Microsoft gives $100K to Wash. campaign supporting more partnership rights for gay couplesOctober 6th, 2009 Microsoft gives $100K to Wash. gay-partners effortOLYMPIA, Wash.
AT&T complains to regulators that Google Voice gets unfair advantage from blocking some callsSeptember 25th, 2009 AT&T complains Google Voice blocks calls it can'tSEATTLE — AT&T is arguing Google's Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities where local carriers charge high fees. AT&T Inc. says Google Voice curbs costs by refusing to connect calls to places where some local carriers give phone numbers to adult chat lines and conference-calling services to draw long distance calls.
Google aims to make reading online articles easier in test that will sell ads for publishersSeptember 14th, 2009 Google hopes readers will 'flip' over new formatSAN FRANCISCO — Google is testing a new format that is supposed to make reading online stories as easy as flipping through a magazine. The change eventually could feed more advertising sales to revenue-starved publishers.
Google bows to book settlement critics, willing to share digital copies of out-of-print titlesSeptember 10th, 2009 Google willing to share digital books with rivalsMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google will let other online companies sell its digital copies of out-of-print books if a class-action settlement with U.S.
Google agrees to develop separate privacy policy for digital books to satisfy FTCSeptember 3rd, 2009 Google to draw up new privacy policy for booksWASHINGTON — Google has agreed to draw up a separate privacy policy for its digital library in response to a request from the Federal Trade Commission. The concessions come amid a growing outcry among critics who believe a class-action settlement with U.S.
RadioShack carries T-Mobile's myTouch smart phone, follow-up to first 'Google phone'August 19th, 2009 RadioShack carries T-Mobile's myTouch smart phoneFORT WORTH, Texas — RadioShack Corp. said Wednesday that T-Mobile USA Inc.'s new "Google phone" is now available in its stores in the U.S.
Texas judge OKs patent judgment against Microsoft, tells it to stop selling Word in 60 daysAugust 13th, 2009 Microsoft ordered to pay $290M in patent rulingSEATTLE — A federal judge in Texas has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Word software in the U.S.
Google to buy video compression company On2 in $106.5 million all-stock dealAugust 5th, 2009 Google to buy video compression firm for $106.5MMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc.
EU says Microsoft has offered concessions to settle Internet Explorer antitrust actionJuly 24th, 2009 EU: Microsoft trying to settle browser caseBRUSSELS — Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators said Friday.
Google offers 'guided tour' of the moon, 40 years after the first Apollo landingJuly 20th, 2009 Google offers 'guided tour' of the moonNEW YORK — Google Inc. is offering a more wide-ranging view of the Moon, 40 years after humans first landed there.
Google overcomes slowest revenue growth yet to boost 2Q profit 19 pct, topping analyst viewsJuly 16th, 2009 Google 2Q profit up 19 pct amid slowing ad salesMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google's second-quarter profit rose 19 percent despite the slowest revenue growth since the Internet search leader went public five years ago.
Google CEO glad he dropped his resistance to co-founders' push for PC operating systemJuly 10th, 2009 Google CEO hails company's new PC operating systemSUN VALLEY, Idaho — Eric Schmidt spent his first six years as Google's CEO resisting a push by the company's co-founders to develop their own operating system for personal computers. But Schmidt began to change his mind after seeing the early versions of Google's Web browser.
Google mutes news commentary feature as another experiment gets clipped in cost-cutting effortJuly 1st, 2009 Google silences news commentary featureMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google has quietly dropped a feature that allowed people mentioned in news stories to comment on the articles.
Obama raises high-tech hackles with plan for higher taxes on overseas earningsMay 5th, 2009 Obama's tax plans raises high-tech hacklesSAN FRANCISCO — President Barack Obama's plan to impose U.S. taxes on corporate America's overseas profits threatens to open a big crater in the financial statements of technology companies.
Judge pushes Google book settlement hearing date to October from JuneApril 29th, 2009 Judge delays Google book settlement hearingNEW YORK — The federal court overseeing Google Inc.'s settlement over its book-scanning program is giving authors four more months to opt out of the deal and review its potential pitfalls. Instead of a May 5 deadline, the court ruled Tuesday that authors now have until Sept.