...ambitious: the site aims to challenge Google's dominance as an internet search tool...is that it reaches parts of the web Google does not, indexing 122bn internet pages...for 'knowledge', apparently). Over on Google, the top four results all referenced the...

...Swiss data protection watchdog is taking Google to the country's Federal Administrative...protection and information commissioner, said Google had not done enough to make faces and...motion seeking to freeze any expansion of Google's activities under a temporary injunction...

Google on Thursday plugged a key gap in its growing portfolio of communication services with the acquisition of Gizmo5, a Californian start-up that handles internet-based voice calls and instant messaging.Alongside its Google Voice, Google Talk and Gmail services, Gizmo5 will give the search company with a broad set of technologies for completing and...

...paid to "de-index" its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine...persuade them to remove their sites from Google's search engine.News Corp and Microsoft...being interpreted as a direct assault on Google because it puts pressure on the search...

...giant chocolate eclair on the front lawn at Google last month had an extra significance, other...After a slow start, Android is turning into a Google success story. The adventure began when Google bought Android, a Valley mobile software start-up...

Google sought to alleviate the concerns of privacy campaigners...company is keeping on them.Users who have signed up for Google's consumer services, such as Gmail, Blogger, Picasa, and...be able to edit and delete the information.  Tech blog: Google Dashboard "It is a reasonable start, and is acknowledged...

When Google and representatives of the US book industry...agenda.Those concessions, according to Google's rivals and other observers, are likely...class action settlement. This would allow Google to show segments of all published works...

Google tightened its grip on digital advertising with a push deeper...smartphones it has fostered, including those powered by Google's Android software. AdMob delivered 10.2bn mobile messages...according to its own figures.Digital advertising experts said Google's timing looked better than that of rivals such as Microsoft...

...jeopardising a critical $900m internet search agreement with Google.Weaker traffic means the News Corp division is now expected...at MySpace, which made social networks a household phenomenon.Google agreed in 2006 to pay News Corp $900m for the exclusive right...

...he would use legal methods to prevent Google and other search engine "news aggregators...Asked how he reacted to the challenge of Google and others for newspapers such as his...will".He also challenged the idea that Google and others could take just the headlines...