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  • Google: Microsoft suit a 'charade'

    Microsoft's lawsuit against its former executive Kai-Fu Lee and his new employer Google is a "charade" meant to frighten other Redmond workers into staying put, Google and Lee said in court papers filed this week.

  • Microsoft sues over Google hire

    Opening a new chapter in its rivalry with Google, Microsoft on Tuesday sued the search giant and a former Microsoft executive that Google had tapped to run its China operations.

  • Google taps legal muscle for Microsoft case

    In its fight with Microsoft over an executive's defection, Google has enlisted attorneys from a small but high-powered law firm.

  • Google's ex-Microsoft exec can recruit in China

    A former Microsoft executive can immediately begin recruiting staff for a Google development centre in China, rather than waiting until after a January trial, a Washington state judge ruled on Tuesday.

  • Court docs: Ballmer vowed to 'kill' Google

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer vowed to 'kill' Google in an expletive-laced, chair-throwing tirade when a senior engineer told him he was leaving the company to go work for Google, the engineer claimed in court documents made public on Friday.

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  • Google hiring like it's 1999

    The search giant is on a hiring tear. In its most recent quarter, which ended Sept. 30, Google added 800 employees, bringing its global work force to 4,989. That's more than triple the total from just two years ago.

  • Microsoft's nightmare inches closer to reality

    Ten years ago, Microsoft executives worried that an Internet platform could threaten Windows. The nightmare now has a name: Google.

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