Microsoft Challenges Google On Web Services

Bill Gates gave demonstrations of Windows Live and Office Live to journalists in San Francisco today, as the 30-year-old software company tries to show it isn't quite ready to be pushed aside by Google.

Google To Sell Over $6 Billion In Ads

After it outsells every newspaper, magazine, and TV network in advertising this year, one analyst thinks revenue could hit $9.5 billion next year. Sparse home page. Major ad revenue.