Nov 5 - By Associated Press
Google is offering a new privacy control that will make it easier for people to see some of the information being collected about them.
Nov 4 - By Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer
Google Inc.'s quarterly lobbying expenses eclipsed $1 million for the first time during the summer as the company tried to build on its dominance of Internet search and expand into other markets.
Oct 28 - By Ryan Nakashima, AP Business Writer
A new music feature rolled out by Google Inc. Wednesday will bring its U.S. searchers one click away from listening to a full-length song.
Oct 27 - By Jacob Adelman, Associated Press Writer
City Council members tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal Tuesday to tap Google Inc. for government e-mail and other Internet services, a boon for the Web giant as it seeks to wrest market share for office software from rival Microsoft Corp.

Oct 27 - By Joe McDonald, AP Business Writer
Google Inc. faces a new controversy in China after a Web site run by the Communist Party's main newspaper accused the U.S. search giant of trying to keep Internet users away following its reports on a copyright dispute.
Oct 21 - By Associated Press
A Web where Chinese is the dominant language, and connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are blurred is perhaps just five years away, the head of Google said Wednesday.

Oct 21 - By Ryan Nakashima, AP Business Writer
Internet power players Google, MySpace and Facebook are adopting strategies to better compete in a music industry that is rapidly shifting online.

Oct 21 - By Elaine Kurtenbach, AP Business Writer
Search engine powerhouse Google is facing new complaints over its book-scanning digital library project — from Chinese authors who say their copyrights are being violated.

Oct 16 - By Daniel Harrison, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Unless you've been under a rock, one with particularly poor Wi-Fi, you've probably heard at least something about Google's newest newfangled thingamabob, Wave.
Oct 15 - By The Associated Press, HO
Google Inc.'s success has left the Internet search leader sitting on a pile of cash — $22 billion at the end of September. Executives say they are ready to spend more money to take advantage of what they believe will be even better days ahead.

Oct 15 - By Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer
Google Inc.'s earnings and stock price are soaring again — and so is the Internet search leader's optimism.

Oct 15 - By Peter Zschunke, Associated Press Writer
Google Inc. is launching a new online service that will let readers buy electronic versions of books and read them on such gadgets as cell phones, laptops and possibly e-book devices.
Oct 15 - By Associated Press
Google Inc.'s third-quarter earnings are expected to show the Internet advertising market is snapping out of its stupor.
Oct 13 - By Associated Press
Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife have given $25 million to start an endowment fund at Princeton University.

Oct 12 - By Associated Press
Google Inc. said Monday that Arthur Levinson has resigned from the Internet search leader's board, averting a potential showdown with government regulators over his overlapping job as a director for computer and gadget maker Apple Inc.
Oct 7 - By Associated Press
Media6Degrees said Wednesday that it has hired a former Google Inc. executive to serve as its chief executive.

Oct 7 - By Associated Press
Google Inc. is seeing an economic recovery under way, not just in the U.S., but also in Europe, CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.

Oct 7 - By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Writer
A federal judge set a Nov. 9 deadline Wednesday for submission of a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. Then the debate over the fairness of the plan will resume.

Oct 6 - By Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer
Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. are teaming up to tackle the challenge posed by the iPhone, saying they will collaborate closely to create wireless devices that use Google's software.
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Oct 2 - By Dannielle Kyrillos, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
What have your favorite Web sites done for you lately? Sure, they’re informative, entertaining or funny, and they probably help you talk to your friends and share pictures and take quizzes and buy nifty goods. But have they been pulling their weight in the relationship? Have they really … worked for you? We all know too well how easy it is to get sucked into the time waster that is the World Wide Web. Wouldn’t it be refreshing, not to mention helpful, to spend time on some sites that can actually make your life easier?
Oct 1 - By Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer
IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market.
Oct 1 - By Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer
Google Inc. is giving Web surfers a few more ways to refine their search results, signaling its resolve to ward off rival Microsoft Corp.'s aggressive campaign to lure traffic.
Sep 24 - By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Writer
A judge noted the many objections to a $125 million deal giving Google Inc. digital rights to millions of out-of-print books as he agreed Thursday to postpone a fairness hearing so the agreement can be rewritten to comply with copyright and antitrust laws.
Sep 24 - By Associated Press
Google has gone on trial in Paris over the insistence by French writers and publishers that the company request permission before putting book excerpts online.
Sep 23 - By Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer
Decades of Life magazine have been scanned and posted online, giving the public the first comprehensive electronic access to the iconic publication's archives.