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Google's Android Going to Set-Top Boxes

Google is expecting a good year for Android, and it's got plans for the mobile operating system. The company is planning "significant" products and partnerships.

Google Defends Its Use Of AP Content

Let’s pretend for a moment that you’re the newspaper industry. Your ranks are dwindling as even old stalwarts are dropping like flies.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Fires Back at Newspapers

The Associated Press (AP) announced this week that it's working on a system  to "protect" its content from being "misappropriated" online. WebProNews CEO Rich Ord posted a thought-provoking piece on the subject giving some background into the situation.

CEOs Say The Darnedest Things

A year later, a Microsoft and Yahoo assault on Google still can’t be ruled out. Steve Ballmer says he’s still interested, and even though Yahoo’s new chief won’t kiss and tell, her apparent lack of confidence in her company is telling enough. And what does Google CEO Eric Schmidt have to say to potential MicroHoo, search, and Twitter competition? Good luck, kids.

Schmidt Shuts Door On Dividends, (Most) Acquisitions

Investors hoping for a little extra money - and small startups hoping for a lot - are going to need to find someone or something other than Google to provide it.  The search giant's CEO said yesterday that he intends to let his company's checkbook collect a little dust. 

Eric Schmidt To Advise Britain's Conservative Party

Eric Schmidt's support of Barack Obama made a lot of people rather upset.  A new move on Schmidt's part may placate them, though, as the CEO of Google has agreed to work closely with Britain's Conservative Party. 

Google Ocean May Be Ready At Last

For fans of certain science fiction television shows, space has long been the final frontier.  But for a particular search giant, Google Sky covered that, and it's instead the task of representing the ocean that has been something of a challenge.  Google may soon address the issue with the help of some fairly important people. 

Google Beats Analysts' Expectations Yet Again

Google was one of few successful companies on the stock market today; it provided a little bit of green within big lists of numbers that were otherwise mostly red.  This trend continued as the search giant released its fourth quarter financial results. 

Rumors Swirl About Google CEO Exit

The day I become a billionaire is the day I vanish and no one sees me again unless I invite them to my ridiculously cool house. Pretend billionaires have that luxury, but it is likely the mentality that creates billionaires is the same mentality that keeps them working no matter how rich they become.

Schmidt Turns Down Role Of America's CTO

It looks like Google isn't going to simultaneously lose its CEO and gain a powerful friend in Washington.  Eric Schmidt has said in no uncertain terms that he won't become America's first CTO.