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Google Knol now in Arabic

Arabic is one of the first languages that Google globally launches for its knowledge sharing tool.

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First Android phone to debut by year-end

T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone with Google’s Android software in the US.

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Google takes translation to the next level

The new Google Translation Center will be a marketplace for matching translators with people who need their services.

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Cuil launch aims to rival Google

New search engine claims to scan 120 billion webpages for relevant content

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Digg acquisition falls through

Google drops its plans to buy Digg in a deal worth almost $200 million.

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Google Health debut gets warm welcome

Google Inc stepped into the medical area with the launch of its long-anticipated Google Health last month, a service that combines the firm's staple search services with a user's personal health records online.

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Google makes a dig for Digg

Company is allegedly close to acquiring the social news site Digg.com for $200 million

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Snap happy?

Google vexed privacy campaigners last week when its camera cars began photographing streets and buildings for its Street View project.

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Street View 'could be Middle East bound'

Search engine's controversial software would allow internet users to look at Gulf streets.

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Google could bring controversial Street View to region

Google could bring Street View navigation solution to Middle East

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New Google greats

Matthew Wade evaluates the search giant Google's latest and greatest ‘Labs' software releases.

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Get 'lively' with Google

Google ventures into virtual reality with a free service called 'Lively' that allows people to meet in computer-generated versions of real life

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Mobile version of Google Talk launched

Google introduces new version of Google Talk for iPhone and iPod Touch

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Watching you watching YouTube

A US judge has ordered YouTube to disclose what videos every visitor to the site has ever watched.

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Work the web

From converting media files and finding the right codecs, to selling your old tech and giving your brain a serious workout, these WINDOWS-selected websites should all be up there in your favourites list.

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SaaS on the march

On-demand vendors are starting to make a stronger push in the regional market. ACN speaks to two of the leading players.

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Yahoo! and Google sign online ad deal

Deal will give Yahoo! extra revenue from search through Google ads, but deal can be cancelled with financial penalty, if Yahoo! board changes

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Internet users: Read this

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's the ‘long tail', and it might force you to rethink your understanding of the web.

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Directing traffic

This month, MED offers a helping hand to dress your storefronts out on the information super-highway.

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Goodbye Microsoft Yahoo!, hello local iPhone

Microsoft has walked away from a Yahoo! deal for now, while the iPhone steps closer to official presence in the region

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YouTube UAE caching error fixed

Google says caching problem at ISP caused YouTube security issue

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YouTube, Gmail accounts compromised

UAE account holders able to access others' personal information using Etisalat service.

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YouTube accounts compromised in UAE

YouTube account holders able to access other user's accounts while using Etisalat's internet service

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Can the spam

Abu Dhabi's National Corporation for Tourism and Hotels tackled spam by outsourcing filtering.

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Yahoo! signs advertising deal with Google

Yahoo! to trial Google's AdSense software to strengthen position in online advertising market

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Reality bytes

Some big names in technology land celebrated April Fool's Day earlier this month by playing some quality tricks on global netizens.

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Googling ‘success’

The rise and rise of web search giant Google is raising the hackles of established rival media organisations.

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Google eyed

Having established Google Search as the world's most popular online search engine, Google is setting its sights on becoming one of the world's most powerful - and profitable - media companies.

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Google spaces out

Google updates Google Sky application to give astronomers online access to cosmic events, historical space maps and virtual tours

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Google launches Arabic-language version of Business Pages

New feature of AdWords Starter Edition lets businesses advertise online without a website

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On-demand in demand

The term "software as a service" (SAAS) has been buzzing around IT and business departments for the last ten years or so. But as more SAAS vendors succeed in the marketplace, Brid-Aine Conway discovers that on-demand software may finally be hitting the mainstream.

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Google DoubleClick merger gets go-ahead despite complaints from Yahoo and Microsoft

European regulators decide acquisition of the online ad network won't impede competition

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Bloggers claim Kuwait ISP server problem reveals users confidential data

Google and FASTtelco reject blog claims that FASTtelco customer's online data was revealed

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Why Internet censorship is bad for Arab progress

Content blocking is stifling creativity and economic development in the Gulf says Alexander McNabb

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Mobile World Congress 2008 round up

The best new products and applications from the Mobile World Congress 2008

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Mobile World Congress - best of mobile

Mobile World Congress attracted 50,000 visitors to see the launch of new moble products.

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Bright future

There's a growing political awareness that the Gulf's ecological footprint needs to be reduced.

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How much will Microsoft pay to stay in the game?

The trouble with Microsoft's bid for Yahoo could prove critical for the future face of online business.

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Google betas Arabic blogging service

Google Blogger web log platform launched in Arabic for beta testing

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Trouble in paradise

The recent Business Continuity Forum proved to be more than just another conference, as regional security specialists and end users argued about how to ensure their businesses survived disasters like last year's Gonu. Imthishan Giado reports.

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Google to research alternate energy

Google announces project to develop 'cheaper than coal' renewable energy sources

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Hot seat: Nikesh Arora

Becky Lucas grills Nikesh Arora, President of Google's Europe, Middle East and Africa Operations, to find out more about his managerial magic and the complexities of internet censorship.

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Google team arrives to talk AdWords

Google launches regional team to drive online advertising in the region

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G phone no, G-OS yes

Search engine giant Google dispels G-phone rumours by announcing entire new phone platform

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Androids and mindless robots

Google hits the handset space with something not entirely new, while the iPhone bandwagon rolls ever onwards

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Google's busy week

Easy-to-build online zones and brand new software for phones, as search engine leader premieres new and forthcoming technologies.

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Maximum exposure

CEO Middle East examines the impact that increasingly unilateral internet access has had on global marketing strategies and which medium leads the way.

