Reuters - In a rare slip for Google Inc,
Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp gained share as Google lost ground
in the Web search market in June, industry data released on
Friday shows.
Reuters - Google Inc , IBM
and Microsoft Corp reported quarterly results on
Thursday, giving investors a mixed snapshot of the health of
the technology sector amid a slowing global economy.
AP - Google Inc. shares tumbled more than 9 percent by midday Friday after the Internet search leader's second-quarter earnings missed analysts' expectations.
AP - Wall Street was mixed Friday as disappointing earnings from technology companies like Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. offset upbeat results from Citigroup Inc.
Reuters - In a rare slip for Google Inc
, Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp gained
share as Google lost ground in the Web search market in June,
industry data released on Friday shows. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - By combining its Web search technologies with enterprise-specific products, Google hopes to keep up with Microsoft, IBM, and a clutch of innovative startups in the enterprise search arena. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The solid-state drives can be used for video streaming, high-transaction data processing, search engine operations, and other high-speed server functions, Sun and Samsung said. -- read full article
Reuters - Google Inc reported a
weaker-than-expected 35 percent rise in net profit as the
company blamed lower returns from managing its huge cash pile
rather than softening sales of online advertising.
AP - Google Inc. has successfully tackled a lot of complex problems during its first decade in business, but even the Internet search leader may be hard pressed to find a way to sustain its rapid earnings growth amid a sputtering economy in the United States and parts of Europe.
AP - With a Yahoo Inc. search deal uncertain at best, Microsoft Corp. plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more than expected in the next year to whip its unprofitable online operations into shape.
Reuters - Rambler Media, the British-registered
owner of Russia's Rambler Internet portal, said on Friday it
has agreed to sell the Begun advertising agency to Google Inc
for $140 million. -- read full article
NewsFactor - The U.S. Senate opened hearings on a pending Yahoo-Google partnership Tuesday. The Antitrust, Competition and Consumer Rights committee means to put the screws to each party's legal counsel in an attempt to determine whether the deal violates antitrust laws. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company's complaints may have as much to do with privacy and competition as they do with its own strategic interests in Yahoo's search business. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Google Elections Video Search gadget uses speech recognition to transcribed and index speeches by politicians and others. -- read full article
