Archive for September, 2008

The Strange Case of the Google Stock Plunge (New York Times)

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

For most of Tuesday, Google ?s stock was mostly flat. Then, around 3:57 p.m., it mysteriously plummeted, closing down 10.4 percent at $341.43.

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Does Yahoo Foresee a Bad End to its Google Adventure? (Linux World)

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Canadian antitrust regulators have now gone the same path as the US Justice Department and reached out and hired an outside litigator, David Kent, a Toronto antitrust expert, to look into the Google-Yahoo deal. The news comes from the Wall Street Journal, which got it from ?lawyers close to the matter.? The paper couldn?t get Canadian officials to comment. read more

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Web firms quietly win copyright victory in Congress

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

As the media turned its attention last weekend to battles on Capitol Hill over the fate of the proposed Wall Street bailout bill, Internet companies including Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. quietly walked away with a legislative victory that could facilitate their use of copyrighted material.

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Google selects Code Jam finalists (CNET via Yahoo! News)

Monday, September 29th, 2008

NEW YORK–Top programmers from across the Americas competed Monday for spots in the finals of Google’s global Code Jam 2008 competition.

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Google shares dip below $400 for the first time in two years

Monday, September 29th, 2008

On a day of across-the-board losses for technology stocks, Internet search giant Google witnesses its once high-flying share price fall under the $400 mark for the first time in two years.

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Google?s Little-Known Search Feature: One Box (New York Times)

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Last week on this blog, I wrote about some cool developments in Google?s search feature. One of them: if you search for something big, like ?ny times,? you get a tiny table of contents (Sports, Politics, etc.) along with another search box?right there on the Google results page.

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Yahoo joins Google in defending ad deal (CNET)

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Google has already launched a fusillade of blog posts and other commentary to defend its search-ad deal with Yahoo. Now Yahoo is following suit.

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Decker Defends Google/Yahoo Pact: Sensible, Yes, But Too Little, Too Late? (CBS News)

Monday, September 29th, 2008

With the Justice Department considering whether to look more deeply into the Google/Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) search ad pact for potential antitrust violations, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has been aggressively mounting a public relations campaign defending the tie-up. On Friday, Yahoo President Sue Decker had her say in a rare post on Yahoo’s official blog. She had several points to convey about the deal: …

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Tutorial: Installing Google Android SDK 1.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop (Linux World)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

This guide explains how you can install the Google Android SDK 1.0 on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. With this stable release of the Android SDK, you can now develop applications for Android smartphones (like T-Mobile’s G1) and offer them on the Android Market. read more

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Tutorial: Installing Google Android SDK 1.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop (SYS-CON Media)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

This guide explains how you can install the Google Android SDK 1.0 on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. With this stable release of the Android SDK, you can now develop applications for Android smartphones (like T-Mobile’s G1) and offer them on the Android Market. read more

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