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Google in ACCC sights, Sensis wriggles

The Federal Court has set a hearing date for the ACCC's allegations against Google of misleading and deceptive conduct, while the Trading Post is hoping to settle with the regulator. Read more »

Google closes DoubleClick deal - expect job cuts

European antitrust regulators on Tuesday approved Google's US$3.1 billion merger with DoubleClick, which Google's CEO said will mean job cuts. Read more »

Click fraud increasing, study finds

The rate of fraudulent clicks on search-related online ads rose to 14.1 percent last quarter, up from 13.7 percent for the first quarter, according to a study released on Monday. Read more »

Microsoft makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo

Microsoft went public on Friday with a US$44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo. Read more »

Microsoft clocks up 500 patents in two months

In the last two months Microsoft has filed 500 patents with the US Patent and Trademark Office. Read more »

Microsoft seals Facebook deal with US$240m stake

It's official: Microsoft will take a US$240 million equity stake in Facebook during its next round of financing, valuing the company at a whopping US$15 billion. Read more »

Microsoft swallows aQuantive

Microsoft is set to challenge Google in the online ad world with the sealing of its US$6 billion takeover of Internet advertising firm aQuantive. Read more »

Yahoo tests Google AdSense, Microsoft worried

Yahoo will test Google AdSense in a significant departure from Yahoo's present ad strategy; Microsoft, which is hoping to acquire Yahoo, is worried the move may stifle competition. Read more »

EU extends review of Google/DoubleClick merger

European Commission's decision to take a deeper look at the proposed merger potentially puts the deal at risk. Read more »

Yahoo seeks search developers for ad revenue

In an attempt to boost its search-ad business, Yahoo has begun a project that lets anyone build a customised search engine atop the Internet company's technology. Read more »

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The truth behind Ballmer's revision of history

While speaking in Moscow, Microsoft CEO and Yahoo suitor Steve Ballmer said, "Yahoo was never the strategy we were pursuing, it was a way to accelerate our online advertising business... We will spend money on some acquisitions. You can do a whole lot of things with $50 billion." Read more »

Google vs. Microsoft

At the 2008 Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Summit, David Mitchell Smith, vice president and Gartner fellow gave a presentation titled "Google vs. Microsoft", discussing the seeming battle between the two companies. Read more »

50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

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Facebook's portal for the masses

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week, Facebook took a number of strategic steps toward its goal of giving people the "power to share and make the world more open and connected." That's how founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the mission statement for Facebook. Read more »

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  • Staff A first look at Windows 7 beta

    In this week's Roundup we show you a preview of Windows 7 beta, cover news from the annual Macworld and more. Read more »

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  • Staff Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?

    Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

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  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »

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