Google Inc’s voice service is an “online software tool” and should not be regulated, a Google lawyer told Reuters on Friday.

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I’ve been visiting Flickr for the past couple of days but I never really noticed that the site logo has already been changed. It now says “Flickr from Yahoo”. I don’t even remember Yahoo announcing the logo change. Of course, Yahoo doesn’t really have to announce it, as Yahoo bought Flickr a long time ago and transitioned the login system? Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal …

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As currently written, the controversial settlement between Google and groups representing publishers and authors is officially dead. On Thursday, a federal judge gave the parties time to negotiate a new deal that would address some of the many objections filed by various groups.

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Microsoft Gains In Search As Google, Yahoo Decline

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Yahoo!?s brand and image has been on a downward decline due in part to a very public battle over control of the company and the company?s decision to pass up an offer by Microsoft to be bought. The decision to pass on Microsoft?s offer has not been viewed well by many Yahoo! shareholders, especially since [...]

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NEW YORK, NY — Video is an essential part of Yahoo’s business, CEO Carol Bartz told me yesterday at the company’s news conference here. She…

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Google expects to buy one small company a month as it rekindles its acquisition engine and moves beyond the worst phase of the global recession, CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.

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Google Inc expects to buy one small company a month as it rekindles its acquisition engine and moves beyond the worst phase of the global recession, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said in an interview on Wednesday.

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French publishers and authors face off in court against Google on Thursday when their three-year bid to fight the Internet giant’s plan to scan and sell books online goes to trial.

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Google is wielding a fierce new weapon in its war against Internet Explorer. The company has just unveiled a new plugin that essentially transforms IE into Chrome, bringing the browser’s faster performance and expanded capabilities into Microsoft’s standard offering. The plugin, called Google Chrome Frame, was announced on Google’s Chromium Blog Tuesday.

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