- Simon Goodley
Henry Blodget the former star analyst at Merrill Lynch who shot to fame during the dotcom boom only to be barred from the securities industry has launched his own weblog Called Internet Outsider Blodget is using the site to return to his old beat writing on companies such as Microsoft Yahoo and Google There are no share tips however which is probably sensible as Blodgets judgment still appears flawed I dont own Google stock he wrote after a short piece on the internet search engine I did own it for a few minutes but then I immediately flipped it Since then Ive felt like shooting myself...
Google leaks classified ad service
California Google Inc has unintentionally provided a sneak peek at what appears to be a looming expansion into classified advertising a free service that might antagonize some of the Internet search engines biggest customers including online auctioneer eBay Inc
Screen shots of the experimental service dubbed Google Base appeared on several Web sites Tuesday shortly after the legions of people who dissect the online search engine leaders every move discovered a link to a page inviting people to list things like a used car for sale a party planning service and current events...
Thebookstandard.com News Story
October 26
By Max Chafkin
Microsoft became the latest big technology player make the jump to book digitization yesterdayampxas media companies publishers and industry groups scramble to keep up with Google and Amazonampxs ambitious book scanning programs The software company announced that it would partner with the Open Content Alliance a San Franciscobased nonprofit consortium that includes the Internet Archive the University of California and Yahoo to create Book Search as part of an effort to make offline materials more easily accessible...
Gates welcomes competition with Google
Microsoft and Yahoo already have been investing heavily in search hoping to narrow Googles lead in the field Google processed 45 per cent of search requests in September outdistancing 23 per cent for Yahoo and 12 per cent for Microsofts according to Nielsen47NetRatings
Gates denied the Redmond Washingtonbased Microsoft intends to acquire Google or other leading Internet companies
Microsoft has recently formed partnerships with Yahoo Inc and RealNetworks Inc and is reportedly interested in buying a stake in Time Warner Incs service Google also has teamed up with with Comcast Corp the largest...
Gates Welcomes Competition With Google
oogle Inc is fierce competition for Microsoft Corp but the software giant does not fear the race and plans to upgrade his search technology in the next six months Microsoft Bill Gates said in remarks published Wednesday
On his firstever trip to Israel Gates praised Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Israels contributions to the global hightech market In interviews with Israeli and newspapers he also answered questions about Microsofts fierce competition with Mountain View Californiabased Google
We are not afraid of Google but there is intense competition between us...