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Phone Spam: Plenty of 'Solutions'; No Problem
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-02-23
The security buzzards are doing their thing now that Google Inc. and other search giants are adding Internet phone calls into search advertisements. By tinkering with something
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Google Stops Turning The Page
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-02-23
Google's Web page maker meant for the regular guy, the one that doesn't know what HTML is, can be downloaded here. But wait a little while, Google says for now it has run out of capacity for any more accounts. "We decided in advance to limit the number of
SAP Working On Enterprise Search Zapper
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-02-22
SAP says it may enhance its NetWeaver line-up of corporate computing features with a powerful new search technique. "Bottom line is that this is an area we are examining, as we are doing with many areas related to business intelligence, but customer needs will dictate what actually is added to
New Google Goo For Business Desktops
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-02-22
Google Inc. has released a new version of its computer desktop search feature aimed at businesses. It's available here. The feature is free, but it comes with options that aren't. The new
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Mashup Camp Update: Attack of the Google-wannabes!
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-02-21
The ongoing Mashup Camp show in Palo Alto, Calif. is teeming with companies claiming they've found features that search giants, in particular Google, haven't yet, rejected, or just
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A New Knight For Knight Ridder
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-02-21
News publisher MediaNews Group has emerged as a candidate to buy Knight Ridder, an elite U.S. newspaper chain, says a source. It's a potentially volatile mix, when comparing the respective views
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Mashup Camp: No Agenda Necessary
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-02-21
In search of an agenda at this Silicon Valley event? You won't find one.
Google Will Make Radio Stations More Accountable to Advertisers
By Steve Bryant | Posted: 2006-02-15
AdAge reports on how Google's ad-tracking abilities and the emergence of HD radio may up the ante by making radio stations more accountable to advertisers.
Google Partners with BearingPoint
By Steve Bryant | Posted: 2006-02-14
Your employees use Google all day long anyay, so why not extend the familiar interface and capability to your entire enterprise. It's not a question. This is one more feather in Google's search dominance cap. (God, what an awful metaphor. I might as well have said "Google puts
How Presumptive of You, Google
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-02-13
Attorney Richard Wageman has been in China a lot longer than Google. He works for Lehman, Lee & Xu, a Chinese law firm. His is a rather refreshing view of Google goings on in China, where it's agreed to censor search results in order to operate a Web site from
Google is Porting Picasa to Linux
By Steve Bryant | Posted: 2006-02-13
Yes, it's true. They're working with codeweavers. And while it's not a full port (they're using Wine), it raises quite a few eyebrows: Google and CodeWeavers Inc. are working together to bring Google's popular Windows Picasa photo editing and sharing program to Linux. The program is now in a limited
Google Developing AJAX Web Editor?
By Steve Bryant | Posted: 2006-02-13
Mike Arrington points to Ajaxian (nice redesign) points to Valleywag points to an email from a source that says Google is working on a Web page editor called Trogdor. I'm willing to bet, and so is
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20% of Google's Income is from Interest, Same as Yahoo's in 2000?
By Steve Bryant | Posted: 2006-02-13
On the news Barron's predicting a possible 50% drop in Google shares, here's an interesting article in the WSJ that I don't see many paying attention to online. The headline is as witty as it is accurate: New Key Word for Google: Interest. Fourth-quarter net interest income was $70.2 million,
TVEyes Open
By Ben Charny | Posted: 2006-02-09
Sure, video search specialist TVEyes kicks Google's butt, feature-wise. But can it, or any search start-up for that matter, emerge from Google's shadow?
Share Across Computers is Just the First Step
By Steve Bryant | Posted: 2006-02-09
By now you've heard the news that Google Desktop 3 beta is available for download. There are plenty of useful new features, most of which include enhanced interaction with other desktop
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