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| Mar. 10 |
Google |
Google to digitize old books from Italy |
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CEO: China pact 'soon' |
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| Mar. 9 |
Google |
Google Adds Bike Lane With Mapping The new bicycling directions available on Google Maps supplement the guidance already provided to motorists and pedestrians
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| Feb. 25 |
Google |
Italian court convicts execs over video In a case that could have broad implications for Internet use around the world, a court convicted three executives of criminal charges
| Judge Oscar Magi found global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer, chief legal officer David Drummond and retired Chief Financial Officer George Reyes - guilty of violating Italian privacy laws
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| Feb. 23 |
Google |
Google in Brussels antitrust inquiry
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| Feb. 20 |
Palo Alto |
Facebook Appears Glitchy Saturday |
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| Feb.17 |
Google |
Google donates $2 million to Wikipedia
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Salesforce.com puts Chatter to the test |
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| Feb.11 |
Google |
Google rebuts DOJ objections to deal
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| Feb.9 |
Google |
Google takes on Facebook and Twitter Google has taken the wraps off Buzz, its latest social network , integrated directly with its e-mail service Gmail - allows users to post status...
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| Feb.6 |
eBay |
PayPal Suspends Transactions In India
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| Feb.4 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo to sell HotJobs to Monster.com Yahoo will sell its HotJobs search site to competitor for $225 million in cash and earn additional revenue over the next three years by steering...
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| Jan.21 |
Google |
Google posts bog 4th-quarter gains
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| Jan.5 |
Oracle |
Oracle buys Silver Creek |
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| Dec.18 |
Google |
Google reportedly in talks to buy Yelp
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Google looses French lawsuit |
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| Dec.10 |
eBay |
Newmark: eBay broke promise |
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| Nov.24 |
Google |
Google sorry over Obama image
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| Nov.12 |
Google |
Google buys Gizmo5 |
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| Nov.9 |
Google |
Google to buy AdMob for $750 million |
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| Nov.6 |
eBay |
Skype founders settle |
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| Oct.31 |
Palo Alto |
Spammer ordered to pay Facebook $711M |
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| Oct.26 |
Los Gatos |
Netflix streaming coming to PlayStation 3 |
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
Twitter Is Friend Of Google, Microsoft |
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eBay |
Earnings drop nearly 30 percent |
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| Oct.20 |
Yahoo |
3Q profit soars |
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| Sep.25 |
San Francisco |
Twitter awaits $100 million capital infusion |
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| Sep.22 |
Yahoo |
New web portal goes live |
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| Sep.16 |
Google |
Digital Books To Reincarnate As Paperback Google is opening up part of its index to the maker of publishing machine that can made a paperback book of 300 pages in under 5 minutes
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eBay |
Skype Founders File Lawsuit Against eBay |
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| Aug.6 |
San Francisco |
Twitter site reopens after attack Micro-blogging service was taken offline for more than two hours in what the company believes was a co-ordinated attack
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| Aug.4 |
Yahoo |
MSFT to hire 400 from Yahoo |
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| Jul.29 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal 
Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumoured internet search deal that will help the companies take on chief rival Google
| Bing search engine will power the Yahoo site and Yahoo will become the advertising sales team for Microsoft's online offering. Yahoo will get to keep 88% of the revenue from search ad sales on its site for the first 5 years of the 10-year deal, and have the right to sell ads on some Microsoft sites
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| Jul.21 |
Yahoo |
2nd Quarter Results Top Expectations |
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| Jul.16 |
Google |
Google posted better-than-expected |
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| Jul.14 |
Los Gatos |
Rumors: Amazon Buying Out Netflix |
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| Jul.7 |
Google |
New Oper. System To Take On Microsoft
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| Jun.24 |
Mountain View |
LinkedIn hires new CEO
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| Jun.23 |
Google |
Google Trial In Italy |
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| Jun.9 |
San Francisco |
Craigslist revenue to climb 23 pct to $100M |
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| Jun.4 |
Intel |
Intel To Buy Wind River |
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| May.12 |
Oakland |
Ask.com CEO leaving, Garell to take over The chief executive Safka is leaving for personal reasons a little more than a year after he took the post
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| Apr.26 |
San Francisco |
Craigslist safety questioned after slayings |
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| Apr.21 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo to lay off 675 after profit slides 78% |
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| Apr.20 |
Oracle |
Oracle To Buy Sun For $7.4B| Oracle Corp. is pouncing on an opportunity that opened up after rival IBM abandoned an earlier bid to buy computer server and software maker | |
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| Apr.17 |
Google |
Search for savings boosts 1Q profit 9 pct |
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| Apr.4 |
Google |
Google-Twitter Deal Rumored |
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| Feb.26 |
Yahoo |
CFO leaving in shakeup |
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| Feb.5 |
Google |
Privacy fears over Google tracker |
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| Jan.17 |
Microsoft |
Microsoft's Ballmer met Yahoo chairman |
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| Jan.13 |
Yahoo |
Carol Bartz to head Yahoo| Yahoo Inc. has named former Autodesk CEO as its new chief executive, ending a 2-month high-profile search for the struggling Internet giant. She will replace Yahoo's co-founder Jerry Yang. Bartz, 60, currently chairwoman for Au... | |
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| Dec.17 |
Mountain View |
LinkedIn Founder Reclaims CEO Job |
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| Nov.17 |
Yahoo |
Jerry Yang Out As CEO| Jerry Yang plans to step down, ending a tenure that was marked by a slumping business and failed takeover by Microsoft. A search for a successor has already started; Yang will resign after his replacement is found. He took the helm last ... | |
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| Nov.5 |
Google |
Google pulls out of Yahoo ad partnership |
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| Oct.6 |
eBay |
eBay to cut 1,600 jobs
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| Sep.1 |
Google |
Google Readies Web Browser
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| Aug.18 |
Redwood City |
EA Drops Take-Two Bid |
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| Aug.1 |
Yahoo |
Board Re-Elected |
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| Jul.28 |
Menlo Park |
Ex-Googlers Debut 'Cuil' Search Engine |
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| Jul.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer Yahoo rejected an offer to sell its Internet search business to Microsoft. and leave the remainder of the company in control of Carl Icahn
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| Jun.12 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use Google's advertising technology. Google ads will appear alongside Yahoo search ...
