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Microsoft, Google square off in Washington

September 27, 2007 Thursday will mark the opening round in the heavyweight fight over Google's acquisition of DoubleClick. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., lobbyist, Google Inc., Washington, economist, antitrust, merger, acquisition, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Tech's shopping spree

March 14, 2008 Big companies go on the hunt for acquisitions to beef up their positions, while developers get many warm welcomes. Also: Unruly at South by Southwest. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., Bebo, merger, virtual machine, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., bid, Week in review, acquisition, online advertising, Google Inc., game company, antitrust, Electronic Arts Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Companies want scrutiny of Google-DoubleClick deal

April 15, 2007 Yahoo, AT&T and Microsoft among those considering regulatory objections to search giant's planned purchase of online-ad company. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., online advertising company, Brad Smith, scrutiny, online advertising, regulator, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp.

On Capitol Hill, Google and Microsoft spar over DoubleClick

September 27, 2007 Senators say both sides made good arguments but don't say whether the proposed $3.1 billion deal should be blocked. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., aQuantive Inc., Capitol Hill, online advertising, advertising company, senator, Google Inc., argument, merger, Sen., antitrust, Microsoft Corp., acquisition

Microsoft-Yahoo the mother of all clusterbombs

February 1, 2008 To pull this off, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer will need to throw one hell of a hail mary pass, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Steve Ballmer, online advertising, Wall Street, Microsoft Corp.

On antitrust, is Google the next Microsoft?

July 23, 2007 Google is facing opposition to its DoubleClick deal in what could be a repeat of the way Washington punished Microsoft a decade ago. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., antitrust, Washington, lobbyist, Google Inc., merger, acquisition, Microsoft Corp., spokesman, AT&T Corp.

EU extends review of Google-DoubleClick merger

November 13, 2007 European Commission's decision to take a deeper look at the proposed merger potentially puts the $3.1 billion deal at risk. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., merger, commission, online advertising, European Union, Eric Schmidt, investigation, antitrust, Google Inc., decision, regulator, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

Google buys ad firm DoubleClick for $3.1 billion

April 14, 2007 Deal boosts the search giant's banner advertising business, which lagged rival Yahoo's. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., banner advertisement, Internet search advertising, advertiser, acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Year in review: Google gets even more ambitious

December 28, 2007 The search giant gets into the phone business, with an eye on prime wireless real estate, and works toward a takeover of ad specialist DoubleClick. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., online advertising, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, Viacom Inc., real estate, YouTube, Yahoo! Inc., video, Microsoft Corp.

Google treads on PowerPoint turf

April 17, 2007 In his keynote address at Web 2.0 Expo, CEO Eric Schmidt shows off new Docs & Spreadsheets feature that lets users create presentations.Schmidt talks DoubleClick deal TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., advertising company, Web 2.0, Microsoft PowerPoint, presentation, Microsoft Office, merger, Microsoft Corp., San Francisco, conference, CEO

Week in review: Green power plays

December 20, 2007 Amid flurry of end-of-the-year docket-clearing, Congress passes energy bill and Google's DoubleClick acquisition gets the green light from the FTC. TAGS: farm, DoubleClick Inc., Nevada, Week in review, grocery, mile, production, tax, environment, acquisition, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Quantifying Microsoft's biggest purchase ever

May 18, 2007 For $6 billion, Redmond gets Aquantive, a leading player in serving online ads. But will it get peace of mind?Microsoft to buy Aquantive for $6 billion TAGS: aQuantive Inc., online advertising, 24/7 Real Media Inc., DoubleClick Inc., Redmond, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.

Microsoft to buy Aquantive for $6 billion

May 18, 2007 Spending spree on advertising companies continues, as the software giant issues a rejoinder to Google's plan to purchase DoubleClick. TAGS: aQuantive Inc., Razorfish, DoubleClick Inc., Microsoft Windows Live, advertising agency, advertising company, advertiser, online advertising, VoD, acquisition, media, Microsoft Corp., MSN, Google Inc., IP, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft touts 'Sender ID' to fight spam, scams

August 12, 2004 Proposed tech standard would verify senders' IP addresses to cut malicious phishing and annoying Viagra pitches. TAGS: Sender ID, DoubleClick Inc., domain name server, spam, phishing, e-mail company, credit card company, recipient, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., credit card, e-mail, e-mail address, spokesman, server, Microsoft Corp.
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