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Steve Jobs Told Eric Schmidt To Stop Stealing Employees

11:30AM January 30, 2012 | Adrian Covert

Remember that civil lawsuit looming over the heads of some of the top Silicon Valley companies for conspiring not to poach each other’s employees? The latest juicy tidbit to leak from that involves Steve Jobs sending Eric Schmidt an email demanding that Google stop stealing. More »

Computing

Google To Release iPad 3 Rival Within Six Months

12:52AM December 28, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Good news, fandroids! Steve Jobs’ best friend Eric Schmidt says that Google is readying its own high-powered tablet to compete with the iPad 3. This Nexus tablet was rumored back in 2010, but he says it’s now only six months away. More »

Entertainment

Eric Schmidt: Google TV Will Come With ‘Majority’ Of TVs Next Year

5:15AM December 9, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has proclaimed that his floundering Google TV will be built into most TVs by mid 2012. Bullshit. More »

News

Google Buys More Than One Company Every Week

3:20AM December 8, 2011 | Sam Biddle

There are plenty of very smart people at Google, but sometimes it’s easier to just buy smart things that other smart people are doing. Especially when you’ve got that much money. The Google Way. More »

Online

Google’s Eric Schmidt Is Scared Of Siri

5:00AM November 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Maybe it’s just a bit of false modesty, but chairman Eric Schmidt told a US Senate subcommittee recently that he believes Apple’s Siri technology poses a threat to Google in the search market. More »

Mobile

Eric Schmidt Swears Google Won’t ‘Screw Up’ Android

3:07AM October 4, 2011 | Brent Rose

Everybody freaked out when Google bought Motorola Mobility for $US12.5 billion, because they thought that was the end of Android’s openness, and Motorola would get the love of the favourite child. Google’s Chairman just put the official kibosh on that. More »

News

Does Google Deserve An Antitrust Arse-Kicking?

3:00AM September 22, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Today, Google’s going to be grilled, chopped and fried before US Congress, which is digging into the search giant over accusations of anticompetitive mischief. There are two possibilities here: Google’s breaking the law, or it’s a victim of its own success. More »

Mobile

Eric Schmidt Confirms Ice Cream Sandwich Release Rumours

6:46AM September 8, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Eric Schmidt was at some conference for enterprise business stiffs talking about nonsense involving incentivising vendors to increase marketshare or something. But he let a juicy bit of info slip: Ice Cream Sandwich is coming in October or November. More »

News

Eric Schmidt: Samsung And Apple Sue Because They Can’t Be Us

11:11PM July 19, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Sassy Eric Schmidt stays sassy. This time? Pinning the ongoing Samsung versus Apple versus HTC patent shit fit ad infinitum on a lack of talent. More »

Online

Eric Schmidt Says He ‘Screwed Up’ Social Networking At Google

7:20PM June 1, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

It’s not often an exec is this honest about his/her own faults, but Google’s Eric Schmidt admitted that not only did he “clearly knew I had to do something and I failed to do it”, but that he “screwed up” when it came to social networking. More »