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| May.18 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go |
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| May.15 |
Yahoo |
Icahn Picks 10 Directors |
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| May.12 |
HP |
HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems |
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| May.3 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft walks away from Yahoo Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price
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| Apr.5 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal |
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| Mar.26 |
Redwood City |
Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid |
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| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offe...
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| Feb.1 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Google
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| Jan.16 |
Oracle |
Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion
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| Nov.5 |
Yahoo |
House committee chair lambasts Yahoo
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| Oct.24 |
Palo Alto |
Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook |
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| Oct.16 |
Yahoo |
Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent |
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| Oct.12 |
Oracle |
Oracle Offers $6.7B for BEA Systems |
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| Sep.13 |
Moffett Field |
Google founders pay NASA $1.3m to land |
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| Aug.29 |
SF City Hall |
EarthLink Kills City Wi-Fi Deal
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| Jun.18 |
Yahoo |
CEO Terry Semel steps down from post |
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| May.4 |
Yahoo |
Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo |
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| Apr.17 |
Mountain View |
Last-minute tax users swamp Intuit |
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| Apr.13 |
Google |
Google To Buy DoubleClick For $3.1B Seeking to expand the ability to sell targeted Internet ads, Google agreed to acquire ad-management technology company
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| Apr.10 |
Google |
Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities |
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| Mar.13 |
YouTube |
Viacom to sue Google and YouTube |
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| Nov.21 |
Google |
Google jumps past $500 |
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| Oct.24 |
South of Market |
Oracle OpenWorld Convention Invades SF
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| Oct.19 |
Google |
Profits nearly double in 3Q |
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| Oct.11 |
Santa Clara |
McAfee fires president; CEO retires |
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| Oct.9 |
YouTube |
Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn
Google is buying video-sharing website for $1.65bn in shares. The companies will continue to operate independently
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| Jul.25 |
Mountain View |
HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b |
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| Jul.20 |
Google |
2Q earnings soar past expectations |
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| Jun.7 |
Google |
Google goes to Congress |
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| Mar.17 |
Google |
Google Need Not Turn Over Records |
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| Feb.9 |
Oracle |
Oracle laying off 2,000 employees |
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| Jan.24 |
Google |
Google censors itself for China
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Emeryville |
Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles
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| Jan.19 |
Google |
Feds Seek Records in Porn Probe
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| Dec.17 |
Google |
Google to buy piece of AOL |
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| Nov.17 |
Google |
Shares Hit $400 Milestone
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| Oct.20 |
Google |
Spectacular 3Q numbers; stock surges
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| Sep.12 |
Oracle |
Oracle to Purchase Siebel in $5.85B Deal
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| Apr.18 |
Adobe |
Adobe to acquire Macromedia for $3.4b |
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| Apr.9 |
Google |
Execs paid $1 a year |
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| Feb.1 |
Google |
7-fold improvement in quarter profit |
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| Jan.14 |
Pleasanton |
Oracle to fire 5,000
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| Dec.17 |
Cupertino |
Symantec snaps up Veritas for $13.5b |
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| Dec.13 |
Oracle |
Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion
PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga
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| Nov.9 |
Mountain View |
Mozilla Firefox browser launched |
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| Oct.1 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway
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| Sep.9 |
Oracle |
Bid to block PeopleSoft takeover rejected |
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| Aug.19 |
Google |
Google goes public, shares surge 18% Shares finished the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares having changed hands
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| Aug.18 |
Google |
IPO price range to between $85 and $95 |
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| Aug.4 |
Google |
Possible securities violations disclosed
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| May.3 |
Siebel |
Tom Siebel steps down as CEO |
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| Apr.29 |
Google |
Google files long-awaited IPO plans Google hopes to raise $2.7 billion to have a market value of at least $20 billion
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| Jan.29 |
Emeryville |
Pixar dumps Disney
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| Nov.3 |
Emeryville |
Ask Jeeves Names New CEO |
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| Oct.8 |
Yahoo |
Profits doubled again |
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| Jun.6 |
Oracle |
Oracle offers $5.1 billion for PeopleSoft Software maker is in a hostile takeover attempt aimed at eliminating one of its competitors for $16 per share
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| Apr.28 |
Apple |
Apple launches online music service
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| Jun.3 |
Napster |
Napster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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| Jun.3 |
Danville |
Bay Area News Atlas started
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