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Google Poised to Make Good on Its China Threat March 15, 2010 
It now appears almost certain that Google and the Chinese government will not reach an accord over Internet censorship policies and that Google will begin pulling out of the country in the near future. Among the increasing number of signs pointing in that direction are warnings the Chinese government gave to Google's Web partners that they must comply with Chinese law, even if Google does not.
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Why Keeping the Bar Low May Be Good for Google March 15, 2010 
The Google model survived the dot-com mess but its success seems based largely on the belief that advertising can fund everything. If the users are unhappy, well it doesn't really matter. In fact, Google's customers (the folks paying them money) and the folks they actually serve are quiet different, causing me to question the viability of many of their non-search efforts.
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Google's New Mobile App Lets Shoppers Peer Into Retailers' Stockrooms March 12, 2010 
Google has introduced a mobile version of its Product Search tool that lets users check on a product's availability in local participating stores. Product Search for mobile with local inventory lets a user see if, say, a Nikon Coolpix camera is in stock at a nearby Best Buy or Sears -- two of the retailers participating in the program -- and then provides basic directions to get there.
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Google Dabbling With TV Set-Top Search March 09, 2010 
Google and Dish Network reportedly are testing a service that allows television users to search for television programming and Web content from set-top boxes. Google software installed in the boxes allows users to create a personalized programming lineup, anonymous sources told The Wall Street Journal.
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YouTube's Auto-Captioning: Accessibility, Searchability, Profitability? March 05, 2010 
YouTube on Thursday opened its previously restricted automated captioning beta program to the public, saying it will help the hearing-impaired. Currently, the feature is only available for videos that contain speech in the English language, although YouTube plans to add other languages. Ultimately, the auto-captioning feature might help YouTube monetize its videos.
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Google Urges US to Take Censorship Brawl to WTO March 03, 2010 
The U.S. appears to be embarking on a new strategy for dealing with the restrictions China places on Internet companies, fueled in large part by Google's recent dustup with the Chinese government over its censorship demands. The company testified before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Tuesday, urging the U.S. government to bring the censorship issue to the World Trade Organization for redress.
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Microsoft vs. the Zombie Hordes February 26, 2010 
Microsoft did its best Woody Harrelson impression this week and set out to bag some zombies. The zombies we're talking about here are PCs infected with malware. The bad guys spread the malware around and then remotely control victims' computers as part of a botnet that can do stuff like send out spam email or carry out DDoS attacks.
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Europe Sets Antitrust Sights on Google Search February 24, 2010
The European Commission has notified Google that it received complaints from three companies about its search ranking practices. The companies are a UK price comparison site, Foundem, a French legal search engine, ejustice.fr, and Microsoft's Ciao! from Bing. Foundem also filed a complaint with the FCC, citing concerns over "search neutrality."
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Google Hack Smells More and More Like Chinese Government Job February 22, 2010
A freelance security consultant working on behalf of the Chinese government was likely involved in the hack attacks that prompted Google to take a stand against China last month, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The man, who is in his 30s, did not launch the attack; rather, he wrote the code that tapped a security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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Search Marketing 2010: Everyone Will Have to Work Harder February 22, 2010 
Search marketing will undergo many changes in 2010, according to marketing agency Greenlight. Among other things, Facebook will have to offer better ad tracking, mobile search will take off, and Google will rethink incorporating Twitter search data into its real-time search results as well as include video content in page relevancy scores.
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Can Microhoo Get Searchers to Kick Their Google Habit? February 19, 2010 
If competition for Google is still "just a click away" -- as its executives kept saying last summer to anybody who would listen -- then the U.S. Justice Department and the European Commission made that click easier with their decisions this week to bless the Microsoft-Yahoo search technology merger. Here's the new search query for this latest development: Will consumers get the hint?
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The Blazing Backlash Against Buzz February 19, 2010 
Google would like you to know that it's very, very sorry that its new Buzz social network treated your social life like Procter & Gamble treats bunny rabbits. It's all a big misunderstanding. And by the way -- no one was actually harmed, no personal data was leaked, and you're the one who's confused, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said at the World Mobile Congress this week.
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Microsoft and Yahoo: All Systems Go February 19, 2010 
Microsoft and Yahoo have received clearance for their search agreement from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, the companies jointly announced Thursday, and they will soon begin implementing their plans. Under terms announced last July, Microsoft will provide Yahoo with the same search result listings that are now available through Bing.
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Google Slurps Up Social Search Engine Aardvark February 12, 2010 
Google plunged further into the social media waters on Thursday by acquiring social search site Aardvark. Formerly known as "Mechanical Zoo," San Francisco-based Aardvark lets users ask a question in plain English and get an answer within minutes from the most qualified person within that user's social network of participating friends and friends-of-friends.
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China Plays Up Hacker Crackdown February 08, 2010 
Two Monday technology stories, both involving China: Call them the yin and yang of that country's attempts to repair its image following Google's recent hacking allegations and the search giant's subsequent threats to end its business dealings in the country. Chinese police are trumpeting their shutdown of a major hacker training Web site and three related arrests.
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Microsoft to Google: Get Ready to Get Grilled in Europe January 30, 2010 
Microsoft's top lawyer said Monday that Google will inevitably have to answer questions about its huge market share in selling advertisements linked to results from its search engine. Microsoft's general counsel Brad Smith said the search advertising market has become "the fundamental economic engine for content online" and "the gateway to content on the Internet."
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