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Microsoft, Google in healthy competition

May 18, 2009 The rivals extend their tech battle into Web-based personal health records, an area in which they are both upstarts. TAGS: personal health record, health, health care, e-health, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Google site to aid the blind

July 20, 2006 Search giant tests site designed to serve up Web pages that software can easily read to blind users. TAGS: Google Inc., search result, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft's big bid for Yahoo

September 10, 2008 What Yahoo has, Microsoft wants, but Yahoo continues to play hard to get. The two companies still face a formidable foe in Google--and many questions about what they'll do next. Tune in here for th... TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., shareholder, bid, margin, Carl Icahn, Wall Street, antitrust, Google Inc., agreement, font, Microsoft Corp.

Google introduces personalized home pages

May 19, 2005 New feature lets people customize info--and serves notice to rivals Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL. TAGS: home page, Google Inc., ComScore, Yahoo! Inc., portal, Gmail, RSS, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp., e-mail

How search engines rate on privacy

August 13, 2007 News.com asks Google, Yahoo and others to fess up on what they do to protect their users' personal information.In their own words: Search engines on privacy TAGS: Ask.com, search engine, privacy, survey, lawyer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Google gets the boot from Amazon's A9

May 1, 2006 Microsoft's Windows Live Search has replaced Google as the default search engine on Amazon's A9 site. TAGS: Amazon A9, Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc., search engine, blog, Microsoft Corp.

Google creators named Men of the Year

December 23, 2005 The Financial Times honors Sergey Brin and Larry Page, citing the company's booming value and effects on Net users. TAGS: Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Google Local becomes Google Maps

April 21, 2006 Search giant changes name of local search and mapping Web site to avoid confusion TAGS: Google Local, local search, Google Maps, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Google, Sun plan partnership

October 3, 2005 Collaborative effort could raise the profile of OpenOffice.org and Java software--and perhaps bolster Google's challenge to Microsoft. TAGS: Java software, StarOffice, OpenOffice.org, Sun Microsystems Inc., Google Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Google Earth, Java, profile, CEO, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft, Google to resume battle for employee

October 14, 2005 The tech giants will return to the courtroom Friday to continue their dispute over Google's employment of Kai-Fu Lee, a former Microsoft worker. TAGS: Kai-Fu Lee, Google Inc., court, Washington, Microsoft Corp.

Sun moves into Google orbit

October 4, 2005 Alliance aims to boost Sun's Java and Google's Web-based tools, but could also herald a challenge to Microsoft's hold on the PC. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Google Inc., alliance, Java, exec, CEO, 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, lobbyist, Washington, merger, Google Inc., acquisition, spokesman, Microsoft Corp., AT&T Corp.

Microsoft settles with Google over executive hire

December 23, 2005 Settlement ends the battle over Google's hiring of Kai-Fu Lee to head its China research lab. TAGS: Kai-Fu Lee, lab, Google Inc., China, hiring, agreement, Microsoft Corp., America Online Inc., California

Google to bid on AOL?

September 19, 2005 An analyst report speculates that the search giant may want to pre-empt a Microsoft takeover of the Time Warner unit. TAGS: America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc., Google Inc., representative, MSN, Microsoft Corp.

Year in review: Google's grand ambitions

December 23, 2008 Company tried extending its prowess to browsers, phones, display ads, and online applications in 2008. The economy and federal regulators, however, dampened some of its plans. TAGS: Google Inc., Google Apps, Google Docs, economy, Gmail, open source, Web browser, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

AOL to stick with Google

December 16, 2005 Search king to buy stake in America Online to keep ad deal--as Microsoft gets left out in the cold, a source says. TAGS: America Online Inc., market capitalization, Time Warner Inc., negotiation, Google Inc., MSN, Microsoft Corp., search engine

Gates on Google: What, me worry?

September 14, 2005 Growing clout of Web-based development is much in evidence as Microsoft courts developers. But is Bill Gates losing sleep? Nah. TAGS: honeymoon, Bill Gates, API, Google Inc., developer, Yahoo! Inc., MSN, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., server, idea, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, Microsoft Windows

Year in review: The 'cloud' soars

December 30, 2008 Cloud computing takes off in 2008, with enterprise companies and consumers along for the ride. TAGS: computing, cloud, Amazon.com Inc., concept, Google Inc., networking, Microsoft Corp.

Dell embraces Google

May 25, 2006 Deal between the search giant and the PC maker gets Google into new territory. It's a strike against Google rival Microsoft. TAGS: Eric Schmidt, pay-per-call advertising, Dell PC, Internet search advertising, Google Inc., desktop search, PC company, Yahoo! Inc., eBay Inc., Dell, agreement, conference, radio, CEO, Microsoft Corp., PC

Microsoft says PC 'recycle bin' yielded Google clue

August 11, 2005 Key document in case against Kai-Fu Lee and Google comes from Lee's computer, according to Microsoft. TAGS: Kai-Fu Lee, speech recognition, Google Inc., China, document, Microsoft Corp., PC
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