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Google Expands Office Software

Google Inc. plans to launch software similar to Microsoft Corp.'s popular PowerPoint program.

Microsoft Warns of Google-DoubleClick Danger

Microsoft isn't taking Google's proposed purchase of DoubleClick lying down.

IBM Meets 1Q Earnings Forecast

Microsoft, Adobe Competition Heats Up

Google To Buy DoubleClick for $3.1B

Seeking to expand its already well-honed ability to sell targeted Internet advertisements, online search leader Google Inc. said it has agreed to pay $3.1 billion in cash to acquire ad-management technology company DoubleClick Inc.

Google Acquires DoubleClick for $3.1B

The boards of both companies have approved the takeover, which is expected to close by the end of the year.

Researchers Explore Scrapping Internet

Although it has already taken nearly four decades to get this far in building the Internet, some university researchers with the federal government's blessing want to scrap all that and start over.

New Opera Browser Shows Glance of 9 Favorites

The latest version of Opera's Web browser lets visitors see mini versions of their nine favorite sites at a glance. Click on any thumbnail to load the full site.

Report Reveals AJAX on the Rise

There are now 3.5 million AJAX developers worldwide, a 50 percent increase over the past year, based on results of a survey that will be released next week.

Google, French News Agency Settle Suit

Agence France-Presse, a global news agency based in Paris, has settled its lawsuit against Google Inc. and will allow the Internet search leader to post news and photos from AFP journalists.

Proposal May Ban Some Turkish Web Sites

A parliamentary commission approved a proposal Thursday allowing Turkey to block Web sites that are deemed insulting to the founder of modern Turkey, weeks after a Turkish court temporarily barred access to YouTube.

Microsoft Plans Out-of-Cycle Patch for Zero-Day Flaw

We still don't know all that much about the scope of the vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows Animated Cursor handling implementation, but -- based on Redmond's responsiveness thus far -- it seems like a doozy.

Microsoft: Attacks on Windows Flaw Rise

Hackers stepped up attacks Friday on computers running some versions of Windows, a day after Microsoft disclosed a hole related to the mouse cursor.

Subcommittee Criticizes Google Maps

Google's replacement of post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery on its map portal with images of the region before the storm does a "great injustice" to the storm's victims, a congressional subcommittee said.

Google Guffaw: High-Speed Internet John

Presiding over a company with a market value of $143 billion apparently gives Silicon Valley's most famous billionaires a good sense of humor -- and a case of corporate potty mouth.

Print Is Dead -- Not!

The ink hasn't dried on good, old-fashioned journalism.

Open-Xchange Goes After Exchange

Deal with 1&1 offers Web hosters low-cost open source alternative.

Microsoft Spins Off ZenZui

Microsoft this week announced the launch of ZenZui, an independent company partially funded by Microsoft created to market ZenZui's Zooming User Interface, which was patented by Microsoft and was first developed in the Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Research lab.

New Group Created on Domain Name Privacy

A committee of the Internet's key oversight agency agreed Wednesday to form a new working group that would examine how to offer more privacy to small businesses and people with individual Web sites.

Yahoo Promises Unlimited E-Mail Storage

In another reminder of technology's quantum leaps, Yahoo Inc.'s free e-mail service will provide unlimited storage space to its nearly 250 million users worldwide -- a concept that seemed unfathomable just a few years ago.

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