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Google co-founder Sergey Brin participates in a panel discussion ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:32:05 GMT

(Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin participates in a panel discussion in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

A general view of the arrival area of the Whistler Creek Alpine ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:54:28 GMT

(AFP/File) - A general view of the arrival area of the Whistler Creek Alpine Skiing venue of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)

Google on Tuesday gave its free email service a "Buzz," ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:28:42 GMT

(AFP/File) - Google on Tuesday gave its free email service a "Buzz," adding Twitter and Facebook style social networking features.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)

An Apple computer is shown on Google's company campus in ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:49:34 GMT

(Reuters) - An Apple computer is shown on Google's company campus in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. Googe Inc unveiled Google "Buzz," injecting its social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS)

Google co-founder Sergey Brin uses a computer on the company's ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:35:26 GMT

(Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin uses a computer on the company's campus in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. Googe Inc unveiled Google "Buzz," injecting its social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS)

Google co-founder Sergey Brin listens to a question during a ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:33:15 GMT

(Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin listens to a question during a panel discussion in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. Googe Inc unveiled Google "Buzz," injecting its social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS)

Google co-founder Sergey Brin participates in a panel discussion ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:33:13 GMT

(Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin participates in a panel discussion in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. Googe Inc unveiled Google "Buzz," injecting its social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)

Google co-founder Sergey Brin (R) participates in a panel discussion ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:31:04 GMT

(Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin (R) participates in a panel discussion in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. Googe Inc unveiled Google "Buzz," injecting its social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter. Also appearing on the panel are Google's Vic Gundrota (L), vice president of engineering, Todd Jackson (2nd L), project manager for Gmail and "Buzz," and Bradley Horowitz (2nd R), vice president of product management. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS)

Google co-founder Sergey Brin participates in a panel discussion ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:28:49 GMT

Google co-founder Sergey Brin looks at a computer on the company's ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:27:47 GMT

(Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin looks at a computer on the company's campus in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. Googe Inc unveiled Google "Buzz", injecting its social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS)

In this screen shot provided by Google Inc., the company's new ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:12:53 GMT

(AP) - In this screen shot provided by Google Inc., the company's new 'Google Buzz' feature for Gmail mobile users is shown. The feature unveiled Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, will enable Gmail users to create status updates on Google Buzz and read and comment on the updates posted by their friends. (AP Photo/Google Inc.)

In this screen shot provided by Google Inc., the company's new ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:06:58 GMT

(AP) - In this screen shot provided by Google Inc., the company's new 'Google Buzz' feature for Gmail is shown. The feature unveiled Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, will enable Gmail users to create status updates on Google Buzz and read and comment on the updates posted by their friends. (AP Photo/Google Inc.)

A model demonstrates a Nexus One smartphone, the first mobile ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:12:53 GMT

(Reuters) - A model demonstrates a Nexus One smartphone, the first mobile phone Google will sell directly to consumers based on its Android platform, after a news conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California January 5, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Google plans to make it make it easier for users of Gmail to ...

(Gmail) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:08:09 GMT

(Gmail) - Google plans to make it make it easier for users of Gmail to view online status updates from friends in a swipe at Twitter and Facebook, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.(Gmail)

Pedestrians walk past Google China headquarters in Beijing January ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:13:36 GMT

(Reuters) - Pedestrians walk past Google China headquarters in Beijing January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Lee

A sign is posted outside of the Google headquarters January ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:05:14 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A sign is posted outside of the Google headquarters January 2010 in Mountain View, California. Google will report fouth quarter earnings today. Google has filed an appeal of a court decision that ordered the US Internet giant to stop digitising French books without publishers' approval, its lawyers said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)

This picture taken on January 2010 in Paris shows the internet ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:30:55 GMT

(AFP/File) - This picture taken on January 2010 in Paris shows the internet homepage of the english version of the search engine website Google. In a rare foray into television advertising, Internet giant Google ran an ad during the Super Bowl.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)

File photo of a Chinese flag flying over the company logo outside ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:45:55 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo of a Chinese flag flying over the company logo outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing. Google has warned a copycat Chinese website to stop using a logo that resembles the US Internet giant's or face possible legal action, state media reported Monday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

A man walks past the company logo in front of the Google China ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:15:41 GMT

(AFP) - A man walks past the company logo in front of the Google China headquarters building in Beijing. Google said in January it would no longer abide by Chinese government censorship and was mulling leaving the country with the world's largest number of online users, citing cyberattacks on it and more than 20 other companies.(AFP/Liu Jin)

