Xerox works deal with start-up to rival Google
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The Palo Alto Research Center and Powerset Inc. are working to develop a natural language search engine expected to live by year's end.
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Google Inc. has bought digital map maker Keyhole Corp., extending the search engine leader&#39;s bid to fend off rivals with a toolbox that can catalog almost anything in the world.
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(InfoWorld) - Google Inc. has reached an agreement with two groups representing authors and photographers in Belgium that had objected to the way the company indexes and displays their content on its Google News Web site. The agreements with Sofam, which says it represents 3,700 photographers, and Scam, which represents 20,000 writers, mark the first steps by Google in resolving a copyright lawsuit that forced it to remove French- and German-language Belgian newspaper content from its Web site. On Friday, a judge in Brussels heard arguments in that case, filed by a group of newspaper publishers, Copiepresse. Sofam (SociÃ©tÃ© MultimÃ©dia des Auteurs des Arts Visuels) and Scam (SociÃ©tÃ© Civile des Auteurs Multimedia) were among several smaller groups that had joined Copiepresse in its legal action. "We reached an agreement with Sofam and Scam that allows us to make extensive use of their content," Google spokeswoman Jessica Powell said on Monday. The agreement allows Google to use content from the groups in "new ways" that "go beyond what copyright law allows," she said. She declined to say if Google is paying the groups or to provide further details. Google has signed a deal to use content from the Associated Press newswire that it described in similar language. Copiepresse has complained that Google violates its members' copyrights by indexing their content and displaying it on Google News without asking permission. Google says the use is legitimate because it shows only a snippet of news stories, and because it directs users to the publications' Web sites to read the full story. On Friday, the judge in Brussels said she would give her verdict in the case early next year. Google News has also run into trouble in Scandinavia, where it launched two weeks ago. The company delayed the introduction of the news service in Denmark after publishers there objected to having to "opt out" if they didn't want their content displayed on Google's Web site. And a publishing group in Norway has protested the use of its members' news photographs, which it says is not permitted under Norwegian copyright law. Google has declined to comment on talks with any particular publishing groups, but says it is open to discussions to resolve disputes. Â
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Office equipment maker Xerox Corp.  XRX.N on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit rose 15 percent,  fueled by solid demand for new digital color printers and  document services.
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Google is offering beefed up web programs to businesses in a clear shot at rival Microsoft.
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Google is launching a new service to make books and other printed materials searchable online, the Internet search engine company said Wednesday.
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The Complutense University of Madrid is   becoming the first library in a non-English-speaking country to   join Google Inc.'s GOOG.O bid to scan every book in print, as   the controversial project extends its global reach.
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Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have announced plans to sell millions of shares in the web search company they launched in 1998.
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Journal Sentinel Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement to  join Google's pilot newspaper advertising  program, which will enable Google's online  advertisers to purchase surplus print ad inventory in the Milwaukee  Journal Sentinel. Journal Sentinel Inc.
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Xerox Corp. says its new search engine based on semantics will analyze the meaning behind questions and documents to help researchers find information more quickly.
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Businesses and developers can work with the Google Ads rival on a free or subscription-based level.
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Xerox Corp , the world's biggest supplier of office printers, copiers and related services, on Friday posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings, boosted by solid gains in equipment sales.
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Xerox PARC is looking to collaborate with entrepreneurs on new innovative businesses.
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Google has bought digital map maker Keyhole Corp., extending the search engine leader's bid to fend off rivals with a toolbox that can catalog almost anything in the world.
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Xerox Corp , the leading provider of digital printers and document management services, on Thursday posted a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit fueled by growing revenue from financing and supplies, sending its beleaguered stock up over 7 percent.
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New York: Popular internet search engine Google has reached an agreement with four universities and one public library to scan their books and make them available the digitised contents of the same, aiming to challenge competitors Yahoo and Microsoft.
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Google Inc. has bought digital map maker Keyhole Corp., extending the search engine leader's bid to fend off rivals with a toolbox that can catalog almost anything in the world.