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If not for Google’s first three flops at social networking, the search giant might never have come up with a viable challenge to Facebook and Twitter. See original post by Canada.com

A federal judge on Friday scoffed at Oracle Corp.’s damage claims in its intellectual-property battle with Google Inc. See original post by MarketWatch

Now that Amazon.com Inc. has helped drive the bookseller Borders Group Inc. out of business, the online-retailing pioneer can – and should – pay more attention to a newer pair of rivals, namely Google Inc. See original post by MarketWatch

James Niccolai 23 July, 2011 10:38 Google has acquired Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition, known as PittPatt, a company that develops technology for recognizing faces in images and video, according to PittPatt’s website. See original post by ComputerWorld

Today: Strong earnings don’t help job market, iPhone still more popular at AT&T, Apple -Hulu rumors and Google + The money is there, but where are the new jobs? In the midst of a spate of positive earnings reports from …

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All that stuff about AT&T iPhone customers itching to switch to Verizon? If it’s true, it hasn’t happened yet. See original post by CNN

An analysis of the 20 most “expensive” keywords in Google AdWords represent things that many Americans are lacking or worried about these days: Insurance, loans and mortgages. See original post by MSNBC

Mutants are coming to your Android phone . Twentieth Century Fox Film has announced that it’s bringing movie downloads to Google’s mobile platform, allowing legal viewing of flicks like “X-Men: First Class” on Android devices. See original post by CNet …

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Google Inc. is becoming much more active in lobbying in Washington, as evidenced by the amount of money it is spending to advocate for policies it favors. See original post by Tulsa World

Google open to settling with Oracle? wants to widen its claims beyond the $2.6 billion in damages it says it has suffered as a result of Google Inc. See original post by Business Journal

Date: July 22nd, 2011 02:22 AM – fireup6 – [$25] Need someone to design a few forms and calendar Post: I have a few select drop-down menus that need to be styled in ways beyond what CSS can do (custom …

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Date: July 22nd, 2011 02:22 AM – fireup6 – $25 for someone to design a few forms and calendar Post: I have a few select drop-down menus that need to be styled in ways beyond what CSS can do (custom …

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That’s the consensus from several industry analysts regarding Google’s decision last week to replicate some Postini features within Apps to simplify IT administration and beef up the suite’s security. See original post by ComputerWorld

People have to stop bringing phones into the bathroom, because a recent survey says that’s the No.1 way precious contact lists are lost. See original post by MSNBC

Shares of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. jumped Thursday afternoon on speculation about the company’s large portfolio of patents, at a time when intellectual property has drawn significant interest from larger companies. See original post by MarketWatch

Never mind the free gourmet food orgies , company-sponsored servants , on-site massages, cash handouts, multi-million-dollar retention bonuses, posh commute coaches – Google is actually “very frugal,” according to the guy who obtained a $10 million, four-year pay package from …

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The top maker of microprocessors for PCs now expects 8 to 10 per cent growth in unit shipments of computers this year, down from the low double-digits it had stuck to earlier in defiance of fears that market momentum was …

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Last Modified: Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 12:05 a.m. Companies have long used criminal background checks, credit reports and even searches on Google and LinkedIn to probe the previous lives of prospective employees. See original post by HendersonvilleNews.com

In what is probably the biggest eBook deal in a long time, Google says that ebook versions of the Harry Potter series will be integrated with Google Books. See original post by ZDNet

The report, which cited people familiar with the matter as its source, has caused InterDigital’s shares to soar for a second straight day. See original post by Business Journal