Is Google a One-Hit Wonder?
Yes, Steve Ballmer did try to talk Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) down to
Earth when he spoke at Stanford University earlier this month. "The
hottest company right now -- the one nobody thinks can do any wrong
-- may just be a one-hit wonder," said the energetically fiery
-- and sometimes overly sweaty -- Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) CEO.
Take That, Google: Bill Gates Struts Microsoft's New Search
Stuff
nytimes.com
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 23 - Bill Gates used his appearance at an
industry conference here Monday to offer Microsoft's response to
Google's latest online offerings, incorporating satellite imagery
into location-based search results and introducing a new customizable
MSN "start" page.
Mr. Gates, Microsoft's co-founder and chief software architect,
also said that he was skeptical of Google's ability to maintain
its dominance in the search marketplace indefinitely. Increasingly,
he asserted, that competition will revolve around new technologies
and take place in new arenas, like searching local information,
where Google is less dominant than in Web searching.
"Google is still perfect, the bubble is floating and they
can do everything," Mr. Gates told the moderator sarcastically
at a conference on digital technology, sponsored by The Wall Street
Journal, at a resort in this town 35 miles north of San Diego. "You
should buy their stock at any price." He then added, "We
had a 10-year period just like that."
Video Ads Are Streaming In
[May 20, 2005] Over 1 billion streaming video ads and sponsorships
are served each month.
Streaming video ads and sponsorships number over 1 billion served
each month, according to a new AccuStream
iMedia Research report.
NetRatings Sues Coremetrics, Omniture Over Patents
A patent war is afoot in the Web research and analytics space.
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