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AOL
Settlement Includes Tight Controls (Washington Post)
America Online Inc.'s settlement with the Justice Department
imposes a strict new set of controls on the company, including requirements
that the Internet giant hire a corporate monitor and disclose serious
wrongdoing discovered internally to the government.
Desktop
Search: It's Getting Serious (BusinessWeek)
The launch of Microsoft's test version throws down a gauntlet to
Google. With Yahoo! and Ask Jeeves gearing up, too, a battle is
brewing.
Book
'em, Google (Forbes)
Google just made the Internet significantly bigger -- at least for
the worlds of search and book publishing.
Google
offers a suggestion (CNet News)
Google has launched a new feature that tries to guess what people
are looking for as they type queries into a search box.
Bush
Signs Internet Access Tax Ban (Washington Post)
State and local governments will be barred from taxing connections
that link people to the Internet for the next three years under
legislation signed Friday by President Bush.
Amazon's
Multiple Personalities (Knowledge@Wharton)
Given
the 86 million consumers that Jupiter Research predicts will be
buying gifts online this holiday season, Amazon should be throwing
off good cheer all around, right? Not exactly. Wall Street is acting
like Scrooge as it frets about slowing revenue growth and diminishing
profit margins in 2005.
Wikipedia
Creators Move Into News (Wired)
After doing much in recent years to revolutionize the way an encyclopedia
can be built and maintained, the team behind Wikipedia is attempting
to apply its collaborative information-gathering model to journalism.
Web
Won't Let Government Hide (Wired)
Given the government keeps tabs on the world using armies of agents,
algorithms and wiretaps, how can a citizen compete? Try a browser.
Congress
Reapproves Internet Access Tax Ban (Reuters)
The U.S. Congress reinstated a ban on Internet access taxes after
the House of Representatives agreed to extend it for another three
years rather than make it permanent.
For
Google, a White-Knuckle Ride (BusinessWeek)
Three more share releases are due before Valentine's Day, 2005.
The latest sparked a sharp correction, so investors better hold
on tight.
AOL
looks to its parent to outwit Google (CNet News)
America Online is tapping the vast media assets of parent company
Time Warner to outdo rivals Google, Yahoo and Microsoft in the search
wars.
DoubleClick's
Double Whammy (BusinessWeek)
Its growth isn't keeping up with the online ad market, and some
mergers have gone badly. Now, the Net veteran is on the block.
A
Double Bind for E-Tailers (BusinessWeek)
As competition gets stiffer, growth rates for sales and new shoppers
are slowing, leading Wall Street to exact a tough punishment.
Murky
Waters for Amazon (BusinessWeek)
Despite a 238% leap in quarterly profits, the e-tailer's more modest
2005 outlook has Wall Street wondering.
Google
Rekindles Internet Fervor After Results (Washington Post)
Shares of Google Inc. rose as much as 20 percent to trade at more
than twice the level of its cut-price IPO, after the Web search
leader posted strong quarterly results in its first reported quarter
as a public company.
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