Stories by Juan Carlos Perez

Shareholder gathering sees Google execs grilled

The controversy over Google's censored Chinese search engine followed its top executives to the company's annual shareholder meeting on May 12 when an Amnesty International representative took the company to task over the issue.

Time Warner's profit up, but AOL struggles

Time Warner Inc.'s net income rose sharply in its first quarter, ended March 31, 2006, but its AOL LLC unit saw its revenue and operating income drop as its subscriber rolls continued to shrink, the New York-based media conglomerate said Wednesday.

Google releases free 3D sketching tool

Google has released a free version of the SketchUp application for creating, viewing and modifying 3D images it acquired when it bought @Last Software in March.

Google upgrades enterprise search products

Google revamped its enterprise search devices on Wednesday when it announced a new version of its Google Mini for small and medium-sized businesses and an upgrade to its Search Appliance for larger organizations.

Google, AOL nail down partnership details

Google has finalized the details of its expanded partnership with Time Warner's America Online (AOL) subsidiary, including the acquisition of a 5 percent stake in AOL for US$1 billion, Google said Wednesday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

ICANN's 3-year plan under scrutiny at meeting

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is seeking to refine its master plan for the next three years at its international meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, ICANN Chief Executive Officer and President Paul Twomey said Monday.

Google launches financial website

Google has launched a financial news and information website called Google Finance that will be in direct competition with well-established ones such as Yahoo's Yahoo Finance and Microsoft's MSN Money.

Court likely to rule Google must give up data

Google will likely have to turn over search-engine usage records to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) following a hearing in which the judge indicated he will probably order the company to comply with a government subpoena, according to published reports.

Amazon provides hosted storage service

Amazon.com has launched a hosted storage service for software developers so they can access their applications' data from anywhere via the Web, the Seattle online retailer announced Tuesday.

AOL developing workplace version of AIM

America Online is developing a version of its instant messaging (IM) service for workplace use, an attempt to give the consumer-oriented AIM the security, collaboration and IT management features businesses require, company plans to announce this week.

Google updates desktop web search application

Google has released a new beta version of its free, downloadable PC and web search application that expands the functionality of the product’s Sidebar feature, a panel that provides information from a variety of sources.

Gmail breaks out of consumer space

Google is testing a program to offer Gmail as an enterprise hosted e-mail service, thus extending the scope of this Web mail service from individuals to the realm of businesses, universities and other organizations.

IBM revamps Sametime enterprise IM platform

IBM unveiled an improved version of its Sametime enterprise IM (instant-message) platform on Monday, announcing integration with public IM services from America Online, Yahoo and Google.

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