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Ballmer Talks Google, Bing at Search Engine Marketing Conference

During a keynote session at the Search Engine Marketing conference in Santa Clara today, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Google’s search engine dominance came from its role as an early innovator in the space, but that Microsoft’s Bing search engine has the technology and staff behind it to make it a player in the space in the future.

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Chile Earthquake Person Finder

In the wake of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that shook central and southern Chile Saturday, Google is reminding concerned loved ones about its Person Finder tool. Initially developed for the people of Haiti, the tool can be used to submit or search for information about individuals who may have been affected by the quake.

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Chile Earthquake Person Finder

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Google Faces Complaints to European Commission

One day after three Google executives were convicted by an Italian court on privacy charges after the company blocked a video making fun of a child with Down’s syndrome, Wired News reports that the search engine might have more legal trouble in Europe. According to the report, the European Commission has received at least three recent antitrust complaints against Google.

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Microsoft CEO Ballmer Says Yahoo! Search Deal Still Possible, but Takeover No Longer on Table

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has pounded the final nail in the coffin of a total Yahoo! acquisition.

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