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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Chrome is new but not so shiny

Business | By Jessica Guynn | September 25, 2008
Shortly after Google Inc. Read more
 

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Google sparks new browser war

Business | By Jim Puzzanghera and Jessica Guynn | September 3, 2008
Google Inc. Read more
 

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Web ad deal a tough sell

Business | By Jim Puzzanghera and Alana Semuels | June 14, 2008
Antitrust regulators scrutinizing the online advertising deal between Yahoo Inc. Read more
 

Friday, June 13, 2008

Yahoo’s new best friend – rival Google

Business | By Jessica Guynn and Joseph Menn | June 13, 2008
Microsoft Corp. Read more
 

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Google triumphs as its rivals’ courtship fizzles

Business | By Jessica Guynn and Joseph Menn, Jim Puzzanghera | May 6, 2008
In the now-suspended takeover fight between software titan Microsoft Corp. Read more
 

Friday, April 11, 2008

Fight over Yahoo would limit online choices

Business | By Joseph Menn | April 11, 2008
The increased jockeying for Yahoo Inc. Read more
 

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Chief Yahoo Yang an atypical executive

Business | February 2, 2008
Yahoo Inc. Read more
 

Microsoft offers $45 billion for Yahoo

Business | February 2, 2008
Microsoft Corp. Read more
 

A viable challenge to Google?

Business | February 2, 2008
Whether a Microsoft Corp.-Yahoo Inc. Read more
 

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Wikia set to carve a slice of search pie

Business | January 8, 2008
Wikia Inc., the Internet company started by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, opened its search engine to the public on Monday in a bid to challenge Google Inc. Read more
 

Monday, December 17, 2007

More Web users are Googling themselves

Business | December 17, 2007
More Americans are Googling themselves – and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests too. Read more
 

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Ask.com to let users erase queries

Business | By Jessica Guynn | December 11, 2007
Ask.com on Monday became the first major search engine to let users decide whether it can keep records of their queries in a move hailed by privacy watchdogs. Read more
 

Monday, December 10, 2007

Search site moves at the speed of China

Business | By Dawn C. Chmielewski | December 10, 2007
Diners often plunge their chopsticks into shared entrees at even the most upscale restaurants here. Read more
 

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Web search for nudity is ‘fair use’

Business | By Dawn C. Chmielewski | December 4, 2007
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday reaffirmed its earlier support for the socially redeeming value of searching the Internet for nudie pictures. Read more
 

Yahoo executive gets key role in generating traffic

Business | By Jessica Guynn | December 4, 2007
Yahoo Inc. Read more
 

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Microsoft to offer voice-command mobile search engine

Business | October 16, 2007
Microsoft Corp., lagging behind Google Inc. Read more
 

Monday, October 15, 2007

Chinese search engine comes up No. 3

Business | By Anick Jesdanun | October 15, 2007
Around the world, Internet users are conducting about 1.4 million searches every minute – most of them through Google Inc., a ComScore study estimates. Read more
 

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Yahoo to unveil refined search engine

Business | By Jessica Guynn | October 2, 2007
san francisco – Yahoo Inc. Read more
 

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Lawsuit over Google ad links is dropped

Business | September 5, 2007
A home decor merchant has dropped a federal lawsuit attacking Google Inc.’s practice of connecting some online ads to trademarks, handing the Internet search leader its latest legal victory on the prickly issue. Read more
 

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Yahoo beats out Google in customer satisfaction survey

Business | By Alex Pham | August 14, 2007
Is Google Inc. Read more
 
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