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5 ways to earn cash online

How to use your internet connection for something other than Googling and abusing Facebook...

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Software solutions

Making the life of the interior designer that little bit easier. CID looks at the latest design software packages.

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Apps for you 2007

Windows reveals the top software programs you should be using, whether a student, power geek, mobile professional, office worker or home-based domestic manager...

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Better living online

The best-kept secrets of three popular websites that make surfing more productive: YouTube, Facebook, Google.

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Take charge

One major advantage desktop replacements hold over desktop PCs is the fact that they are portable. However, owing to their big LCD-screens and fast processors, their battery life isn't always amazing. So here's how to squeeze more life out of them, at no additional cost...

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The online revolution

Arabian Business talks to the man with the Arabic answer to Facebook, Majied Qasem.

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Google-Doubleclick deal under scrutiny

US lawmakers plan to hold hearings over Google's proposed purchase of Web advertising supplier DoubleClick.

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Yahoo loses ground to Google

Yahoo's quarterly profits dipped yesterday, while Google is expected to show four-times-faster revenue growth.

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Chinese company to sue Google over name

Chinese firm is suing the search engine over claims that the name of Google's China unit is too close to its own.

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Google buys US firm Postini

Google has agreed to acquire communications security company Postini for US$625 million in cash.

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Google buys web-based phone service firm

Internet search engine Google has purchased web-calling service GrandCentral Communications for an undisclosed sum.

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Computer giants join forces on green initiative

IT companies team up in eco-friendly move to save $5.5 billion in PC energy costs.

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dot.com bursting with life

'Wasting' time on Web 2.0? Don't worry, says James Bennett - it's only human.

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Google Earth launches in Arabic

Google aims to increase Arabic online usage with new launch.

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Cashing in on the net

The fervour that has greeted rumours of Microsoft merging with Yahoo proves how seriously companies take internet advertising.

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The web will have an impact, but on who?

Bill Gates has probably generated more copy than any other figure in the IT industry.

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New tool for Intel resellers

Channel to prosper from Google alliance.

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Tuning in to the YouTube phenomenon

Al Jazeera's deal with the video-sharing site could be a positive step in the network's global platform.

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DoubleClick goes Google

Google has made its biggest buy yet with the capture of online ad firm DoubleClick for US$3.1 billion.

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Al Jazeera English launches on YouTube

But even Sir David Frost's appearance on the popular video-sharing site has drawn only a handful of views.

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Investment needed if region is to progress

Entrepreneurs in the Middle East need the right environment to nurture their success.

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AFP and Google settle news dispute

Newswire and internet news site come to accord over copyright issues.

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Google's less-than-whacking $1 salaries

The web giant's top three executives have taken a salary of just $1 each for the third year running.

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YouTube user removes clip mocking Thai king

Thai block remains in place as video-sharing site refuses to remove further offensive material.

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YouTube blocked for offending king

Thai government blocks YouTube for refusing to remove a clip mocking King Bhumibol.

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LG’s mobiles get Googled

Electronics giant LG is to integrate software from Google on its mobile phones, the firms said last week.

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Google searching for cellphone solution

Web giant is developing its own low-cost, Internet-connected phone to rival Apple's iPhone and the BlackBerry.

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YouTube hit with US$1bn lawsuit

Google is facing a US$1 billion lawsuit against it and the search giant’s internet video-sharing site YouTube.

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Jailing of blogger sparks outrage

Groups are calling for the UN to abandon plans to hold an internet governance forum in Egypt.

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Google to take on MS on the desktop

Search giant Google kicked off its attack on Microsoft’s desktop near-monopoly in earnest last week with the launch of its hosted enterprise applications services.

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Down the Tube?

Richard Agnew reports on the future of video sharing website YouTube after its buyout by Google.

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Google's new outlook: paid-for business services

The search engine giant will start charging for corporate email accounts.

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Mobile firms target Google domination

European mobile service providers to meet to discuss move into lucrative internet search programme market.

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Google Q3 fails to impress

Profits treble thanks to cost-cutting, but revenue growth disappoints.

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Novell’s Allison shifts to Google

Jeremy Allison, an open-source programmer with Novell, has resigned because of objections concerning Novell’s patent agreement with Microsoft, according to a report on Zdnet.com

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What’s hot in 2007

Will take-up of Windows Vista beat expectations? Will power and cooling problems begin to bite? IT Weekly looks at the important technologies and trends for next year

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Going after Google

The Arab world has finally got its own search engine in Araby.com from the internet pioneers Maktoob Group. CEO Samih Toukan reveals the Jordan-based firm has big plans in store — and Google in its sights

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When maturity can be a bad thing

The energy and innovative nature of youth are often the critical ingredients that make start-up businesses a long-term success. But, as these entrepreneurs mature, their management focus shifts from taking risks to protection, which ultimately undermines the original success recipe of the company. The question then is “When is it time to bring ‘new blood’ into a company?” asks Mishal Kanoo

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Dr Google aids diagnosis

Clinicians faced with a challenging case may be well advised to “Google for a diagnosis”

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Companies to watch

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Google snaps up wiki firm JotSpot

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Feeding the frenzy

Latest figures show that 134 companies in the Gulf are preparing for stock market listings. But is it the best way to raise cash? And just how big can the rewards be? Alexandra Dubsky finds out.

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Google launches customised tool

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Google goes solar

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YouTube is a hit with Google for US$1.65bn

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Google YouTube buy sign of online times

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Garage sale draws Google guys

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Google Japan focus

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Google data order

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Google launches hosted services for businesses

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Call off the search

Daniel Stanton speaks to the man behind the Arabic search engine that could revolutionise internet use in the Middle East when launched later this year.

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It’s official: Google is a verb

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