Google Buzz won't threaten Facebook in the social networking arena because users are comfortable with the service and have created a lot of content there, says eWEEK's Clint Boulton
News Corp is reported to be pulling out of Google in exchange for money. The move - if it happens - represents a misunderstanding of the nature of news on the web, says Peter Judge
The alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo was supposed to give Google cause for concern. Instead, says Don Reisinger, the two companies are still behaving like rivals, making them no danger at all to the search giant
Everyone thinks that the combination of Microsoft Bing and Yahoo will be good for consumers, but is that really so? Beware the deadly duopoly, warns Jim Rapoza
Sure, with Bing and Chrome OS, Microsoft and Google are aping each other's flagship products. But, says Jim Rapoza, the way the announcements were made shows the companies turning into each other
Whoever came up with the idea first, it's obvious that we could use some new thinking around the provision of apps and services, says Peter Judge. Why do we need both an OS and a browser?
Gmail is supposed to be a big threat to Microsoft's Outllok. If that's the case, Clint Boulton wants to know why Microsoft is helping fix a tool that will help users move to Google?
Google is responding to Bing - look at the Explore Search page - but that doesn't mean it's running scared from Microsoft's arrival, says Clint Boulton
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