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Google Applauds Chinese Talent Pool

In America, much of Google’s success is attributed to its brilliant employees.  In China, there’s no reason that the situation would be any different, but as a bonus, the company could gain a competitive edge by hiring locals.

Google Eager To Please European Regulators

The company's DoubleClick deal hit an unexpected snag when European Commission members decided to draw out their review to April 2008.

Schmidt in German Tabloid

Bild, Germany’s biggest tabloid (disliked by many German intellectuals for its often hyped reporting) is running a multi-part interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt this week.

Schmidt Speaks From the Lion's Den

It's one thing to talk about Net Neutrality and a little regulation to a crowd of digerati idealists. It's quite another to bring that up at the Masters of the Universe Ball.

Schmidt Talks Freedom; China Still Out Of Luck

Google CEO Eric Schmidt ascended to the Aspen Summit to discuss what freedom and openness means to his company and its customers.

Eric Schmidt Becoming A Media Mogul

Google will become a distributor of original content through its AdSense network, with contributions from 'Family Guy' creator Seth MacFarlane and Disney Channel star Raven-Symoné.

'Web 3.0,' Apparently, Has Interchangeable Parts

If Eric Schmidt's right, the business world is in for another love-hate relationship around the bend: so-called Web 3.0. I say "so-called" because it's kinda silly. But Schmidt's interpretation of this hypothetical means, inherently, even more control for the consumer, and less for the seller/marketer/developer.

Google Seeks Edge In Voice Traffic Talks

As part of Google's ongoing efforts to broaden its network, the company has been actively seeking strategic negotiators for submarine networks, and for IP transit services.

Google Cracking Under Pressure from Viacom?

It’s interesting to follow the Viacom lawsuit against Google. While Google’s faced many legal challenges before, it appears Viacom’s is the one that is troubling the search engine. It’s somewhat out of character to see Google CEO Eric Schmidt talk ugly about a company that is suing them - Google tends to comment via legal counsel - and it suggests the suit is a worry to him.

Questions For Semel, Schmidt, And Sullivan

There are questions we would love to have answered from some of the top figures in the search industry: a pair of CEOs and the search world's most respected pundit.