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South Korea is the latest country to raise its concerns over Google’s satellite photo service, Google Earth.

Google is expanding its lucrative Internet advertising network into the print world in a bold attempt to capture traditional ad dollars.

A survey by a Chinese Internet research group has found that Google is losing market share to its biggest Chinese rival, Web search engine Baidu.com.

Google’s entry this week into the IM space gave a high-profile shot in the arm to the open IM protocol XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol).

Google taps legal muscle for Microsoft case.In its fight with Microsoft over an executive’s defection, Google has enlisted attorneys from a small but high-powered law firm.

The publisher of a US men’s magazine has sued Google, alleging that the Internet search company is infringing on copyright by displaying thousands of pictures of nude women.

Google Talk on. Google Inc. is set to introduce its own instant messaging system, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday, marking the expansion by the Web search leader into not just text but also voice communications.

Google has banned release of PR to CNET .Google says Cnet went too far in googling. Last week, a CNet reporter apparently used Google to dig up some semi-personal information on Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google. Google didn’t like this and reportedly placed a one year ban on speaking to anyone from CNet. [...]

Google Maps Hybrid Mode.We’ve got Maps, we’ve got Earth, and now we’ve got a way to view satellite images with map data. It’s the “Hybrid” mode. Very handy for seeing the lay of the land with, for example, street names on top. Look in the upper right hand corner of the map image to switch [...]

Google Inc. stepped up the pace of its expansion in China, and competition with new equity-market star Baidu.com Inc., by tapping three Chinese companies to sell keyword-based advertisements for its China site.

Google says Cnet went too far in googling.Google has blackballed online technology news service Cnet News.com for googling Eric Schmidt, CEO of the Mountain View company, and including some personal information about him in a story last month.

Consumers will now be able to receive updates from Google’s News service over the Web, via RSS or Atom feeds.

Google Inc., a company that had long employed the former cook for one of the world’s most famous rock bands to keeps its employees well fed, launched a worldwide search on Thursday for two new chefs.