Google CEO says ready to move on Yahoo deal (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Google Android czar Rich Miner runs through the company's standard pitch (it's open!) for its mobile operating system at the Mobilize conference. >> full story

Oops! Google Did It Again, Gets Big Chunk of Search Market Share for August (Search Engine Journal)

As expected, the latest data from comScore shows that Google once again got the biggest chunk of the search market share for August and even managed to register a 1.1% increase from last month’s 61.9% to 63%. And we don’t have to guess who suffered from Google’s gain, Yahoo with a .9% decrease from last [...] >> full story

Google leaps, Microsoft drops in brand value (CNET)

The value of Google's brand soared 43 percent, according to an annual study, and IBM knocked Microsoft down from second to place. Coke is still king. >> full story

Google CEO says ready to move on Yahoo deal (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc plans to move ahead with Yahoo Inc in implementing its advertising search deal and believes that rival Microsoft is behind plans to derail the deal, top executives of the Internet search leader said on Wednesday. >> full story

Google Co-Founder Has Genetic Code Linked to Parkinson?s (New York Times)

Google and General Electric said Wednesday that they would work together on technology and policy initiatives to promote the development of additional capacity in the electricity grid and of “smart grid” technologies to enable plug-in hybrids and to manage energy more efficiently. >> full story

As Android debut nears, Google's Miner stays mum (CNET via Yahoo! News)

Google's Rich Miner had nothing new to share Thursday with Mobilize attendees regarding the company's Android software for mobile phones, except that it will be really, really cool. >> full story

Google snags 63 percent of searches in August (AP via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc. further extended its dominance in the search engine market in August, according to figures comScore Inc. released Thursday. >> full story

Google's U.S. share of Web search reaches 63 percent (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc extended an already wide lead in the U.S. Web search to 63.0 percent share of the market in August, its biggest monthly gain in five months, a report said on Thursday. >> full story

Google Co-Founder Has Genetic Code Linked to Parkinson?s (New York Times)

Sergey Brin, a Google co-founder, said Thursday that he has a gene mutation that increases his likelihood of contracting Parkinson?s disease. >> full story