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Google says it is always looking for ways to make internet searches smarter.

Google believes it has come up with the technology to unite web surfing with channel surfing on televisions.

Google Wave, the web-based communication and collaboration tool that sparked a firestorm of anticipation when it was announced last year, is now available for general release.

Google will make an ambitious bid to extend its reach into the living room when it debuts its internet television software this week.

Google says it will destroy private Wi-Fi data mistakenly collected from unprotected wireless networks as it compiled information for its mapping service.

Google is phasing out its online mobile phone store,  and plans to increase the availaibility of its Nexus phone in retail locations worldwide.

The people at Google knew the latest version of their Chrome browser rendered pages fast, but how fast?

Google was the second most popular provider of smartphone software in the United States during the first quarter, edging out Apple and it's iPhone operating system.

Google plans to build experimental, ultra-fast Internet networks in a handful of communities around the US.

China reacted quickly today to Google Inc.'s decision to stop censoring the Internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland, saying it is "totally wrong" and accusing the company of violating promises.

China has issued a blistering public attack against Google and appeared to quietly begin getting businesses to abandon the US Internet giant after it moved its controversial Chinese search engine offshore.

Google says it takes privacy very seriously after New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner joined counterparts from around the world in expressing concerns to the web giant over its data and privacy protection.

Google's unveiling of a major redesign signals the start of what promises to be a period of intensified competition with rival Microsoft Bing.

Google Inc. plans to begin selling e-books this summer over a platform that would allow readers to load the books onto multiple electronic devices.

Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt says the Internet search leader hopes its recently acquired advertising service DoubleClick will aid newspapers as they struggle to corral more online revenue.

Aucklanders go online for love, Cantabrians want more on The Flight of the Conchords. And in Otago they're looking for Jesus.

Not all Google endeavours turn into gold.

As if Google didn't have a strong enough hold on the planet, it has launched its own world - a virtual world, to be exact.

Google is taking the wraps off an internet encyclopedia designed to give people a chance to show off - and profit from - their expertise on any topic.