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Bing steals lead on Google with Twitter search

Microsoft’s new search engine became the first to let users search tweets in real time, but Google announced later that it had reached a deal with Twitter for a service of its own

DoJ urges changes to Google book deal

The US justice department is asking a judge to encourage negotiations on a sweeping deal that would put Google at the centre of the world of information in out-of-print books

Yahoo rules out going solo in Chinese market

Change of heart underscores to what extent foreign companies remain wary of China as the country remains determined to develop the internet on its own terms

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Google on a cloud

Google’s decision to develop its Chrome browser into a Linux-based operating system is no surprise, but it could be the beginning of the end of the Windows monopoly

Just browsing

Google on Wednesday released a comic book introducing Chrome, its new internet browser designed to compete with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer

Man in the News: Eric Schmidt

Schmidt

Google’s answer to Gates: a technologist on a very different path has finally collided with Microsoft

Microsoft and search

Microsoft

Microsoft has lost a cumulative $7bn in its online business over the past decade, but has finally done something right – it has chosen to play a different game

The genius behind Google’s browser

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