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Google Inc's top three executives had pledged to work together for 20 years in a pact they made shortly before the company's initial public offering in August 2004, Fortune magazine has reported.

Yahoo Inc reported a drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday and its shares fell nearly 7 percent as Chief Executive Jerry Yang predicted a tough 2008 amid a weakening U.S. economy. Yahoo reported a fourth-quarter profit of $205.7 million, or 15 cents per share, down from $268.7 million, or 19 cents per share, a year ago.

The arrival of a truly mobile Web, offering a new generation of location-based advertising, is set to unleash a huge revolution, Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Friday.

Baidu.com Inc led China's search engine market in last year's fourth quarter with a 60.1 percent share, research firm Analysys International said on Friday.

The online community MySpace sealed a deal BBC to display some of its programs on MySpaceTV in move to increase completion with major online video rival, YouTube.

Online streaming video is continuing to grow with viewers moving from 2 minute clips, to full length shows as media distributors place content in multiple platforms, media executives said on Wednesday.

Yahoo is poised to lay-off hundreds of workers, according to reports published Tuesday, as the internet icon strives to sharpen its focus and boost its sagging stock.

The European Union's data privacy regulators contradicted Google Inc. views on IP addresses and said they should be regarded as personal information, according to reports Monday.

Google.org, the popular search engine's philanthropic venture, said on Thursday it will fund more than $25 million in grants and investments. The funds will be used to fight climate change, poverty, global diseases and will support small businesses.

Wireless service provider Clearwire Corp said on Tuesday that it would offer its customers applications such as e-mail and calendar from Web search leader Google Inc.

Google, along with a set of other companies, was cleared by federal regulators to bid for a highly desired chunk of wireless spectrum on January 24.

Goggle launched an updated interface on Friday for the Apple iPhone which acts as a Google Control Panel, making it easy to switch between their popular services.

Internet Search Engine Wikia, a project from Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and his company Wikia launched today as a new competitor to major search engines such as Internet search leader Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask.com.

A Silicon Valley startup re-ignited plans to offer free wireless Internet service in San Francisco, rekindling failed attempts by Google Inc. and Earthlink Inc., the company said Friday.

Google cleared a major regulatory hurdle on Thursday after the Federal Trade Commission, the US antitrust regulator, approved the Internet search giant’s bid to buy online advertising company, DoubleClick Inc.

Google Inc's planned takeover of rival DoubleClick for $3.1 billion would harm European citizens through greater intrusion of privacy, the EU's top consumer lobby BEUC said on Thursday.

More television viewers are turning to the Internet to watch videos, films and TV episodes, according to a new survey.

Microsoft Corporation, Google Inc., and Yahoo! pay fines amounted $31.5 million with the U.S to resolve claims on their past promotion of illegal gambling, United States attorney said Wednesday.

Viacom announced a 5 year alliance with the world's largest software company on Wednesday, giving the content created significant online reach.

Advertisements placed by Google in Web pages are being hijacked by so-called trojan software that replaces the intended text with ads from a different provider, Romanian antivirus company BitDefender says.

The head of the Federal Trade Commission said Friday she won't remove herself from an antitrust review of Google Inc.'s purchase of online advertiser, DoubleClick, rebuffing requests from privacy groups opposed to the transaction.

Google Inc. is developing a user-generated online encyclopedia that could rival Wikipedia by allowing users to write authoritatively on subjects they are knowledgeable about and allow Google to place ads on this site.

Google’s proposed buyout of DoubleClick is at the margins of a conflict of interest claim by two non-profit privacy groups who say that a top U.S. antitrust regulator has links to the law firm representing DoubleClick before the Federal Trade Commission.

Google asked U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday make more government websites search engine friendly.

Corp. on Wednesday completed the acquisition of Multimap, one of U.K.'s top online mapping companies at undisclosed amount, in a move to boost its advertising business.

Ask.com, the search engine site, announced on Tuesday a new feature that allows users to completely erase their search queries in an attempt to increase personal privacy while surfing the Internet.

Microsoft Inc announced the launch of its beta Office Live Workspace on Monday, marking its debut onto the already bustling arena of web-based programs.

Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would be the exclusive provider of display and contextual advertising for the Web site of business television news channel CNBC.

Google is releasing a new application for the iPhone that combines all of the search giant's online tools into one simple interface, optimized for Apple's venerable portable device.