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  Google launches voice and video chat

  Search engine Google has launched Gmail voice and video chat, making it possible for people around the world to chat in high-quality video for free within Gmail.

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  WSJ: Yahoo, Google revise plan

  Yahoo and Google have revised the terms of their search advertising deal to ease concerns that have stalled its approval by the US Department of Justice, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal's Web site on Monday.

• In Google book settlement, business trumps ideals

  By settling a lawsuit with book authors and publishers this week, Google is looking out for itself and has avoided fighting for and possibly establishing a positive legal precedent for copyright fair use on the Internet.

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  Gmail gets emotional

  You know that guy who replaces every period in his e-mail with a wink ;) ? Well, if he's got Gmail, watch out -- because now he can take his emoti-madness to a whole other level.

• iGoogle gets an upgrade

  Google has released its latest upgrade of iGoogle to all US users.

• Google commits to long-term goals after Q3 revenue rise

  Google increased its revenue and profit in the third quarter, as its top executives said the results were good while pledging to manage the business with a long-term outlook despite global economic challenges.

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  Report: Google, Yahoo in talks to avoid antitrust fears

  Google and Yahoo are in early settlement negotiations with the US Department of Justice in an effort to avoid an antitrust challenge to a proposed search advertising deal between the two companies, the Wall Street Journal reported this week.

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  Google lets users search like it's 2001

  As part of Google's ongoing 10th anniversary celebration, the company is providing access to a 2001 version of the Google search index, allowing users to search the Web circa January 2001.

• Google says its data centers are the most efficient

  Google's leadership on the Web stems partly from its powerful data centers, which allow it to provide lightning-fast search results while keeping energy costs to a minimum. The company has been mostly secretive about what goes on inside these giant c...

• Google launches Moderator for Q&A meeting sessions

  Google has released a free Web-based service called Moderator that organizations can use to improve question-and-answer sessions during heavily attended meetings.

• Google's Page: White spaces test was unfair

  Google cofounder Larry Page blasted as unfair recent interference tests of prototype devices that would deliver wireless broadband on unused television spectrum in the U.S.

• Google offers $10 million for ideas to change the world

  Google changed the world with a simple idea, and is now offering US$10 million to help anyone who can do the same.

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  Google extends Book Search to e-tail partners

  Seeking greater visibility for its Book Search engine, Google is making it easier for retailers, libraries and publishers to provide that service's capabilities on their own Web sites.

• Google's Brin blogs, says he's predisposed to Parkinson's

  Google co-founder Sergey Brin Thursday became the first of the company's top three executives to launch a blog, and he immediately used the platform to reveal that he has a genetic mutation that predisposes him to developing Parkinson's disease.

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  Google not sure about giving users a voice in search

  Google began running a live test last year that lets people re-rank and remove search engine results and comment on them, but remains undecided about rolling out the changes for everybody.