Ben Charny

Hitting on CRN for news that Google has plans to let users of its enterprise search service get real-time access to business information. The intent is for Google Enterprise features to tie into more types of business software, such as enterprise resource planning, CRN reports.

Exalead, a search engine company based in France, says it has found its inner Google. So watch out, says co-founder Francois Bourdoncle. With what Exaleads got going for it, Bourdoncle believes itll take his firm just three years to be among the top five Internet search providers worldwide. Bourdoncles sentiment is indicative of the times […]

Google said it will offer automated business management features that have so far been missing from its enterprise search repertoire, according to a recent report. Matt Glotzbach, director of product management for Googles enterprise products, confirmed earlier reports that real-time access to information is on the way. Google will soon let its corporate search customers […]

The U.S. Department of Justice says, in a recent court filing, that it did not ask for anything untowards when it requested Google turn over evidence of its consumers’ search habits. The latest legal salvo by the DOJ was contained in an 18-page brief filed on Friday that defended its request for search terms.

Google plans to tie-in its own online payment features to Google Base, thus transforming Base into even more of an online market place ala eBay or Amazon. Base users, at an undisclosed future date, will be able to buy items on Google Base using their Google Accounts, or so says Google’s blog.

Google Inc.’s next analyst day meeting is on Thursday, March 2, in Mountain View, Calif. Presentations begin 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

Search giant Googles latest feature, a personalized Web page creator, appeared to have stumbled on its first day, Feb. 23. However, Google says it planned the limited release to last for just a few hours worth of sign-ups. Capacity issues forced the company on Feb. 23 to temporarily stop letting people sign up for Page […]

Internet search provider Google wants to capitalize on the social aspect of bookmarks, which are Internet addresses stored in Web browsers for one-click access, according to Google-watcher ValleyWag. Search providers have been trying to lure new customers, and keep their old ones, for years by tapping into the social aspect of what they offer, so […]

It seems that now whenever a cell phone short messaging service or Web browser queries Google’s search engine, Google adjusts the results to fit the phone’s smaller screen, writes Google software engineer Roger Skubowius. It’s in order to “make it as easy as possible to read on a small screen,” he writes. To do so, […]

A few minutes with Francois Bourdoncle, co-founder and chief executive of Exalead, the global business and consumer search provider. He has a few tricks up his sleeves that Google doesn’t. Q: How is it you plan to topple Google? A: Our product is superior. The entry barrier has never been as high as this day. […]