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| Jan.5 |
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Scientists Celebrate Mars Rover Success
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Yahoo to Drop Google as Search Engine |
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| Jan.7 |
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Veritas Software to buy startup for $59m |
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| Jan.16 |
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Ames Center to play major role |
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Ad Service for E-Mail -Sources |
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| Jan.23 |
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Friendster-Style Service Tried |
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| Jan.30 |
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Google Battles Booble Over Trademarks |
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| Feb.3 |
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Google Tops Global Brand Poll -- Again |
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| Feb.6 |
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Sexually assaulted in motel |
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| Feb.12 |
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Environmental group's ads banned |
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| Feb.16 |
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3-alarm blaze at apartment complex |
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| Feb.17 |
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1 billion more pages added to Web index
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Yahoo begins to cut ties with Google |
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| Feb.19 |
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Woman killed herself on Caltrain tracks |
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| Feb.20 |
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Missing Sex Offender Discovered
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| Feb.27 |
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Co-Founder Page Mum on IPO Plans |
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| Feb.29 |
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Founders Keep 'Top 100' List of Ideas |
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Co-Founders to Establish Foundation |
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| Mar.8 |
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2-year-old girl fell 3 stories |
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| Mar.15 |
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Veritas to restate results |
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| Mar.16 |
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System to improve local search results
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| Mar.17 |
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11th-straight day of record-breaking warm
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| Mar.29 |
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Google highlights its shopping service
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| Mar.31 |
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Google to offer free e-mail E-mail service providing 250 to 500 times more storage space than Yahoo and Microsoft
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| Apr.1 |
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Ad Pricing Revised for Content Sites |
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| Apr.5 |
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Google, Yahoo ban online casino ads
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| Apr.7 |
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Gmail headache grows |
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| Apr.9 |
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Suspect Gropes Woman on Trail |
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| Apr.13 |
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Google May Change E-Mail Service |
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| Apr.23 |
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Google May Announce IPO Plan Soon |
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| Apr.26 |
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IPO Underwriters Chosen |
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Co-Founder Brin Lives Modestly |
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| Apr.27 |
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CEO: Web big enough for Yahoo, Google |
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| Apr.29 |
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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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| Apr.30 |
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Philosophical IPO notice The 'owners manual' for shareholders outlines plans to distribute initial shares fairly, put long-term opportunities ahead
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| May.10 |
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Blogger.com revised
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| May.19 |
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Bug in Gmail Temporarily Boosts Storage
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| May.21 |
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Co-founders each hold nearly 16% stakes
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| Jun.1 |
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Mother remembers son killed in Iraq
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Search toolbox souped for intranets
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| Jun.3 |
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Woman and daughter missing
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| Jun.9 |
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Mourners Gather to Honor Soldier
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| Jul.6 |
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Veritas Software's stock plummets
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| Jul.8 |
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Trademark tug-of-war with kid's Web site
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| Jul.12 |
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Google to list on Nasdaq
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Scientist awarded Carl Sagan Medal
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| Jul.23 |
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Lawsuit alleges discrimination
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| Jul.26 |
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Google to sell shares at $108 to $135 Google would sell 24.6 million shares. Between $2.66 billion and $3.32 billion in stock would be sold in the IPO
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| Jul.30 |
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Site opened to register bidders Google opened the site where prospective investors must register to bid for the company's shares
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| Aug.4 |
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Possible securities violations disclosed| Google may have illegally issued 23 million shares of its stock to hundreds of employees and consultants | |
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| Aug.5 |
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2 men sentenced for molesting young girls
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| Aug.8 |
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Motorcyclist died
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| Aug.9 |
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Google, Yahoo to settle patent dispute Online search engine leader will surrender more than $300 million of its stock to Yahoo
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| Aug.10 |
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Car accident killed 29-year-old newlywed
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| Aug.11 |
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Woman shot, injured, ex-boyfriend dies The woman reports she had been shot by her ex-boyfriend. Officers found him dead of an self-inflicted gunshot wound
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| Aug.13 |
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IPO auction clears Playboy hurdle The company acknowledged a newly published interview with its founders contained misleading information
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| Aug.16 |
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Regulators open inquiry into stock issue Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal inquiry into failure to register millions of shares
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| Aug.17 |
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No decision from SEC on IPO paperwork The long-awaited initial stock sale, which appeared imminent, was delayed while the company awaits final approval
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| Aug.18 |
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IPO price range to between $85 and $95 The Internet search giant reduced the number of shares to be sold by insiders to 19.6 million, down from 25.7 million
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Auction on IPO closed after SEC gives nod Google is receiving final approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission to proceed with the long-awaited stock sale
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| Aug.19 |
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Google goes public, shares surge 18% Shares finished the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares having changed hands
| The offer price had been cut to at $85 from an initial estimate of $108-135, in the face of weakness in the tech sector. The flotation ranks as the 3rd richest US-based IPO on the Nasdaq. The shares offered through a 'Dutch auction' to give small investors a better chance of getting their hands on the stock
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| Sep.26 |
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Died after gang-related drive-by shooting Several people were walking along Rengstorff Avenue when someone opened fire from a passing car
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| Oct.6 |
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Book searches offered as new service Search leader is inviting publishers to include entire books in its index, enabling people to peek at the contents
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| Oct.14 |
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Software offered to search hard drive Free software promises to scour documents, e-mails, instant messages and other stored files
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| Oct.21 |
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3rd-quarter profit more than doubles Google exceeded analyst expectations as the company propelled by a continued surge in online advertising
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| Oct.24 |
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Creative search for elite programmers
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| Oct.25 |
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McCartney, Bennett sing together Two classics shared a stage at annual Bridge School Benefit concert. The acoustic concerts are organized by Neil Young
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| Oct.26 |
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New world's fastest supercomputer
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| Oct.27 |
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Google buys digital mapping company Google Inc. has bought Keyhole Corp., extending the search engine leader's bid to fend off rivals
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| Nov.9 |
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Mozilla Firefox browser launched
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| Nov.17 |
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New tool for scholarly research
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| Nov.19 |
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Founders, CEO to sell up to 16m shares
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| Nov.22 |
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Anesthesiologists replaced after dispute
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| Dec.14 |
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Google Bringing Libraries to Web Google would digitize some of the world's most important libraries to attract more viewers to its site and its ads
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| Dec.17 |
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Symantec snaps up Veritas for $13.5b| Computer security giant is buying storage and backup program specialist to create the world's 4th largest software maker | |
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