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Google on Monday launched a new search service designed to provide users with information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa.

A U.S. recovery is likely to begin this autumn, the worst of the crisis has passed and it is reasonable to be optimistic for 2010, internet search giant Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt said on Friday.

China on Thursday stepped up accusations that Google is spreading obscene content over the Internet, a day after U.S. officials urged Beijing to abandon plans for controversial filtering software on new computers.

On Thursday, Google began issuing invitations for Google Voice to those who have expressed interest. Google Voice is built with technology obtained through its 2007 acquisition of Internet telephony company GrandCentral.

China on Thursday stepped up accusations that Google is spreading obscene content over the Internet, a day after U.S. officials urged Beijing to abandon plans for controversial filtering software on new computers.

China on Thursday accused Google's English language search engine of spreading obscene content that violated the nation's law, less than 24 hours after disruptions to the company's search engines and other services within China.

Google will soon roll out a new service called Google Voice that is built with technology obtained through its 2007 acquisition of Internet telephony company GrandCentral.

China on Thursday stepped up accusations that Google is spreading obscene content, a day after U.S. officials urged Beijing to abandon plans for controversial filtering software on new computers.

China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday accused Google's English language search engine of spreading vulgar content that violated the nation's law.

Internet users in China were unable to open the main site of Google, the world's biggest search engine, late on Wednesday evening, and the company said it was investigating.

T-Mobile USA will begin selling a new smartphone using Google Inc's Android operating software in August, facing off against high-end devices such as Apple's latest iPhone and the Palm Pre.

Yahoo Inc said it will incur $22 million to $27 million in restructuring charges in the current quarter to account for previously announced layoffs of 5 percent of its staff.

Dutch twin brothers who mugged a teenager in the northern town of Groningen were arrested after being caught on camera by a car gathering images for Google's online photo map service, police said.

China's Internet watchdog on Friday ordered Google to stop overseas websites with pornographic and vulgar content from being accessed through its Chinese-language search engine.

Google Inc released a tool that translates Internet blogs, news articles and text messages from English to Persian, and vice-versa, in a move the firm said will improve access to information amid the turmoil and media restrictions following Iran's disputed election.

Microsoft Corp is willing to invest up to 10 percent of its operating income in its Internet search business for up to five years, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday, as its Bing search engine starts to gain ground with Web surfers.

Microsoft Corp is willing to invest 5 to 10 percent of its operating income in its search business for up to five years, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday, as its Bing search engine gains ground with Web surfers.

China's Internet watchdog condemned the Chinese-language version of Google on Thursday for disseminating pornographic and vulgar information.

Microsoft Corp's Bing search engine won more market share from rivals last week, according to new industry data released on Wednesday, but still trails Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.

Microsoft Corp's Bing search engine won more market share from rivals last week, according to new industry data released on Wednesday, but still trails Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.

Microsoft Corp was off to a good start with its revamped search engine Bing that was launched a few weeks earlier, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.

Apple officially announced the availability of iPhone 3.0 software last week, but the exact time has been kept in secret.

Microsoft Corp's share of Internet searches continued to grow for a second week after the introduction of its new search engine Bing, industry tracker comScore Inc said on Wednesday.

After receiving a letter from group of privacy and security experts, Google is planning to turn on HTTPS as the default for all Gmail users all the time.

Consumer Watchdog praised Google on Tuesday for agreeing to offer improved security for users of its online e-mail services like Gmail.

Religiously devout Jews barred by rabbis from surfing the Internet may now Koogle it on a new kosher search engine, the site manager said on Sunday.

News Corp's MySpace refused to comment on Thursday on a report the previous day that said the online social network will fire a massive number of employees.

News Corp's MySpace refused to comment on Thursday on a report the previous day that said the online social network will fire a massive number of employees.

AOL has struck deals to acquire two small start-up companies focused on local online media, Patch Media Corp and Going Inc, ahead of its separation from Time Warner Inc.