Archive for July 28th, 2005

July 28

Kai-Fu Lee: Google’s China strategy not set

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Google’s business model in China has not been set, said Dr. Kai-Fu Lee in Beijing in his capacity as Google China president for the first time on July 25. Lee will soon return to the headquarters of Google to familiarize himself with Google’s culture, then prepare for his family’s move to China.
Lee said in […]

July 28

CyberLink Bundles Google Toolbar

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CyberLink Corp., a world leader and pioneer in providing integrated solutions for the Digital Home, now includes the Google Toolbar with trial versions of DVD playback software PowerDVD 6 and video editing software PowerDirector 4.
The bundling agreement between CyberLink and Google delivers a range of convenient web-browser utilities such as Google […]

July 28

Microsoft Targets Google

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Microsoft vows to “win on the web” as the company adds search to Office and doubles its product lineup in the coming year. Microsoft on Thursday suggested it will target Google’s dominance of the Internet search market by building search capabilities into the next version of its ubiquitous Office applications. The plans signaled the start […]

July 28

Univision & Google Partner on Spanish Search

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Google and Univision just announced a partnership to improve Spanish-language search results (and make a few bucks along the way). What’s interesting about the deal is how they’re both presenting it as a “call to action” for companies to launch Spanish-language Web sites.

According to the press release:
“As the most-visited Spanish-language website, Univision.com is excited […]

July 28

Google Maps Creator Takes Browsers To The Limit

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“Addressing a crowd of developers in Sydney today, Google Maps creator Lars Rasmussen encouraged them to embrace bleeding edge technology in browser software. He cited the example of how Google Maps can command Internet Explorer to use VML (Vector Markup Language by Microsoft) to display a blue line between geographical points, but use a PNG […]

July 28

Court order expected in Microsoft suit against Google

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A Seattle judge says he’ll decide whether to issue an order that would keep a former Microsoft vice president from going to work right away for Google. The Mountain View, California, company hired away Kai-Fu Lee to open a center in China. Microsoft says that violates a non-compete contract.

Court papers indicate Microsoft is increasingly concerned […]