The Search Party

New Yorker by Ken Auletta | Jan. 8, 2008 (Special Report)

Google squares off with its Capitol Hill critics.

Google's ambitions had not gone unnoticed by its competitors. What Google had created--an ingenious tool for searching the Internet--had evolved into something almost unimaginably far-reaching. The company's mission is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." Making information "universally accessible," though, is an ambitious goal that often clashes with those whose business is to own and distribute it. Full Story »

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by Cheri Henderson - Jan. 8, 2008

This is a very comprehensive overview of Google, it's structure, history, founders and vision. Must reading for all worried about Internet neutrality and privacy issues.

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by Sue Salinger - Jan. 9, 2008

Much good info here, but a shame to see celebrity reportage where the corp is the celeb. Note the hidden heart of the piece: Jeff Chester and the Center for Digital Democracy's concern for civil liberties which are jeopardized by all competitors in this arena.

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by Tish Grier - Jan. 8, 2008

"Googles power is shaping whats happening to other industries...." A fine piece of investigative journalism showing the many facets (or is it monster heads?) of Google, and how on both sides of the isles on Capitol Hill, Google is barely understood (and was, for many years, dismissed...) Unlike articles in tech or business publications, this story not about the personalities and precociousness of Google's founders, but about the company's incredible growth and how it is ... More »

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