Can Google News Be Fixed?
Can Google News Be Fixed? Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:37:00 -0800 Dan Lyons, perhaps better known to residents of Cringeville as the evil genius behind the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs blog, has a curious piece in the current issue of Newsweek talking about the rivalry between Google and Microsoft. It’s curious, because Lyons — who usually seems like a pretty sharp guy — doesn’t seem to understand how Google News works. Among other things, he writes about Microsoft’s alleged attempt to bribe Rupert Murdoch into letting Bing index his empire of right-wing sites, while leaving Google out in the cold. It’s easy to see why Murdoch might like Ballmer’s proposal. Murdoch has been grumbling for a while no