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News Google is finally rolling out an advertising format for YouTube it hopes could succeed where others have failed: by not being too annoying. To Google, which acquired video-sharing giant YouTube last... [22 Aug 2007]
Google toolbar picks where you surf
News Google's browser toolbar is raising eyebrows over a feature that inserts new hyperlinks in web pages, giving the internet search provider a powerful tool to funnel traffic to destinations of its choice. [21 Feb 2005]
Google grabs AOL Europe from Overture
News America Online and Google have expanded their partnership in Europe, in a deal that once again pushes search rival Overture Services to the margins. Under the deal, announced on Tuesday, AOL subscribers in the United... [20 Oct 2004]
Google code hides IM secrets
News Google watchers abuzz about the search darling's new desktop tool are already betting on its next product: instant chat. First, although few people seem to realise it, Google already owns an... [18 Oct 2004]
Google squares up to Microsoft
News Google on Thursday unveiled its first-generation desktop application for searching through personal files on the PC and through a person's web history, a move that could shake up the landscape of internet search and... [14 Oct 2004]
Google offers a few hints to Gmail direction
News Google seems set to create revenue streams beyond advertising, with the quiet release of four new enhancements to its web-based Gmail service including hints about new pay-to-use services. Released with little or no... [06 Oct 2004]
Google Gears up for offline web apps
News Google has launched a browser plug-in that will let people run web applications whether they're connected to the internet or not. The company released the source code for the software - known as Google... [31 May 2007]
Google dampens browser speculation
News Google board member and investor John Doerr said that despite speculation, the search giant would not enter the web browser market, but he predicted others would. He added that as new browsers come onto the market,... [06 Oct 2004]
Say it in pictures - Google mobile ads go graphical
News Google is expanding its advertising business into a new domain: graphical ads that appear on mobile devices. As with the company's text-based mobile ads, the Google image ads are displayed on the basis... [24 Apr 2008]
Google Earth takes a dive
News Google Earth maps of the seabed in UK waters have been released by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The hydrography unit of the MCA's navigation safety branch has now made a selection of Google... [29 May 2007]
Google gets a letter from EU
News A European Commission advisory group has raised concerns about how Google uses and manages users' search data. A privacy advisory group composed of representatives from all of the European Union countries sent... [29 May 2007]
Google censoring news in China?
News Google has been accused of censoring the Chinese news service it launched two weeks ago. Web hosting company Dynamic Internet Technology (DIT) reported that Google's Chinese news returned different... [27 Sep 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Google Android
Cheat Sheet Meanwhile, the software known as Android is still in development - albeit now under Google's multicoloured umbrella. To pave the way for Android in the mobile space, Google has established a coalition of... [12 Mar 2008]
Google bans essay writing services
News And now essay writing services: all items Google will refuse to carry advertising for. A Google spokeswoman said: "Google AdWords' policy will soon disallow ad texts and sites that... [23 May 2007]
Google hacks can mean photocopier attacks
News Using Google hacks - requests typed into the search engine that bring up cached information on networks - hackers are discovering and using login details for networked photocopiers so they can watch what is being copied. [27 Sep 2004]
