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

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, Wall Street, Yahoo! Inc., acquisition, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Many still await MSN, Yahoo e-mail upgrades

November 19, 2004 Microsoft and Yahoo promised 250MB of e-mail storage. But for many users, change has yet to arrive. TAGS: MSN Hotmail, Yahoo! Inc., upgrade, MSN, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Google retains lead in U.S. search market

May 22, 2006 It continues to outpace Microsoft and Yahoo, according to the latest numbers from one network analysis firm. TAGS: ComScore, market share, Time Warner Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., analysis, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo tests blog search in Korea

August 3, 2005 Web portal quietly begins testing tools that may be coming to the U.S. market and would take on existing players such as Technorati. TAGS: Technorati, blog, search tool, Yahoo! Inc., Korea, U.S., MSN, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

AOL up, Google down? Not so fast

July 12, 2007 A new survey says the Time Warner property may get people to spend a lot of time there, but it's Google's dollar signs that count. TAGS: Nielsen/NetRatings, America Online Inc., Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., brand, Yahoo! Inc., MySpace, eBay Inc., YouTube, Apple Computer, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Nokia makes more room for Yahoo

April 26, 2005 New smart phones from the Finnish handset maker come with Yahoo messaging, search and Web browsing. TAGS: Nokia Corp., smart phone, handset maker, Yahoo! Inc., handset, cell phone, messaging, agreement, U.S., e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Google gets the glory in search referrals

March 30, 2004 In a snapshot of search engine use on the Internet, market researcher WebSideStory says Google this month recorded an all-time high in search referrals in the United States. TAGS: referral, WebSideStory Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., MSN, market research company, search engine, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo, Microsoft join IM hands

October 12, 2005 Companies to allow interoperability of their instant-messaging clients in a move against America Online and Google. TAGS: IM, Yahoo! Inc., MSN, America Online Inc., interoperability, ComScore, AOL Instant Messenger, Google Inc., agreement, Time Warner Inc., voice, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

MSN vs. Google and Yahoo, Round 3

March 16, 2005 Microsoft's surge into search started with algorithmic and desktop efforts. Now comes the paid-search platform. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., MSN, Yahoo! Inc., ComScore, Google Inc., search, search engine, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Google first-quarter profit rises almost 70 percent

April 19, 2007 Results beat Wall Street expectations as the company turns search market share gains into even more revenue from paid search advertising. TAGS: paid search, Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., Wall Street, expectation, Yahoo! Inc., commission, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo: Our ads are better

May 17, 2006 Search giant details new ad system designed to help marketers figure out what and when people plan to buy. TAGS: Terry Semel, social search, Lloyd Braun, Yahoo! Inc., marketer, U.S., Microsoft Corp., video

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. TAGS: Ask.com, monetization, market share, ComScore, Time Warner Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S.

The collective amnesia over Shi Tao

March 30, 2007 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Silicon Valley would do well to borrow a page from the history of the antiapartheid struggle. TAGS: Jerry Yang, China, Cisco Systems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., government, Silicon Valley, Google Inc., U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Web giants ask for feds' help on censorship

January 31, 2007 Google, Yahoo and Microsoft say government should stand behind global Internet freedom, but not all support legislation. TAGS: censorship, Web company, terrorism, Google Inc., authority, Yahoo! Inc., government, request, help, China, Microsoft Corp., U.S., e-mail

Google ups ante in mapping rivalry

July 25, 2005 Company unveils hybrid mapping site on heels of MSN's Virtual Earth, in heated battle for localized search. MSN, Google label Earth TAGS: local search, Google Inc., satellite, MSN, location, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., U.S., photograph

Net heavyweights unite to KO spam

April 28, 2003 America Online, Yahoo and Microsoft are pooling their resources and technical expertise to reduce unwanted commercial e-mail solicitations that are inundating their systems. TAGS: solicitation, spam, America Online Inc., alliance, spammer, Yahoo! Inc., Time Warner Inc., e-mail, MSN, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Yahoo, Google primed for search war

January 15, 2004 Yahoo says it will drop search partner Google during the first quarter of 2004 in favor of its own technology, opening a new phase in the battle for Web search dominance. TAGS: Inktomi, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Internet search, Terry Semel, Overture Services Inc., MSN, search engine, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

The China Internet debate's going nowhere

February 17, 2006 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says too many interested parties have a stake in maintaining the status quo. TAGS: China, Beijing, policy, Washington, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., U.S., Microsoft Corp.

New Internet telephony players emerge

March 27, 2006 Lycos, Jajah get into Net telephony business, competing with big players like Skype, Yahoo, Microsoft and Google. TAGS: Lycos Inc., IP telephony, telephony, eBay Inc., Skype, call, Yahoo! Inc., U.S., person, VoIP, mobile phone, IP, Google Inc., video, PC, Microsoft Corp.