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Burlingame pushes for high-speed Google hookup (The San Francisco Examiner)
6 Mar 2010 at 4:19pm
Burlingame is pulling teeth to get Google?s new high-speed Internet hooked up to its computers, though it is just a drop in the bucket of cities across the nation. Google announced in February that any group or government agency that wants to try its broadband network ? promised to be more...

China says no request yet from Google for talks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
6 Mar 2010 at 1:20pm
China said Saturday it had not received any request for talks from Google, as the Internet giant insists it remains firm in its plan to end censorship on search results in the communist state.

China: No direct contact with Google on dispute (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
6 Mar 2010 at 9:54am
A Chinese official says China has had no direct contact with Google over the company's threat in January to shut down its China-based search service.

Google Enlists DocVerse in Attack on Microsoft (PC World via Yahoo! News)
5 Mar 2010 at 7:06pm
Google's got its head in the cloud--again. The search giant today announced that it has bought DocVerse, a software startup that makes an online collaboration plug-in for Microsoft Office. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google paid $25 million for the San Francisco-based developer, which was founded in 2007 by former Microsoft employees Shan Sinha and Alex DeNeui.

Google takes aim at Microsoft with acquisition (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
5 Mar 2010 at 6:21pm
Google Inc stepped up its assault on Microsoft Corp's productivity software business with the acquisition of a small start-up company that allows Microsoft users to edit and share their documents on the Web.

Google buys DocVerse in latest shot at Microsoft (AP via Yahoo! News)
5 Mar 2010 at 4:09pm
Google Inc. has acquired a company called DocVerse to help the Internet search leader round out its online software programs and provide more ammunition in its duel with Microsoft Corp.

Summary Box: Google dangles ultrafast broadband (AP via Yahoo! News)
5 Mar 2010 at 3:51pm
SEARCH HERE!: Many cities are trying to get Google to install an experimental fiber-optic network in their towns to deliver Internet access that is 100 times faster than what most people get now. Google said several thousand people have nominated their communities.

Google buys start-up adept at Microsoft Office files (AFP via Yahoo! News)
5 Mar 2010 at 3:42pm
Google on Friday said it has bought start-up DocVerse in a move that escalates the Internet giant's battle with Microsoft in the arena of applications being offered online as services.

Google Buys DocVerse (PC World via Yahoo! News)
5 Mar 2010 at 3:40pm
With its acquisition of DocVerse, announced Friday, Google is offering an online component to Microsoft Word before Microsoft does so itself.

Google takes aim at Microsoft with DocVerse acquisition (Reuters via Yahoo! N...
5 Mar 2010 at 3:13pm
Google Inc stepped up its assault on Microsoft Corp's productivity software business with the acquisition of a small start-up company that allows Microsoft users to edit their documents on the Web.