Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old
(AP)
 AP - When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.
September 05, 2008 11:07 AM
Summary box: Google still feeling lucky at 10
(AP)
AP - HUMBLE START: Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated Google on Sept. 7, 1998, after unsuccessfully trying to sell their search engine for a couple of million dollars. They set up shop in their Stanford dorm rooms with just four computers before moving their headquarters to a garage owned by Brin's future sister-in-law.
September 05, 2008 10:34 AM
Report: Samsung working to acquire SanDisk
(AP)
AP - Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday.
September 05, 2008 9:24 AM
China's Hu and Wen get own "fan" website
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Does Chinese President Hu Jintao give
you goosebumps? Got the hots for Premier Wen Jiabao? Then
Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily has the answer --
join their online fan club.
September 05, 2008 7:08 AM
What you can--and can't--find about Palin on the Internet
(CNET)
CNET - John McCain's announcement last week that he has chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate left the public thirsting for information about the Alaska governor-- and inspired hundreds of commentators, entrepreneurs, and Palin imitators to try to fill in the gaps.
September 05, 2008 12:20 AM
Michael Moore plans Net-only film premiere
(CNET)
CNET - Filmmaker Michael Moore plans to premiere his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet for free, forgoing the traditional theatrical release.
September 04, 2008 11:20 PM
MySpace links users to US hurricane emergency alerts
(AFP)
 AFP - In what is heralded as the seeds of an Internet-age emergency broadcast system, MySpace has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spread news on hurricanes through users of the online social network.
September 04, 2008 11:18 PM
Michael Moore to release free documentary on Web
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Firebrand filmmaker Michael Moore
will release his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet
for free on September 23, eschewing a traditional theatrical
rollout, he said on Thursday.
September 04, 2008 10:03 PM
Comcast files appeal of FCC Web traffic order
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Comcast Corp has filed an appeal to
reverse a U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) decision
ordering the cable operator to change how it manages its
broadband Internet network.
September 04, 2008 6:51 PM
Sinking Yahoo: Shares drop to nearly 5-year low
(AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc.'s stock sank to its lowest level in nearly five years Thursday, magnifying the challenge facing the Internet company as its management tries to justify their rebuff of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
September 04, 2008 6:32 PM
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