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Google Earth Has a 3-D Soapbox

Google Earth's become a forum for editorializing via Google SketchUp, a relatively new feature that lets you create 3-D images that appear on Google...

Google Maps Gets Corporate

Google's unveiled an updated version of Google Maps, its mapping feature.Along with all the new bells and whistles, there's also now fee-based licensing and...

When Google Becomes Pay-to-Play

Imagine paying to use Google search.The notion is deservedly absurd right now. But that landmark day may come, and it may be traced to...

Google’s Choices in China

Google's got quite a predicament in China to contend with.Perhaps most importantly from Google's perspective, its locally operated Internet search engine (found here) is...

Google Defends Wi-Fi Network Plans on Eve of Launch

Google's gone on the offensive to try and allay any privacy and coverage concerns about a wireless Internet network it plans to switch on...

Google Enlists Its Own for Net Neutrality Fight

Google's the latest leading Internet concern to turn to its consumers for help in the fight over net neutrality.Loosely-defined, net neutrality guarantees that Internet...

The Few, the Proud, the Keyword

Most of the searching going on at major Internet sites involves a surprisingly small number of search terms, according to new research from WebSideStory,...

Google’s Mac Attack

Google on June 6 unleashed a new video player that'll let Apple Computer customers buy episodes of the TV show "CSI" and other premium...

There’s More Dell in Your Google

There's more Dell in your Google.Google says later this year it's going to use Dell-made equipment in a $30,000 souped-up search engine Google sells...

Google Spreadsheets: The Soccer Mom’s Excel

Google seems to be morphing into the poor man's Microsoft.The latest evidence of this surfaced June 5, when Google began testing an online spreadsheet...