According to Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, Google CEO Eric Schmidt was not as clear as media reports said he was on bringing a version of Google Desktop to Mac OS X. “I’m the one who asked [Schmidt] the question at his talk about whether we’d expect a Mac version of Google desktop, and I have to say I didn’t read his response at all the way the Reuters reporter did,” O’Reilly writes.
Read MoreGoogle plans to release a version of Google Desktop for Macs, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on Friday. Schmidt did not set a timetable for a Mac version of the tool, saying it had to be rebuilt from the ground up for Mac OS X.
Read MoreIn its first quarterly earnings report as a public company, Google posted a profit of US$52 million, or 19 cents per share, during the three months ended in September. This compares to $20.4 million, or 8 cents per share, at the same time last year. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s earnings rose to $2.9 billion, or 27 cents per share, for its first fiscal quarter–up from a profit of $2.6 billion, or 24 cents per share, a year ago.
Read MoreThe Web is abuzz with speculation that Google is planning to introduce a Web browser. Google recently hired one of the main developers of Java, the lead developer on Avalon (Microsoft’s code name for the Longhorn user interface), and four developers who worked on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The company has even registered the domain name Gbrowser.com, and recently held a Mozilla Development Day at its campus.
Read MoreGoogle has reduced the price range for its initial public offering to between US$85 and $95 per share, and lowered the number of shares being sold by company executives. “The changes cut the value of the company by almost 30 percent — to $25.8 billion — compared with the high end of its initial pricing range of $108 to $135 a share,” reports CNET News.com. “Selling shareholders now stand to raise as much as $1.9 billion by offering 5.5 million shares.
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