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• Google exec rebuffs Microsoft's claims

  Kai-Fu Lee, whose hiring by Google prompted a lawsuit by former employer Microsoft, has denied the software giant's claims about his role in its business.

• Judge sets date for Microsoft exec ruling

  A Washington state court judge said he would issue a ruling Tuesday in the US on whether former Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee will be allowed to immediately begin setting up a China development center for Google.

• Judge to consider throwing out Google suit

  The next round in the legal battle between Google and Microsoft over former Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee could take place October 14 - unless the companies settle their dispute first.

• Gmail threatened by UK lawsuit

  A UK company is considering filing a lawsuit against Google over its use of the Gmail name.

• Google asks court to void Lee's Microsoft pact

  Google has asked a federal judge in California to rule that Kai-Fu Lee's contract with Microsoft is unenforceable and that the researcher should be allowed to join Google unfettered by the terms of his employment deal.

• 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.

• Microsoft moves goalposts in Google battle

  In a likely effort to remove local bias in favour of Google, Microsoft is attempting to shift Google's countersuit in the Kai-Fu Lee case from a California court to federal court.

• 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.

• Day two: Microsoft-Google courtroom showdown

  Former Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee told a judge in Seattle on Wednesday that he was being honest but not necessarily providing a complete answer when asked by Microsoft officials in June whether he planned to rejoin the software giant after a sabbatical.

• Google: Microsoft suit could crimp China efforts

  Losing the services of Kai-Fu Lee for the rest of this year would have a profound effect on Google's recruiting efforts in China, the search engine company has argued in its legal battle with Microsoft.

• Judge grants Microsoft request in Google case

  A judge has temporarily barred a former Microsoft executive hired by Google from performing any duties at the search giant similar to those he performed at Microsoft.

• 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.

• Courtroom showdown for Microsoft and Google

  Attorneys for Microsoft and Google faced off before a state court judge in Seattle on Tuesday, arguing whether former Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee should be allowed to start work for the search company before a trial determines whether he violated a noncompete contract.

• Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft

  Google's one-of-a-kind computer network gives it a chance to surpass Microsoft to become the most dominant company in tech, according to the author of a recently published book on the search giant.

• Microsoft Web plan takes aim at Google

  Microsoft plans to open access to MSN and its other public Web sites to let developers assemble new applications that build on those sites -- a technique used successfully at Google and other Web companies to promote their properties.

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