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Central Garden & Pet earned $8 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with a year-ago loss of $13.9 million, or 20 cents a share. Revenues totaled $363 million, down 12 percent. "During fiscal 2009, we began to show improved performance from the implementation...
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A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's. The practice has occasionally prompted a rival to file legal challenges alleging...
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Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks. With a strong focus on speed, the Chrome OS promises nearly instant boot times of about 7 seconds for users to login to their computers. "We want...
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But while that event is hogging the spotlight, Google also introduced another example of how one Google project leads to another -- and eventually to more online traffic and ad revenue. The back story Google's YouTube video sharing service added a closed-captions...
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In 2005, China administered a spelling test that asked respondents to spell "Google" for a search market report: only 60 percent took the test and more than 20 percent got it wrong. Four years later, Google Inc, whose whimsical name is synonymous with...
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Google Inc.'s plans to add millions of copyright-protected books to its digital library are riding on a new legal settlement addressing the objections of government regulators who don't want Google to gain too much power over a new market. Sarah Palin's...
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This means that 95 percent of books published outside of those English-speaking countries would be excluded from the Google Books settlement. European publishers and governments had criticised the first settlement for what they saw as its infringement...
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The company also declined on Friday to give a timeline for launching smartphones in additional markets. A source had told Reuters in October that Dell plans to sell a phone in the United States on AT&T Inc's network. Dell is the latest tech name to bet...
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Holiday travelers through the Des Moines airport will receive free wireless internet access from now through Jan. 15 as part of a Google-sponsored fundraising contest. Climate Savers Computing, Engineers Without Borders and One Economy Corp. Travelers...
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Google Inc. agreed to buy mobile advertising company AdMob for $750 million, a deal designed to help the search giant maintain its online dominance as consumers increasingly browse the Internet over handheld devices. More Technology The all-stock deal...
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