Google has lifted the lid on a new version of its search engine, allowing users to look at the results it will generate. ...more

August 12, 2009

Perhaps the biggest threat to Google Inc.'s increasing dominance of Internet search and advertising is the rising fear, justified or not, that Google's broadening reach is giving it unchecked power. ...more

November 10, 2008

Google Inc. has scrapped its Internet advertising partnership with struggling rival Yahoo Inc., abandoning attempts to overcome the objections of antitrust regulators and customers who believed the alliance would give Google too much power over online commerce. ...more

November 6, 2008

Yahoo Inc. launched a much-anticipated upgrade to its online advertising system Wednesday, one the company termed revolutionary as it bids to emerge from the shadow of search industry leader Google Inc. ...more

September 25, 2008

WASHINGTON - Details emerged Thursday behind the break-in of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's e-mail account, including a first-hand account suggesting it was vulnerable because a hacker was able to impersonate her online to obtain her password. ...more

September 18, 2008

Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another multibillion-dollar deal. ...more

July 8, 2008

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, pressing Yahoo! Inc. to rekindle takeover talks with Microsoft Corp., won more support from shareholders as the Internet company weighed new proposals from its former suitor. ...more

May 21, 2008

Just two weeks after breaking off merger talks, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have been pulled back to the bargaining table by their fears about what might happen if they don't work out a deal. ...more

May 20, 2008

Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang has gotten what he wanted: a chance to prove his company is worth more than the $47.5 billion Microsoft Corp. offered for the Internet pioneer. ...more

May 5, 2008

Microsoft Corp. may raise its takeover offer for Yahoo Inc. to more than $31 a share, seeking to end a three-month standoff with the Internet company's board, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. ...more

May 3, 2008