Golly Gmarket, Yahoo! (The Motley Fool)
June 7, 2006The Motley Fool - With investors preoccupied by the ongoing search-engine wars, Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO - News) has gotten little respect lately. Nonetheless, the Internet giant has taken up a 10% stake in an expanding e-commerce company in the large and growing Asian market.
China net users miffed at Google access issues (Reuters)
June 7, 2006
Reuters - China's Web surfers have complained of
problems opening Google Inc.'s main search engine Web site in
the latest bout of Internet access problems afflicting foreign
Internet sites.
Five Words to Never Use in an Ad (BusinessWeek Online)
June 7, 2006BusinessWeek Online - Google the term "magic advertising words" and you'll instantly get over 8 million results. But caveat emptor -- don't buy into everything you read, because your prospective buyer certainly won't.
Google founder lobbies for net neutrality (Reuters)
June 7, 2006
Reuters - Google Inc. co-founder and President
Sergey Brin met with U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to press for
legislation that would prevent Internet access providers from
charging Web sites more for faster content delivery.
Google.com blocked in China: media watchdog (AFP)
June 7, 2006
AFP - The Google.com search engine has been blocked in most parts of China, as Beijing steps up its efforts to restrict the public's access to information, a Paris-based media watchdog said.
Brin says Google compromised principles (AP)
June 7, 2006
AP - Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin acknowledged Tuesday the dominant Internet company has compromised its principles by accommodating Chinese censorship demands. He said Google is wrestling to make the deal work before deciding whether to reverse course.
Google Launches Web-Based Spreadsheet (NewsFactor)
June 7, 2006NewsFactor - For the hordes of the ultra-organized for whom the columns and rows of a spreadsheet are as familiar as air, Google has launched a new application. The release of the Web-based Google Spreadsheets furthers the Internet search giant's foray into territory long considered the primary domain of Microsoft.
Dell to supply Google with servers (AP)
June 7, 2006AP - Dell Inc. said Tuesday it had reached a deal to supply Google Inc. with customized computer servers the search engine company will sell to corporate customers.
Google to launch online spreadsheet to compete with Microsoft (AFP)
June 7, 2006
AFP - Internet search giant Google announced plans for an online spreadsheet program to compete with the dominant Excel by Microsoft.
Internet portals pose no threat to news agencies or papers (AFP)
June 7, 2006
AFP - Internet news portals pose no threat to newspapers and press agencies and can even be beneficial since they encourage consumers to look at other news sources on the Web, media executives told a forum.
Google to unveil spreadsheet program (AP)
June 7, 2006
AP - Google Inc. will introduce a spreadsheet program Tuesday, continuing the Internet search leader's expansion into territory long dominated by Microsoft Corp.