Google May Add Voice Searches
According to a newly published patent filing, Google could be developing a voice-activated search engine.
Microsoft Preps Search Features to Battle Google
Microsoft is wrapping up work on two new features that it plans to add to its search engine in the hopes of competing with Google and Yahoo.
Google Adsense
Where would we be without Google? Well I can tell you one thing for sure, without Google's Adsense advertising program we'd be exposed to a whole lot less substandard publishing on the web.
Mr. Google Goes to Washington
Internet giant Google hasn’t always done things by the book, but a recent decision to join the Washington lobbying world full-force could be a sign that the firm is growing up.
Google Must Turn Over URLs; Search Queries Private
Federal Judge James Ware ordered Google to deliver 50,000 random website addresses to the U.S. Department of Justice, but declined to order the search engine to submit 5,000 Internet queries for government inspection.
Federal Court Hears Arguments in Google Case
U.S. District Judge James Ware heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could have far-reaching Internet privacy considerations.
Google Agrees to Pay Advertisers Over Click Fraud
Google will pay up to $90 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it overcharged thousands of advertisers who paid for bogus sales referrals generated through click fraud.
Google Reportedly Working on ‘Infinite Storage’ Service
Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly let a very big cat out of the bag this week at the company’s annual analyst conference, citing three secret projects in his PowerPoint presentation that was later published online just long enough for bloggers to pick up on the slip.
Google Dives Deeper Into Web Hosting Business
Google's new Page Creator service promises easy-to-create web pages that are stored on Google's servers. Each web page has an address that begins with the user's Google account name followed by “.GooglePages.com.”
Perfect 10, Google Both Plan to Appeal U.S. Ruling
After winning a preliminary injunction against search engine Google, adult publisher Perfect 10 is planning to appeal part of a federal court’s decision to decline enjoining Google’s linking to other websites that infringe Perfect 10 images.
Google Formally Tells Government to Back Off
Lawyers for Google officially said the search engine would not be handing over its records Friday, arguing that the Justice Department had not proven such search engine data would help in the government’s attempt to revive the spirit of the Child Online Protection Act.
EFF Issues Warning Over New Google Desktop
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil and digital advocacy group headquartered in San Francisco, has issued a preliminary warning that Google’s new desktop software version 3.0 poses a serious risk to consumer privacy.
Google Weds Instant Messaging, Email Services
Online search engine leader Google has plans to join its instant messaging and email services in the same web browser, in an attempt to lure users from larger communications networks operated by its chief rivals.
Google Hearing Postponed, China Version Launches
A hearing in which lawyers for Google were to defend the company’s refusal to hand over search engine data in the Justice Department’s anti-porn crusade has been moved to March 13, more than two weeks from when it was initially scheduled.
Big Daddy Google May End 302 Redirects
The rumors have been buzzing for months now: A secret project, hashed deep in the catacombs of Google’s headquarters, is looking to revamp the entire search engine’s functionality, potentially delivering a massive improvement to its search capability, but also creating major problems for webmasters who hijack words or pages on a website.
Suit: Google Expected Trademark Infringement Claims
Google has been hit by another infringement claim over infringing trademarks by selling them as keyword search links. But the latest suit reveals a little-known fact about Google — the search engine is in the business of infringing trademarks, as so noted in its IPO prospectus.
Public Supports Google, Not Government, Survey Says
Not only do the vast majority of surfers believe Google should keep user search habits secret, nearly 40 percent said they would stop using the service if the company complies with a Justice Department subpoena to release the information.
Privacy Advocates Decry Google Subpoena
Privacy advocates throughout the country have responded with uniform opposition to attempts by the Bush administration to force Google to hand over search engine records that detail what users are searching for online.
Feds After Google Records
Google is promising a fight after the federal government unveiled Thursday that it wants the search engine records that detail what users are searching for online, marking a bold move on the part of the Bush administration to revive the spirit of the infamous Child Online Protection Act shot down by the Supreme Court more than two years ago.
Malicious Software Infiltrates Google AdSense
TechShout.com reports that a new, deceptive Trojan Horse program has surfaced and is engineered to produce fake Google ads that are formatted to look like legitimate ones.