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Google's Android To Launch Sept. 23
T-Mobile and its partners will formally announce the first Android phone at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23. read more
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Sounding Board: Readers Weigh In
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"It's nice that Google is adding features for students. But it shows a 'split personality'. Is it really making a serious bid for the enterprise? In this respect it seems to be failing."
-- Posted By Rurik
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Apple's Safari Gets Gears
Gears is now available for Apple's Safari Web browser, making Google's bridge to the offline world more broadly accessible. read more
CIO, Analyst Debate Google Chrome, Outsourcing, Green Computing
The InformationWeek 500 panel session titled "Get To The Point" pitted two highly opinioned business technology veterans: Toby Redshaw and Rob Enderle. read more
Is There More To Google, Android, Chrome, And Gears Than Meets The Eye?
Google is paving the way for browser-based apps that can run on any mobile platform. read more
Web 2.0 Expo Sessions You Don't Want To Miss (Think Google)
A panel on the The Future of Browsers became more compelling thanks to the recent introduction of Google's Chrome, which has maintained roughly 6% market share among site visitors to InformationWeek.com since the week of its launch. read more
Newspapers Say Google, Yahoo Tie Hurts Competition
Together the two companies have more than 80% of the search market, industry leaders complain. read more
Google Gooses Performance Of Desktop 5.8 For Windows
Google decided it was sick of hearing people complain about the performance of its Desktop program for the Windows platform and decided to make a few tweaks. The result -- Google Desktop 5.8 -- is a lighter, faster product that should ameliorate some of the issues seen with the previous version. read more
Google Adds Host Of Features To Apps
Google has some staffers touring college campuses trying to teach students the merits of using Google Apps. In the "back to school spirit," Google has added some features to its Apps programs that are sure to appeal to students and regular Joe's alike. read more
Cuil's Out For Search Pioneer Louis Monier
Monier, Cuil's VP of product, has resigned, but will remain as a consultant at the search startup, which claims to search an index three times the size of Google's. read more
Firefox 3.1 Adds Private Browsing
The launch of Google's Chrome browser appears to have prompted Firefox's developers to be less leisurely in bringing the feature to market. read more
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Editor's Note
EU To Examine Google-Yahoo Ad Deal
Compounding its stateside antitrust woes, Google now has to worry about European regulatory scrutiny of its advertising deal with Yahoo.
According to the BBC, the EU Competition Commission has said it will begin an inquiry into Google's plan to run ads on Yahoo. The commission's inquiry could become a formal investigation.
Under the deal announced in June, Yahoo has the option to display Google ads on Yahoo Search results pages and on the pages of its publishing partners in the United States and Canada.
"This agreement will preserve the competitive and dynamic online advertising space," said Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the time.
In July, the U.S. Department of Justice opened a formal investigation into the deal. While such inquiries are common for major business deals, The Washington Post at the time reported that the DoJ was giving the deal extra scrutiny.
That appeared to be confirmed by news last week that the DoJ had discreetly hired well-known litigator Sandy Litvack, former assistant attorney general in charge of the antitrust division of the Department of Justice, possibly to lead an effort to block the deal.
A growing number of groups have come to the conclusion that the arrangement will hinder competition.
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