Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested during a speech in Chicago that the company should have started a push into the search-engine market earlier
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China Calls On Google To Control Explicit Content
China has begun blocking Chinese-language search engine results deemed pornographic and is calling on Google to do more to combat explicit content
Bing: Google Isn’t Hitting The Panic Button Yet
Google is responding to Bing - look at the Explore Search page - but that doesn't mean it's running scared from Microsoft's arrival, says Clint Boulton
Ballmer: Bing Won’t Have Bang For A While
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced during the National Summit in Detroit that Bing would have a potentially hard and long road as it attempts to compete with Google in the search-engine space
Hunch Decision Engine Takes On Google, Bing
An alternative to ChaCha, Mahalo and Yahoo Answers, Hunch is a deviation from search engines such as Microsoft Bing and Google, offering recommendations to users in a crowdsourcing, collaborative fashion
Google Showcases Cloud Data Management
Google is showcasing an alpha version of a cloud-based data management system designed to make it easy for users to integrate data from tables in disparate databases. Google is calling the technology 'Fusion Tables.'
Business Gmail Won’t Fly – Till It’s Off Google’s Servers
Gmail can meet the needs of individuals, but enterprises won't trust it until Google frees Gmail and Google Apps from its own data centres, says Jason Brooks.
Android Cupcake: Glaring Omissions
The new version of the Android operating system adds plenty - but still misses some important features for a mobile device
Google’s Schmidt Dismisses Microsoft Bing
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, in a wide-ranging interview with Fox Business, largely dismissed Microsoft's Bing as a viable entry into the search-engine arena
HTC Magic: Vodafone’s Google Phone
Magic challenges the iPhone on its home ground. Vodafone thinks it's not a business device, but we're not so sure
Google Rolls Out Microsoft Outlook Integration
Google's other enterprise-friendly steps throughout 2009 have included Gmail offline functionality and full BlackBerry interoperability
Wolfram Alpha Gets Early Day Overhaul
The search engine's structured results are suggestive of a way that search could evolve in the future, and other search companies such as Google have been rolling out similar products for presenting search results
Google Mentor Found Dead
Tributes pour in for Sergey Brin's mentor, who died tragically on Friday
Microsoft Bing Takes Early Lead On Yahoo
But what happens when the novelty of the new search contender wears off?
Why We Should Watch Out for Web Bugs
Analytics services and advertisters use Web bugs to track you, and there is very little you can do about it. Jim Rapoza is starting to feel concerned
Google Thinks It’s Hip To Be Squared
Google finds itself adding more features to its lineup in the face of increased search competition from companies such as Microsoft, which recently released its own new search engine, Bing
Microsoft Bing: At Last Google Has A Rival
After all the excitement, how does Bing measure up? Jim Rapoza has been using it non-stop since it launched, so he knows
Yahoo Says Bing Will Quickly Lose Its Bang
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has knocked Bing while also suggesting that a search partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft could save her company around £366m
Microsoft Bing Goes Live Early
Microsoft hopes that Bing will allow it to claim more market share in the competitive search-engine arena, which is dominated by Google
Google Android On 20 Handsets This Year
Although Android is open-source, manufacturers will be able to sign distribution deals with Google in order to pre-install their phones with more options such as Google Apps
Bing! – A New Microsoft Search Engine
Despite Google's lead in search-engine market share, Microsoft hopes that a new and improved search experience will translate into a greater piece of the online search pie
Google Puts Wind Behind Wave
Created by the team that brought Google Maps to the world, the search engine giant hopes Wave will cause more than a few ripples on the Internet
Yahoo Would Sell To Microsoft For “Big Money”
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has suggested that she would sell Yahoo's search apparatus to Microsoft in exchange for a massive amount of cold, hard cash
Google Chrome 2.0: So What?
With small tweaks,and features that other browsers already have, this is more like Chrome version 1.2, than version 2.0
Yahoo Launches Voice-Activated iPhone Search
Users can speak into their device in order to activate a oneSearch query, pulling in results for everything from restaurant addresses to movie times
Google Polishes Chrome Browser
Google has high hopes that Chrome's unique features will make it a suitable competitor to Microsoft Internet Explorer and other browsers on the market
Google Partners With US Utilities On PowerMeter
Google plans to expand the Google PowerMeter rollout later in 2009
Microsoft Previewing Kumo Search Engine
Microsoft, along with Yahoo, is in fierce competition with Google for market share in the U.S. core search arena
EC Quizzes Google Over Street View Privacy
The European Commission has been debating the effectiveness of the protection of personal data in services such as Google Street View
Google Launches Gmail Translation Tool
Google has introduced several new features in 2009 to Google Apps and Gmail designed to make those services more robust for the enterprise, in addition to increasing their consumer user base