Google Rocks Q2 Earnings

Google continued its redemption path after 2005's year-end earnings miss by exceeding analyst expectations for a second straight quarter. "Exceed" is a mild term. A $2.46 billion quarter is a bit beyond "exceed."

Feds’ Online Gambling Sting Gets ‘Ridiculous’

The US Justice Department is making clear that only certain types of gambling are okay online and there's no exception for advertising agencies running campaigns for offshore sports betting companies. The penalty for running that campaign: a charge of racketeering and up to 20 years in prison.

Sonasoft Experiences Record Growth

Business is booming for Sonasoft, a San Jose-based company specializing in backup, recovery, and replication software. According to the latest press release, both revenue and customer installations grew by 200 percent in the first half of 2006.