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There is no better illustration of Google's corporate immorality and avarice for personal, private information than Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt's latest announcement about where he wants to take the company. He told journalists in London the company's goal is to maximize the personal information it holds on you. "The goal is to enable Google users to be able to ask the question such as 'What shall I do tomorrow?' and 'What job shall I take?'" I don't know about you, but I don't want any private or public entity to have that kind of private, personal information about me....

Excerpt - CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) -- Apple Computer Inc. said Tuesday that Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt is joining its board, adding another well-known name to the list of high-profile directors who oversee the management of the company behind the iPod portable player and Macintosh computer. Schmidt has become a multibillionaire and emerged as one of high technology's best-known leaders since Google named him chief executive in 2002. He becomes the eighth member of Apple's board, which already consists of several prominent members. ~ snip ~

   

This story isn't over. Oh, sure, the predictable part is over: Google has apparently lifted its threatened yearlong boycott of all CNET news reporters after little more than two months, as Google CEO Eric Schmidt granted an interview last week to CNET News.com reporter Elinor Mills. She is the same writer who triggered the ruckus by Googling Schmidt and publishing the results - including Schmidt's approximate net worth, his recent sales of Google stock and a link to a document that included the executive's home address - to help illustrate a story about Google-related privacy issues. Google's public relations department...

Miffed after personal info disclosed, including CEO's support for Al Gore. Anyone who has used the popular search engine Google knows how easy it is to collect information on virtually any subject, but the company is apparently not happy about being "Googled" by a reporter getting information about a company executive. The search engine is now giving the silent treatment to CNET News, after an article featured facts about company CEO Eric Schmidt, facts that were gleaned from using Google. It started last month when CNET News reporter Elinor Mills used the search engine to find out data about Schmidt,...

Content 'unacceptable' despite search giant's 'Hate Bush' themes © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com A conservative book publisher says the search engine giant Google rejected his ad for a book critical of Bill and Hillary Clinton while continuing to accept anti-Bush themes. Eric Jackson, CEO of World Ahead, said his ads for "Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine" were rejected, without futher explanation, due to "unacceptable content." Jackson says Google's online ad guidelines make no mention of political content being disallowed. He points out that while ads for the anti-Clinton book -- which featured images of the book's cover and...