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Google names new board member, audit chair

Google names new board member, audit chair

Google has appointed Ann Mather to its board, saying she would chair its audit committee.
Staff Writers Nov 30 2005, 9:15AM Software
Free website therapy - Google gives away analytics

Free website therapy - Google gives away analytics

Google plans to give away a set of analytic tools allowing web developers, administrators and advertisers to fine-tune their sites including advertising.
Eric Auchard Nov 15 2005, 8:30AM Software
Amazon to sell digital books in Google challenge

Amazon to sell digital books in Google challenge

Amazon.com has said it would let readers buy digital pages, chapters and entire books through two plans that present a broad challenge to a controversial strategy of Google Inc.
Alexandria Sage Nov 4 2005, 2:30PM Sales & Marketing
Google, libraries post first batch of books online

Google, libraries post first batch of books online

Google and four US libraries plan to unveil the first collection of thousands of mostly 19th century American literary and historical works as the web search leader seeks to regain momentum for its project to put library books online.
Eric Auchard Nov 4 2005, 9:00AM Data centre
Google hires exec to lead China sales

Google hires exec to lead China sales

Google, the internet search company, this week said it hired executive Johnny Chou to lead its development in China, an increasingly important and competitive market for technology companies.
Staff Writers Oct 26 2005, 3:00PM Collaboration
Stormy chapter begins for Google, book publishers

Stormy chapter begins for Google, book publishers

Last year, Google unveiled with fanfare a book-scanning partnership with publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair, but a year later the friendship has soured.
Jeffrey Goldfarb Oct 24 2005, 10:30AM Data centre
Publishers sue Google over copyright dispute

Publishers sue Google over copyright dispute

Five major publishers filed suit against Google on Wednesday, seeking to block plans to scan copyrighted works without permission and derail Google's push to make many of the world's great books searchable online.
Eric Auchard Oct 20 2005, 2:45PM Collaboration
Google cedes Gmail name in UK in trademark dispute

Google cedes Gmail name in UK in trademark dispute

Internet search leader Google has been forced to change the name of its free Gmail email service in Britain after failing to secure the necessary trademark.
Staff Writers Oct 20 2005, 1:00PM Software
Judge stays Google suit in Microsoft hiring case

Judge stays Google suit in Microsoft hiring case

A US judge ordered a tentative stay in web search company Google's lawsuit against Microsoft, dealing a blow to Google's fight over the hiring of a former Microsoft official.
Eric Auchard Oct 17 2005, 3:00PM Software
Google to report pro forma earnings, not just net

Google to report pro forma earnings, not just net

Google on Thursday said it plans to meet Wall Street halfway on how it reports quarterly results, seeking to dispel confusion created by its strict adherence to accounting rules and putting it in step with many of its peers.
Eric Auchard Oct 14 2005, 3:00PM Collaboration
Google, Comcast talks on AOL progressing: sources

Google, Comcast talks on AOL progressing: sources

Talks for Google and Comcast to buy a minority stake in Time Warner Inc.'s America Online are progressing, sources close to the matter said on Thursday, even as a top Time Warner executive declined to confirm the negotiations.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2005, 2:06PM Collaboration
Google, Comcast in talks to invest in AOL

Google, Comcast in talks to invest in AOL

Google and Comcast are in "serious discussions" to buy a minority stake in Time Warner's America Online, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Staff Writers Oct 13 2005, 12:30PM Software
Google funds "social entreprenuer" program

Google funds "social entreprenuer" program

Google has begun to make good on its commitment to plow a small fraction of the proceeds from its wildly successful stock offering into social investment projects.
Eric Auchard Oct 13 2005, 10:00AM Training & Development
Taiwan tells Google it is not a China province

Taiwan tells Google it is not a China province

Taiwan's government has asked web search company Google to stop calling the self-ruled island a "province of China" on its Google Maps service.
Staff Writers Oct 5 2005, 10:00AM Collaboration
Google, Sun Micro to announce collaborative effort

Google, Sun Micro to announce collaborative effort

Google Inc. and computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. plan on Tuesday to announce a "collaborative effort" in Silicon Valley.
Staff Writers Oct 4 2005, 10:25AM Software
Google says size matters less, drops search boasts

Google says size matters less, drops search boasts

Google said late on Monday that it was tripling the number of web pages that its system can search, seeking to upstage rival Yahoo in claims to be the world's widest web search.
Eric Auchard Sep 28 2005, 2:30PM Collaboration
Google begins limited test of Wi-Fi service

Google begins limited test of Wi-Fi service

Google, the online search leader, has confirmed it has begun a limited test of a free wireless internet service, called Google WiFi.
Adam Pasick Sep 21 2005, 2:00PM Mobility
Microsoft takes on Google by opening up MSN

Microsoft takes on Google by opening up MSN

Microsoft is making some of the features on its internet division site, MSN, available to outside software developers as it takes on Google in the web-based information and services market.
Reed Stevenson Sep 16 2005, 11:30AM Software
Google sells US$4.18bln in stock, a recent record

Google sells US$4.18bln in stock, a recent record

Web search leader Google's follow-on stock offering priced at US$295 per share, raising US$4.18 billion in the largest US high-tech secondary sale in nearly a decade, underwriters said on Wednesday.
Eric Auchard Sep 15 2005, 3:30PM Finance
Ex-Microsoft exec able to work for Google: judge

Ex-Microsoft exec able to work for Google: judge

A Washington judge has cleared the way for a former Microsoft executive to work for Google in China but placed tough restrictions on confidential information he had gleaned while working at Microsoft.
Staff Writers Sep 14 2005, 4:01PM Hardware

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