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Yahoo Inc is looking to buy companies that will allow it to become a bigger player in social networking and revamp its family of products, Chief Technology Officer Ari Balogh said on Wednesday.

Opera Software ASA chief executive Jon von Tetzchner hopes the Norwegian firm, known for its mobile browser, will stay independent despite major industry players increasing focus on the sector.

Google Inc. considered buying a newspaper but decided against it, CEO Eric Schmidt told the Financial Times.

Internet search engine operator Google has decided against acquiring a newspaper, the Financial Times reported, citing the company's chief executive and chairman, Eric Schmidt.

Google announced its first partnership with eight utility companies in the United States, India and Canada, to introduce its Power Meter to monitor household electricity usage.

Microsoft is set to unveils its long-awaited next-generation search technology, code-named Kumo, next week at the D: All Things Digital technology conference in California, according to reports.

Microsoft Corp is likely to show a new version of its Internet search engine publicly for the first time next week, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Microsoft Corp is likely to show a new version of its Internet search engine publicly for the first time next week, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Gmail users can now automatically translate their messages into 41 languages, Google announced Tuesday.

Twitter is working on various ways to make money from its fast-growing microblogging service, but advertising is an option that is not currently being considered.

Executives of China's top Internet search company Baidu Inc talked this weekend with striking workers who are angry about salary cuts and new sales commission policies that they say could force them out of their jobs, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Wolfram Alpha, the new computational knowledge engine went live to the public on Friday night, 3 days ahead of its official May 18 launch.

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Google apologized yesterday for what it called a traffic jam that resulted in slow service on its web properties, or even causing the site to go down.

Google Inc is lifting restrictions on the use of trademarked terms in its U.S. online advertising system, a move that could increase friction between the Internet giant and brand owners.

Google was experiencing some technical issuesm the Mountain View-based company confirmed this morning after the site was taking long to load and users were experiencing problems in accessing various Google Web applications.

Google is running into legal problems with privacy advocates in both Greece and Japan over its Google Maps feature, Street View.

Internet search engine Google said it would reshoot all Japanese pictures for its online photo map service, Street View, using lower camera angles after complaints about invasion of privacy.

Google Inc unveiled a slew of new and future features on Tuesday, including one that will allow people to better coordinate Internet searches on their cell phones and computers and another that will produce sophisticated automated research reports.

Google announced exciting new features at its annual Searchology event at the Googleplex headquarters today, where the company's executives argued that “understanding people, health, communication, education and knowledge” is the next frontier of search.

New York Times Co board member Scott Galloway said on Tuesday he did not contact Google Inc Co-founder Larry Page to try to get the Internet company to buy the newspaper publisher.

Media mogul David Geffen tried to buy a stake in the New York Times Co from hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, but was rejected, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

The natural-language search engine, Wolfram Alpha will make its official debut into the search market on May 18, when it will prove just how user-friendly the service is with a mainstream audience

Google is planning to release a video campaign for Chrome web browser through the Google TV ads network.

Microsoft says EU regulators will hand Google more dominance of the Internet search business if they go ahead with planned regulations on Microsoft's Windows operating system, the Financial Times reported.

State attorneys general are looking into a proposed settlement Google Inc reached with author and publisher groups allowing the Internet company to digitize millions of books, a participant in a recent discussion of the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said he expects more regulatory scrutiny from around the world and the company is paying more attention to the way it approaches certain business issues as a result of the attention.

Google is more than a fabulously successful company -- it is a cultural phenomenon facing increasing U.S. government scrutiny despite its chief executive's campaign support for President Barack Obama.

Search engine operator Google Inc. said Thursday it has eliminated over half its greenhouse gas emissions over the last 5 years and has compensated for the emissions it cannot eliminate with carbon offsets.