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Week in review: Microsoft seeks for search gains

May 23, 2008 Company gets creative in quest for larger search market slice, while Facebook tries to make nice with Google. Also: Soft cell market. TAGS: Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo Search, Google Inc., Week in review, Internet search, acquisition, asset, Microsoft Corp.

Symbian's new mobile-app role

June 24, 2008 With an acquisition and a new foundation, Nokia casts the operating system into the limelight hogged by iPhone and Android. TAGS: Symbian Inc., Nokia Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, Apple iPhone, 3G, smart phone, Web application, blog, operating system, acquisition, Google Inc., open source, Linux, Apple Computer

Google-YouTube merger clears antitrust review

November 6, 2006 Google gets OK to move forward with its $1.65 billion acquisition of video-sharing site. TAGS: YouTube, antitrust, Google Inc., merger, acquisition, video

Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo

February 1, 2008 Offer--described by Yahoo as "unsolicited"--amounts to $31 per share, or a 62 percent premium above its closing stock price Thursday. TAGS: aQuantive Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Steve Ballmer, shareholder, Microsoft Corp., acquisition, Google Inc.

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, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., virtual machine, Week in review, acquisition, bid, Google Inc., game company, online advertising, antitrust, Electronic Arts Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Week in review: Microhoo, Yahoogle, and Microspace, oh my!

April 11, 2008 The week was marked by a dizzying barrage of news on the future of Yahoo and its suitors, leaving industry watchers mostly scratching their heads. Also, RSA 2008.(By CNET News.com's Michelle Meyers) TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., News Corp., RSA Security Inc., Week in review, reader, head, acquisition, Microsoft Corp., America Online Inc., security, Google Inc.

FTC allows Google-DoubleClick merger to proceed

December 20, 2007 In a 4-1 vote, regulators give their blessing to the controversial union, despite outcry from competitors and privacy advocates. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., merger, Google Inc., regulator, advertiser, online advertising, commission, acquisition, theory, agreement

Wall Street pouts after Google earnings

July 19, 2007 Despite sales and earnings climb, the numbers fall short of analyst expectations. Stock pounded in after hours trading. TAGS: traffic acquisition cost, earnings, Google Inc., Internet search advertising, income, expectation, Yahoo! Inc., Wall Street, acquisition, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Google's DoubleClick deletion dilemma

December 14, 2007 Fight over megamerger takes intriguing turns, while social networks open developer platforms. Also: celebrating Commodore 64's legacy. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., Republican, Electronic Privacy Information Center, law firm, Google Inc., Week in review, merger, antitrust, chairman, acquisition, Europe, agency, U.S.

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., economist, Washington, merger, antitrust, acquisition, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Google purchases Marratech conferencing software

April 20, 2007 Acquisition of Swedish start-up's flagship product raises questions about whether Google's planning a WebEx competitor. TAGS: WebEx Communications Inc., Google Inc., Sweden, videoconferencing, acquisition, collaboration, blog

Google-DoubleClick: Tough sell in EU

November 21, 2007 The search giant will have a tricky time getting what it wants as trustbusters on the other side of the Atlantic dig into the planned $3.1 billion merger. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., ad serving, merger, Latham & Watkins, antitrust, SEM, Google Inc., Europe, European Union, online advertising, PeopleSoft Inc., concern, acquisition, U.S., attorney, Oracle 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, regulator, Google Inc., decision, antitrust, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo's Jerry Yang is no Bill Gates

February 16, 2008 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says loyalists who want to give Yahoo's CEO one more chance are living in the past. TAGS: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Terry Semel, Bill Gates, shareholder, CEO, acquisition, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Plenty of Google to go around

April 20, 2007 The Internet juggernaut rolls on with strong earnings growth, notable acquisitions and an ever-evolving software lineup. TAGS: Google Inc., Froogle, pay-per-click advertising, acquisition, Judge, podcast

Nokia to buy Navteq for $8.1 billion

October 1, 2007 Nokia ups the ante in location-based service market with acquisition of map provider Navteq in one of its largest acquisitions. TAGS: Tele Atlas, Nokia Corp., TomTom, acquisition, handset, location, map, Google Inc.

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, advertiser, acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., 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

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, Google Inc., Washington, lobbyist, merger, acquisition, Microsoft Corp., spokesman, AT&T Corp.

Google proposes global privacy standard

September 14, 2007 Search giant wants standard based on actual harm to consumer, but a privacy advocate says the proposed guidelines are weak. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., information privacy, harm, Marc Rotenberg, framework, Google Inc., acquisition, security
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