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Prices for ads on news and gaming Web sites dropped from May to June, but they rose for entertainment.

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Online advertising prices remained roughly flat in June compared with April and May, but some categories of sites fared better than others, according to data released Tuesday.

Overall, the ...

Here's a roundup of recent juicy Google tidbits:

• Amid general praise for Steve McQueen's car famed chase in the 1968 movie Bullitt, there are jeers about the recurring green VW Beetle and the geographic hash it makes of San Francisco. You might be amused to see ...

Google now supports the open OAuth standard for sharing data through its Google Data interface, a move that could make it easier to tap into information stored at Google property.

Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

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The Google Data API (application programming interface)--GData for short...

The Google Media Server gadget can send audio and video from a Windows PC to another device.

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Google has released a software module that can turn Windows PCs into a devices that streams media files to other devices.

The Google Media Server is a gadget that works on ...

Google users are starting to see an updated interface to the iGoogle home page, according to the Google Operating System blog.

iGoogle lets users select various modules such as mail, photos, games, or a to-do list; it competes chiefly with My Yahoo but also with sites from rivals including Netvibes ...

In a case that spotlights the growing importance of search engines to commerce, NameSafe has sued a competitor, LifeLock, for trademark infringement involving ads placed next to search results.

NameSafe, which like LifeLock sells services designed to protect customers against identity theft, alleged its rival used NameSafe's name in ...

Yahoo is trying to show that it's taking hold of its own destiny again.

Phase 1 was the ad deal, under which Yahoo expects more cash by showing Google's more lucrative ads next to Yahoo search results. Phase 2 came Thursday with a ...

Yahoo, under intense pressure, reorganized its upper management Thursday in a plan designed to improve its products, underlying technology, and operational execution, the company said.

The new structure leaves Chief Executive Jerry Yang and President Susan Decker at the top of the org chart. As expected, Ash Patel and Hilary Schneider will report to Decker, ...

It looks like Patrick Pichette, Google's new chief financial officer, will be rewarded for his new job with up to $2.125 million after the first year if he earns his full bonus.

Patrick Pichette

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According to his employment offer letter, filed with the Securities and ...

Canonical on Tuesday released its first publicly available developer edition of Ubuntu for mobile Internet devices.

One option for Ubuntu MID's user interface.

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Ubuntu MID works on two devices at present, the Samsung Q1U and the Intel Crown Beach development station for building devices using the ...