Google to give Yahoo stock to settle legal dispute
By Jefferson Graham
Internet search giant Google will give rival Yahoo stock potentially worth more than 300 million to settle a longstanding patent lawsuit the companies said Monday
The settlement removes what was seen as a minor legal impediment to Googles upcoming and controversial initial public offering
The dispute concerns patents for online advertising technology Yahoo subsidiary Overture Services formerly known as Gotocom in began offering textbased ads that pop up next to search results Googles similar AdWords program began in...
Microsoft demonstrates new hard drive search tool
Microsoft demonstrates new hard drive search tool
Microsoft Corp which is challenging market leader Google Inc in the online search market demonstrated for the first time on Thursday a search engine that looks for information on computer hard drives as well as information on the Web
The worlds largest software maker had hinted before that it was interested in offering search technology for information beyond the Web but Microsoft vice president Yusuf Mehdie gave the clearest signal yet that Microsoft would enter the local hard drive search space considered the next battleground among search technology providers...
Search engines rev up in the race against Google
When it comes to Internet searching and the advertising dollars that come with it everyone seems to be playing catchup with Google the No...
Search engines rev up in the race against Google
When it comes to Internet searching and the advertising dollars that come with it everyone seems to be playing catchup with Google the No 1 search engine which is preparing for an initial public offering
On Tuesday Yahoo the owner of the secondmostused Internet search engine said it was starting to test a service that helps consumers search for information about local businesses
Ask Jeeves another search engine also said on Tuesday that it had formed a partnership with 47InterActiveCorps Citysearch group of Web sites to get access to information with a local business focus...
PayPal settles for $9.25-million
Millions of online shoppers may be eligible for a sliver of a multimilliondollar settlement with PayPal Inc
PayPal a subsidiary of eBay Inc agreed to pay 925million as part of a settlement in a classaction lawsuit concerning the companys practices when restricting users access to their accounts Notices from PayPal outlining the agreement were sent to subscribers last week
The company acts as an intermediary for payments in online transactions...