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The Google Story, Updated for Google's 10th Birthday

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Between Google’s 10th birthday, the third Google founder controversy, ordering your G1 and their launch of “10 to the 100th"*, you might have missed the new “Google Story”. This latest iteration of David Vise and Mark Malseed’s National Bestseller hit store shelves last Tuesday**. “Updated for Google’s 10th Birthday”, this new edition is the same “Google Story” you’ve come to know only updated with new accounts. Like previous versions, this latest edition provides an interesting and entertaining glimpse behind the curtain at Google. It’s a great read for anyone interested in learning more about Google’s greatest successes and biggest blunders from a unique, behind the scenes perspective.

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  • Get in on the ground floor with Google (almost) Submitted by Google Subnet on Tue, 09/30/2008

    Disappointed that you weren't able to get in on Google when it launched its IPO in 2004? Well, now's your chance. After legislators voted down the Wall St. bailout, and the stock market responded by losing 777 points in one day, Google stock dropped $50 per share. It is now trading at $381, a full 11.6% down from Friday's close of $431. While $381 is nowhere near as attractive as Google's IPO asking price of $85, just wait. The bailout is still in legislative limbo, and the market may be heading for another freefall. Could we be trading Google at $100 or so in a couple of weeks? Considering the stock was trading as high as $750 just a year ago, even if it doesn't drop much more, this could be the time to get in on the ground floor with Google.

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  • Yahoo/Google deal proponents get nervous Submitted by Google Subnet on Tue, 09/30/2008

    With the ad sharing deal between Google and Yahoo expected to go into effect as early as this week, several pro-dealers are suddenly, at the last minute, taking the opportunity to sing its praises. We all know where Google stands, since it published a "fact" list not too long ago aimed at calming fears about the deal. Now Yahoo is doing its part, devoting an entire site to presenting its case for the deal. And not to be outdone, several California members (Google and Yahoo's home state) of the U.S. House of Representatives have sent letters to the Department of Justice warning regulators not to block the deal. Do they know something we don't?

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  • Google patent puts the squeeze on mobile carriers Submitted by Google Subnet on Mon, 09/29/2008

    Surprise T-Mobile and any other carrier looking to support phones based on Google's new Android operating system. All those new customers you thought you were getting won't actually be yours alone. You'll have to share them--on a minute by minute basis--with all the other carriers out there, severely limiting the payback you expected on all your 3G network investments. You and the networks you run will quickly become commoditized, while application providers (like Google) get better service, more customers and rake in all the dough. At least that's the future envisioned by Google, as outlined in a recently posted patent application.

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  • Is Google Microsoft's white whale? Submitted by Google Subnet on Fri, 09/26/2008

    Microsoft is beginning to look a bit desperate in its hunt for search market share. Speaking at a dinner at the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company is willing to lose "5 to 10 percent of total operating income" for 5 years to win in online search, a market where Microsoft plays a distant third at best.

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