Cambodia has accused Internet giant Google of being "professionally ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:52:13 GMT

(AFP/File) - Cambodia has accused Internet giant Google of being "professionally irresponsible" over its map of a ancient temple at the centre of a border dispute with Thailand, a letter seen by AFP Saturday showed. The Google map "places almost half of the Khmer (Preah Vihear) temple in Thailand and is not an internationally recognised map," said the letter written by a Cambodian official.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)

Google has gone techno-chic, debuting fashion designs inspired ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:13:07 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Google has gone techno-chic, debuting fashion designs inspired by the Internet giant. The pieces were the work of emerging designers who last year were asked to come up with "one-of-a-kind" items inspired in some way by Google, whether it be the firm's colors, technology or mission.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)

A screen shot of the Google Earth application on the Google ...

(AFP/POOL) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:11:44 GMT

(AFP/POOL) - A screen shot of the Google Earth application on the Google Nexus One smartphone, on the Android platform, is shown on a news conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google Earth mapping service is letting people use the Internet to dive into the world's oceans or see the ruin that World War II bombings rained on European cities.(AFP/POOL/Robert Galbraith)

A 16th-century edition of predictions by Nostradamus, the first ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:03:19 GMT

(Reuters) - A 16th-century edition of predictions by Nostradamus, the first book to be digitised by Google from a collection of 500,000 at the Municipal Library of Lyon, is displayed by a librarian in this January 15, 2010 file picture. REUTERS/Robert Pratta/Files

Google Book search is seen on the home page of Internet giant's ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:38:41 GMT

(AFP/File) - Google Book search is seen on the home page of Internet giant's website. The US Department of Justice opposed a revised legal settlement with US authors and publishers that would allow Google to scan and sell millions of books online.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)

The US Department of Justice on Thursday came out against a ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:38:41 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - The US Department of Justice on Thursday came out against a revised legal settlement with US authors and publishers that would allow Google to scan and sell millions of books online.(AFP/DDP/File/Martin Oeser)

A visitor sitting in front of a Google logo at a Frankfurt Book ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:27:19 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - A visitor sitting in front of a Google logo at a Frankfurt Book Fair. The US Department of Justice on Thursday came out against a revised legal settlement with US authors and publishers that would allow Google to scan and sell millions of books online.(AFP/DDP/File/Martin Oeser)

A public interest group on Thursday demanded that the US National ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:21:43 GMT

(AFP/File) - A public interest group on Thursday demanded that the US National Security Agency (NSA) reveal details of a reported alliance with Internet powerhouse Google to ward off cyberattacks.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

People attending a conference at Google headquarters in Mountain ...

(AFP/Pool/File) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:49:48 GMT

(AFP/Pool/File) - People attending a conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, in January 2010. A key US Congress committee said Thursday it will hear from a senior Google executive February 10 on the Internet giant's role in promoting democracy in the wake of a high-profile clash with China.(AFP/Pool/File/Robert Galbraith)

Under an agreement still in the works, the National Security ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:12:41 GMT

(AFP/File) - Under an agreement still in the works, the National Security Agency (NSA) would help Google analyze those attacks in a bid to better protect the California-based search company and its users from future intrusions, the Post said, citing cybersecurity experts familiar with the matter.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

The Google logo is seen on the top of its China headquarters ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:18:07 GMT

(Reuters) - The Google logo is seen on the top of its China headquarters building behind a road surveillance camera in Beijing January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Lee

A woman passes in front of Google's China headquarters in ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:55:37 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman passes in front of Google's China headquarters in Beijing. The US and China are at odds over Internet censorship, with Google last month threatening to pull out of the communist nation following attacks on human rights activists' email accounts.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

The Google Nexus One smartphone. Google is ramping up its entry ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:53:37 GMT

(AFP/File) - The Google Nexus One smartphone. Google is ramping up its entry in the hotly competitive smartphone race by adding "pinch-to-zoom" multi-touch and 3G wireless broadband network capabilities to the Nexus One.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

A visitor walks past the logo of internet search engine giant ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:00:23 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - A visitor walks past the logo of internet search engine giant Google at a trade fair. Microsoft's latest version of Internet Explorer (IE) is a hit but Google's Chrome has been steadily gaining ground on the Web browsing software, according to industry figures released Tuesday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)

Attendees await the beginning of the unveiling of Google's ...

