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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 the latest.
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Google introduces personalized home pages
May 19, 2005
New feature lets people customize info--and serves notice to rivals Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL.
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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
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Yahoo 360 takes spin through blogosphere
March 16, 2005
Web giant invites members to sign up for beta test of blogging and social networking service.
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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.
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Google vs. Yahoo: Clash of cultures
June 20, 2005
news analysis They're after the same advertisers, but the Internet giants are taking different paths to get them.
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Yahoo 360 (beta)
Reviewed on June 2, 2005
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Study: Microsoft loses ground in search
May 21, 2007
Meanwhile, Yahoo and Google both post gains in monthly Nielsen/NetRatings numbers.
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FAQ: When Google is not your friend
February 3, 2006
Google's vast database of its users' searches is a gold mine for police and curious divorce attorneys. It's just a matter of time.
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Google rolls out TV search prototype
January 25, 2005
The search giant has been quietly developing Google Video, an engine that lets people search the text of TV shows. Images: Video thrilled the search engine star
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Google's market lead widens
March 28, 2006
Company's U.S. search market share rises at the expense of Yahoo and Microsoft, while Ask.com inches up.
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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.
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Feds take porn fight to Google
January 19, 2006
Bush administration subpoenas records of all searches over one week as it defends disputed antiporn law. Document: Google subpoenaed over pornography
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MSN Search
Reviewed on November 10, 2004
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Windows Live Local beta
Reviewed on June 2, 2006
Windows Live Local beta's dynamic maps and business directories invite you to plot your own points of interest and collaborate with other users.
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Yahoo bolsters e-mail storage to 1GB
March 23, 2005
Company will join Google's Gmail as the only Web mail providers to offer 1GB of in-box storage.
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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.
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Google fixes China search bugs
January 27, 2006
Following a CNET News.com investigation, Google fixes bugs censoring sites for users of its Chinese-language search.
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Study: Click fraud could threaten pay-per-click model
July 5, 2006
Survey finds that 27 percent of respondents say they've already slowed or stopped their pay-per-click advertising.
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Google Calendar colors a CNET reporter's day
May 8, 2006
CNET News.com's Elinor Mills says the search giant's online calendar best suits her needs. And it has nice colors, too.
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