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Google to Unveil Online Payment Service

Google Inc. on Thursday will unveil a much-anticipated payment service that aims to make online shopping more convenient and give advertisers another reason to pour more money into the Internet search leader.

N.Y. Lawmaker Drops Google Porn Lawsuit

A Long Island politician has dropped a federal lawsuit that had claimed the search engine company Google Inc. profits from child pornography.

Adobe-Google Sign Distribution Deal

Adobe Systems Inc. said late Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Google Inc. to distribute the Google Toolbar with various Adobe products.

New Google Venture Eyes Government Sites

The Internet search engine Google wants to be a top source of information from the federal government.

Google to Buy Its Headquarters for $319M

Google Inc. is buying its Silicon Valley headquarters for $319 million in a deal covering the Internet search leader's nerve center — a cluster of buildings revered in high-tech circles as the "Googleplex."

Google Upgrades Mapping Tools

Google Inc. on Monday released the latest upgrades to the mapping tools that rank among the company's biggest success outside the Internet-leading search engine that steers much of the Web's traffic.

China: Internet Cos. Must Obey Its Laws

China welcomes foreign Internet companies working in China, but they must respect and abide by the country's laws, including those on expression, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

Dell to Supply Google With Servers

Dell Inc. said Tuesday it had reached a deal to supply Google Inc. with customized computer servers the search engine company will sell to corporate customers.

Brin Says Google Compromised Principles

Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin acknowledged Tuesday the dominant Internet company has compromised its principles by accommodating Chinese censorship demands. He said Google is wrestling to make the deal work before deciding whether to reverse course.

Google to Unveil Spreadsheet Program

Google Inc. will introduce a spreadsheet program Tuesday, continuing the Internet search leader's expansion into territory long dominated by Microsoft Corp.

Google Unlikely to Make Own Web Browser

Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt on Wednesday told industry analysts the online search engine leader is unlikely to create its own Web browser, even though the company remains worried about being slighted by the next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer.

Google to Bundle Software on Dell PCs

Google on Thursday confirmed a long-rumored deal that will bundle some of its software on Dell Inc.'s personal computers, providing the online search engine leader with another potentially potent weapon in its fierce rivalry with Microsoft Corp.

Google to Shut Down Orkut Communities

Google Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to shut down some communities on its popular Orkut social networking site because the Brazilian government says they advocate violence and human rights violations.

Google to Distribute Online Video Ads

Google Inc. will begin distributing online video ads for the first time later this week, continuing the Internet search engine leader's effort to diversify beyond the static written messages that generate most of its profits.

China Mobile in Talks With Google

China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd., China's largest cell-phone carrier by subscribers, said Thursday it's in talks with Google Inc. to launch an Internet search engine for mobile services in China.

Google Inc. Tweaks Its Video Service

Internet search leader Google Inc. is making it easier to post and share online videos on its site, hoping to widen the appeal of a service that so far has been eclipsed by upstart YouTube.com.

Nokia to Announce Upgraded 770 Tablet

A new version of the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet will include a Google Inc. program that enables users to talk to each other and exchange instant messages over the Internet, the world's largest mobile phone maker said Monday.

Nokia to Add Google Talk to Tablet Device

Nokia Corp. is adding the Google Talk application to a Nokia handheld Internet browsing device, in a move that could help boost the search company's reach in mobile communications.

Google Shareholders Praise Management

Google Inc. shareholders hailed management during the online search engine leader's annual meeting Thursday, heaping praise on a company that has created $55 billion in investor wealth during the past year.

Ex-Google Advertiser Sues Over Settlement

A former Google Inc. advertiser sued Wednesday to block a proposed $90 million class-action settlement, arguing the amount grossly understates how much the online search engine leader has benefited from a ruse known as "click fraud."

Google Introduces New Products for Users

Google Inc. on Wednesday fired another salvo aimed at maintaining the lead in Internet search while making its software more accessible outside Web browsers in its ongoing duel with rivals Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc.

Review: Google Takes Strides With Desktop

A lot of people seem to believe that Google Inc. can rule any market segment it wants. Hype meters have gone haywire assessing the search company's expansion into such far-flung fields as financial news and wireless Internet connectivity.

Click Fraud Concerns Hound Google

John Thys still hasn't figured out how much his company has paid Google Inc. for bogus sales referrals caused by "click fraud" — a sham aimed at a perceived weakness in the Internet search leader's lucrative advertising network.

N.Y. Lawmaker Sues Google Over Child Porn

A Long Island politician sued Google Inc. on Thursday claiming the search engine leader is profiting from illegal child pornography.

Google Concerned About Microsoft Browser

Google Inc. is hoping to pressure Microsoft Corp. into changing a new Internet Explorer browser feature that could direct more people to Microsoft's online search engine instead of Google's far more popular offering.