(AFP/Pool/File) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:46:37 GMT

(AFP/Pool/File) - Attendees await the beginning of the unveiling of Google's Nexus One Android smartphone, at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, in January 2010. As iPad commanded the technology world's attention, Google continued working quietly on tablet computer software that could run rivals to Apple's latest creation.(AFP/Pool/File/Robert Galbraith)

Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair testifies before ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:44:26 GMT

(AFP/File) - Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair testifies before the Senated in January 2010. Google's recently reported cyberattacks are a "wake-up call" about the vulnerabilities of computer networks to attacks that could cripple the US economy, Blair warned Tuesday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)

Two pedestrians walk past the company logo outside the Google ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:44:26 GMT

(AFP/File) - Two pedestrians walk past the company logo outside the Google China headquarters building in Beijing in January 2010. Google's recently reported cyberattacks are a "wake-up call" about the vulnerabilities of computer networks to attacks that could cripple the US economy, the top US intelligence official warned Tuesday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

The Google logo is seen on the top of its China headquarters ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:49:06 GMT

(Reuters) - The Google logo is seen on the top of its China headquarters building behind a road surveillance camera in Beijing January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Chinese passengers board a train at a railway station in Hefei, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:43:54 GMT

(AFP) - Chinese passengers board a train at a railway station in Hefei, in east China's Anhui province on January 31, 2010. More than 210 million passengers are expected to crowd China's railways during the upcoming Chinese New Year. Google has launched a map search service in China for travellers taking trips during the Lunar New Year holiday season, despite a row over cyberattacks and censorship.(AFP)

Google has began letting online visitors tell its news website ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:39:12 GMT

(AFP/File) - Google has began letting online visitors tell its news website what topics they want to tune into. People can click on "stars" to mark groups of stories on preferred subjects to signal Google News to watch for updates or developments, according to Google software engineer Jude Britto.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)

In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, Chinese men use ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:24:02 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, Chinese men use the computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing, China. Google's future in China is in limbo and observers around the world are carefully tracking its dispute with Beijing. But one group is notably lukewarm on the fate of the Internet giant in the world's most populous online market: many of China's 384 million Internet users. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, a Chinese youth ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:23:47 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, a Chinese youth naps as his friend watches internet video at an Internet cafe in Beijing, China. Google's future in China is in limbo and observers around the world are carefully tracking its dispute with Beijing. But one group is notably lukewarm on the fate of the Internet giant in the world's most populous online market: many of China's 384 million Internet users. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, the Chinese flag ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:23:22 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, the Chinese flag is seen near the Google sign at the Google china headquarters in Beijing, China. Google's future in China is in limbo and observers around the world are carefully tracking its dispute with Beijing. But one group is notably lukewarm on the fate of the Internet giant in the world's most populous online market: many of China's 384 million Internet users. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, Chinese youths ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:23:10 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, Chinese youths use the computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing, China. Google's future in China is in limbo and observers around the world are carefully tracking its dispute with Beijing. But one group is notably lukewarm on the fate of the Internet giant in the world's most populous online market: many of China's 384 million Internet users. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2010 file photo, workers clean and repair ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:22:41 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2010 file photo, workers clean and repair broken part of a marble tablet bearing Google's logo in front of Google China's headquarters building in Beijing. Google's future in China is in limbo and observers around the world are carefully tracking its dispute with Beijing. But one group is notably lukewarm on the fate of the Internet giant in the world's most populous online market: many of China's 384 million Internet users. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)

A Chinese web surfer checks stories and photos of the Dalai ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:11:54 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Chinese web surfer checks stories and photos of the Dalai Lama on the Google Chinese search page at an office in Beijing. China has said it made no concessions on Tibetan sovereignty during talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama over the future of the region -- the first such negotiations in more than a year.(AFP/File/Str)

A Chinese flag flies over the company logo outside the Google ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:04:28 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Chinese flag flies over the company logo outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing. Google has threatened to pull out of China over cyber attacks as well as over censorship in China which it opposed.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams attends a session at ...

(AFP) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:04:28 GMT

(AFP) - Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams attends a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 27. Williams on Friday said he had been told that the microblogging service has been partially blocked by China but had no confirmation.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)

Teens play computer games in Lyon, France. The boss of US Internet ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:39:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - Teens play computer games in Lyon, France. The boss of US Internet giant Google on Friday expressed concern that youngsters growing up in the mobile instant information age will develop a "deep reading" problem.(AFP/File/Philippe Merle)

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google attends a session at the World Economic ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:58:53 GMT

(Reuters) - Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (SWITZERLAND)

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google attends a session at the World Economic ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:51:18 GMT

(Reuters) - Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (SWITZERLAND)