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Icahn Goes Long for Yahoo

Shares in beleaguered Internet company rise after billionaire investor pads position with 6.8 million shares.
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Communications, Internet

Google Gets Vocal

New voice recognition service lets you speak your query into your iPhone. No need to use that *@#$% virtual keyboard.
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Communications, Internet

Google Gets Vocal

New service lets you speak searches into your iPhone. No need to type on that %@*@# keyboard.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

TechSpin: Does Tech Still Matter?

Jerry Yang makes a big bet that a technological edge in your core business is no longer a necessity.
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General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Yahoo Forecast, Profit Down; Shares Skid

Internet search company delivers 2008 revenue forecast that disappoints Street and profit more than 23 percent lower than in the same period a year ago. It also outlines the company's plan to cut about 1,000 jobs.
See also: Yahoo: Bracing for Bad
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Archives, General news, Internet, Finance

Endeca Gets $15M Embrace From Intel, SAP

Enterprise search rival of Autonomy and Fast sees investment as a way to forge technology and business ties to semiconductor and business software giants.
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Internet, Finance

hakia Searches and Scores $5M

Natural language search engine hakia claims to provide more accurate results than Google. But analysts say the startup has a ways to go.
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Microsoft Makes $1.2B Fast Move

Software titan offers $1.2 billion for Norwegian provider of enterprise search in challenge to Autonomy, Endeca, and Google.
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Computers, General news, Media, Internet

Google Gets Setback in Patent Case

A federal appeals court hands the search giant a setback in a patent fight, tossing out part of a summary judgment in the company's favor in a lawsuit filed by Hyperphrase Technologies.
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General news, Internet

Ask.com Helps Erase that Search Query Trail

The search site is launching a feature that allows people to delete data on their search queries in an effort to bolster personal privacy while surfing the Internet.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet

Google Unveils iPhone App

The search king promises its email, search, and calendar functions on a single interface by way of a new application designed for Apple's mobile phone.
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Computers, General news, Media, Internet

Facebook Befriends New Ad Partners?

Facebook is planning to announce partnerships with leading online media and retail sites to create links between users' web behavior and their personal profile pages, according to sources briefed on the plan.
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Internet

Google: Unfazed By Social Networks' Rise

Unfearful of the masses spending time on social networks, Google execs say they don't have to own everything on the Internet and hint Microsoft may have overpaid for a stake in Facebook.
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General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Where Will Google Go Next?

With a stratospheric share price that's blown past the $600 mark, Google has analysts wondering just where the search king will go next as it prepares to report earnings.
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Too Many Hands Grabbing for Online Ad Dollars?

Industry experts say too much media depends on advertising as the only source of revenue, with new players from software makers to cable operators trying to get a piece of the pie.
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General news, Media, Internet

Google, Random House Inch Forward on Search Deal

The world's largest book publisher is considering a book search effort by Google, as the two talk about the search giant's partner program.
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Internet

Analyst Says Yahoo Worth More Broken Up

Yahoo would be worth far more to shareholders if it broke up its Internet businesses or embarked on a major overhaul, but management is unlikely to do either, says analyst.
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Media, Internet

German Startup Takes on Google's AdSense

Proximic's new search technology provides matching content and ads for web publishers.
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Media, Internet

Taking on Google: Is Semantic Technology the Answer?

A group of semantic or natural language startups are launching products to challenge Google, hoping to change the way people look for information online. But will web surfers leave the ease and comfort of Google?
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Media, Internet

D.C. Madam Bets on Valley Firm

California woman accused of running Washington prostitution ring turns to little-known search analysis firm in hopes of drumming up more client names.
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