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Secret Google Video Categories

Source: jimmyr.com

Thirty-eight secret Google Video categories found that Google Videos website doesn't list.

eBay Bans Sellers from Using Google Checkout

Source: auctionbytes.com

eBay is banning sellers from requesting payment through Google Checkout. The online auction giant updated its Safe Payments policy this week to add Google's new payment service, Google Checkout to its list of online payment methods not permitted on eBay.

Official Google Blog: Code Jamming in Dublin

Source: googleblog.blogspot.com

Just goes to show you that the best programmers aren't always from the US.

Blog Pre-Launch Checklist

This article was cross posted on DennisBullock.com

Official Google Blog: Armchair travel with Google Pack

Source: googleblog.blogspot.com

C'est bien!

Google Picasa Web Albums Test Drive

Source: DigitalCameraReview.com

Google has decided to join the online photo album fray with an extension to their Picasa image organizing and editing software. It should be no surprise as Google continues their push to be ubiquitous in everyday computing.

12 Things to Do to Improve Your Site's Google Page Rank

Source: stason.org

Learn 12 techniques that should help raise your google page rank and move your site to the top of the search hits. Great tips!

Larry Brilliant: from Smallpox Eradication, to The Well, to Google.org

Source: Wired Magazine wired.com

After a variety of seemingly unrelated achievements, Larry Brilliant was made the head of Google.org, Google's charitable arm. With his intellectual curiosity and track record, I think Google made a great choice.

To Google or Not to Google

Source: fool.com

The Oxford Enlgish Dictionary has officially included the word "google" as a verb as part of latest entries in their online version.

Click Fraud of nearly a billion dollars....

Source: ethosplanning.com

okay...so maybe 800 million dollars isn't a billion dollars but holy crap. Let me state this again In 2005, there was 800 million dollars in click fraud The San Francisco Chronicle states that

A Search Engine That's Becoming an Inventor

Source: nytimes.com

When Google was a graduate-school project being run from a Silicon Valley garage, its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, built their own computers out of cheap parts meant for personal computers.

Report: Advertisers Cut Spending, Blame Google and Yahoo for Click Fraud

Source: googlewatch.eweek.com

Advertisers wasted over $800 million last year on phony clicks, prompting many to blame Google and Yahoo for extensive fraud, according to a report released on July 5.

Where Are They Now? Search Engines We've Known & Loved

Source: searchenginewatch.com

AltaVista, the Google of its day, is now to be gobbled up by Overture. It's a famous name that's seen better days. But AltaVista's not the only major search player to have faded, as years have gone by.

Google says bill could spark anti-trust complaints

Source: news.yahoo.com

That's quite a counterpunch. I can see a potential anti-trust action here, and I think the telecoms should step very carefully if they want that particular can of worms opened. Monopolies exist a the forbearance of the people.

Google Pages Allows AdSense Ads

Source: easywebbers.blogspot.com

AdSense publishers can now add their advertisements on the pages they create using Google Pages.

Google to Congress: We will not tolerate net abuse

Source: arstechnica.com

Google has strong words for legislators who are currently mulling over net neutrality issues: the company will take any perceived abuse to the US Department of Justice.

Poaching the talent at Microsoft

Source: itwire.com.au

Is Google a more attractive place to work? It would seem so as another senior staff member from Microsoft is jumping ship. It’s possible that one of the reasons behind such moves is the fact that Google seem to have more going for it at the moment.

Google not as good as some think

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

So while search remains Google’s main focus they have released plenty of other offerings over the last year or two. Off concern for Google would have to be that none of these offerings have really cornered a market in the way that their search engine has.

Firefox in the rear view mirror--and the headlights

Source: Ars Technica

Firefox 2.0 is currently scheduled for its first beta release on July 11. As the Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently talked with a Firefox developer about the past, Ars looks at the browser's future.

Official Google Blog: Update on wi-fi in San Francisco

Source: googleblog.blogspot.com

Mumm. Maybe Google should start focusing to aim a bit more of it's services towards Canadians.

Not All Google Touches Turns to Gold

Source: marketingpilgrim.com

Business Week takes a cold-hearted look at the facts about many of Google's new product launches - though they start with a sizzle, they end with a fizzle.

ajax: a new approach to web applications

Source: adaptivepath.com

Here's a good rundown of what exactly all these people are talking about called AJAX, and no, it's not the type of laundry detergent.

Google to stay focused on search

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Online search is not a "solved problem", a senior executive for net giant Google has told BBC News. "Our position is that search is a very hard problem.

Go fourth and prosper

Source: adsense.blogspot.com

I am shocked and appauled that they didn't even mention Canada Day.

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