is some interesting back and forth going on between Microsoft and Google currently - especially with regards to office software. Firstly Google CEO Eric Schmidt wrote an article for The Economist, in which he takes aim at Microsoft with this:...

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2 Google execs probed over abuse video (AP via Yahoo! News)

Italian authorities are targeting two Google executives over videos the site displayed showing a disabled youth being abused.

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Tips on Google Adsense Taxes

Google AdSense, just like any other job requires you to pay tax on your earnings. To everyone out there that makes more than $600 on Google AdSense you've probably received the 1099-MISC form, outlining how much money you made after the end of each year. And even more, if you checked the "Exempt from backup withholding", 28% percent of your Google AdSense earnings will be kept by Google and go towards your taxes. This basically applies to people who have gotten in trouble with the IRS for examp...

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Google reaches deal in Belgian dispute (AP via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc. said Tuesday it has struck a content-sharing deal with two organizations to partly settle a dispute in Belgium over news articles available through the Internet search engine.

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Google Desktop 4.5 Released - Includes Support for Vista, Office 2007, FireFox 2.0

Google Desktop has a new version that includes support for Microsoft Office 2007 formats, Windows Vista and Firefox 2.0. But the most visible change is the new sidebar that looks much better. You'll find transparent areas, new icons, easier to use options. All in all, the sidebar will look closer to the desktop and the gadgets will have a distinct touch....

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Google reaches deal in Belgian dispute (AP via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc. said Tuesday it has struck a content-sharing deal with two organizations to partly settle a dispute in Belgium over news articles available through the Internet search engine.

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Web 2.0: Why it's all about Google

Despite lofty predictions for MySpace and YouTube, almost no one in the current Web wave is making money - except Google. That could be a good thing for investors, argues Fortune's Adam Lashinsky. For a couple of years now, Internet-industry cognoscenti have cringed at the expression "Web 2.0". It's one of those catch-all phrases that started with a fairly specific definition (more on that in a bit) but has mushroomed into meaning essentially anything the person who evokes it wants i...

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Google CEO sees free mobile phone future

Web search leader Google Inc.'s chief executive, Eric Schmidt, sees a future where mobile phones are free to consumers who accept watching targeted forms of advertising....

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Google's Radio Ads Ready To Launch (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

Frank Barnako submits: Google's next move to sell advertising off line may be just weeks away, according to Donna Bogatin, a blogger at ZDNet. She posts that Google "is actively pitching Google Audio Ads and is claiming that it will be able to give advertisers access "to thousands of stations through Google's digital, [... ]

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Google's Radio Ads Ready To Launch (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

Frank Barnako submits: Google's next move to sell advertising off line may be just weeks away, according to Donna Bogatin, a blogger at ZDNet. She posts that Google "is actively pitching Google Audio Ads and is claiming that it will be able to give advertisers access "to thousands of stations through Google's digital, [... ]

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Google: The Anti-Microsoft

Life was simple when Microsoft ruled (monopolized) the tech roost: Just hate Microsoft! Many, of course, persist in hating Microsoft. More, however, many more, LOVE Google! Why Google love, but Microsoft hate?...

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Sun's CEO: Google Is No Thin Client

Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz, whose company is generating much attention as it nears creating a General Public License for Java, is trying to re-define the term, "thin client." And

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Google flaw adds phishing hole to websites (USA Today)

A security flaw in Google's search appliances could expose websites that use the products to information-stealing phishing attacks, experts warned Monday. The Google Search Appliance and Google Mini add search features to sites, but a flaw makes it possible to craft "trusted" link that goes to malicious site.

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Google flaw adds phishing hole to websites (USA Today)

A security flaw in Google's search appliances could expose websites that use the products to information-stealing phishing attacks, experts warned Monday. The Google Search Appliance and Google Mini add search features to sites, but a flaw makes it possible to craft "trusted" link that goes to malicious site.

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Google Released AdWords Diagnostic Preview & Beta Tests Account Snapshot

Big day for AdWords, they released a neat way to quickly see the status of a particular keyword running in a campaign. As I explained with Google Launches AdWords Diagnostic Tool With Magnifying Glass, there should now be a little magnifying glass within your Ad Groups by each keyword, when clicked, it should open a little DHTML box with the status and health of that keyword phrase....

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Google, two groups settle on news links (Houston Chronicle)

Google has reached a settlement with Belgian photographers and journalists in a copyright dispute over how the company's news service links to newspaper content.

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Google awaits Belgian Copyright Ruling (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Google Inc. and Belgian newspapers will hear a court verdict early next year on whether the search engine was wrong to display content from the newspapers' Web sites without paying them or asking their permission.

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Google Settles Dispute With Two Belgian Media Groups (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., the world's most-used Internet search engine, reached a settlement with Belgian photographers and journalists in a copyright dispute over how the company's news service links to newspaper content.

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Belgian court mulls Google case (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

A Belgian court said on Friday it would wait until after the new year to decide whether to uphold an injunction blocking Web search leader Google Inc. from reproducing snippets of Belgian press reports.

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Google As News Archivist (Search Engine Watch)

Until recently, it was difficult to find news archives on the web more than 30 days old. That's changed in a big way with the advent of Google's News Archive search.

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