http://www.mail.com/people/14624-eric-schmidt.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/14624-eric-schmidt.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2136150-club-rich-powerful-meet-secret-london.html LONDON (AP) — It's a busy weekend at the luxury Grove Hotel, favored haunt of British soccer players and their glitz-loving spouses. More than 100 of the world's most powerful people are at the former manor house near London for a secretive annual gathering that has attained legendary status in the eyes of anti-capitalist protesters and conspiracy theorists. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:24:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2136150-club-rich-powerful-meet-secret-london.html 2013-06-07T12:24:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2127798-silicon-valley-front-global-cyber-war.html SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Barack Obama will talk cyber-security this week in California, but experts say the state's Silicon Valley and its signature high-tech firms should provide the front lines in the increasingly aggressive fight against overseas hackers. With China seeking to grow its economy and ex... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:13:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2127798-silicon-valley-front-global-cyber-war.html 2013-06-04T14:13:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086386-googles-products-dig-deeper-peoples-lives.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco Wednesday for the opening day of Google's annual showcase for its latest brea... Thu, 16 May 2013 01:30:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086386-googles-products-dig-deeper-peoples-lives.html 2013-05-16T01:30:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085374-google-ceo-discloses-rare-vocal-cord-problem.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google CEO Larry Page has disclosed a problem with his vocal cords that makes it difficult for him to speak and breathe occasionally, but he says he remains fit enough to keep running the Internet's most influential company. The explanation that Page posted Tuesday on his Google Plus profile cleared up a mystery hanging over him since... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:40:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2085374-google-ceo-discloses-rare-vocal-cord-problem.html 2013-05-14T21:40:51Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2057704-youtube-battle-with-tv.html NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube vs. TV? YouTube says the battle — if there ever was one — is over. In a flashy presentation to advertisers Wednesday night, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt declined to forecast that Internet video will displace television watching. Instead he declared: "That's already happened." Schmidt said "the future i... Thu, 02 May 2013 14:18:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2057704-youtube-battle-with-tv.html 2013-05-02T14:18:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2042994-google-pays-ceo-buck-4-execs-124m.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google CEO Larry Page and his longtime partner Sergey Brin limited their salaries to $1 apiece last year, while four other top executives received combined compensation packages totaling more than $124 million. The breakdown disclosed in a regulatory filing Wednesday consisted mostly of stock awards that could ultimately be worth more... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:03:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2042994-google-pays-ceo-buck-4-execs-124m.html 2013-04-25T00:03:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2035292-google-ceo-shares-vision-tech-treatise.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Some illuminating books already have been written about Google's catalytic role in a technological upheaval that is redefining the way people work, play, learn, shop and communicate. Until now, though, there hasn't been a book providing an unfiltered look from inside Google's brain trust. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, who sp... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:23:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2035292-google-ceo-shares-vision-tech-treatise.html 2013-04-21T20:23:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2013096-facebooks-zuckerberg-launches-political-group.html NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Silicon Valley leaders have formally launched a political group aimed at revamping immigration policy, boosting education and encouraging investment in scientific research. Zuckerberg announced the formation of Fwd.us (pronounced "forward us") in an op-ed article in The Washington Post late Wednesday ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:11:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2013096-facebooks-zuckerberg-launches-political-group.html 2013-04-11T20:11:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2001516-judge-deals-blow-to-high-tech-workers-lawsuit.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday struck down an effort to form a class action lawsuit to go after Apple, Google and five other technology companies for allegedly forming an illegal cartel to tamp down workers' wages and prevent the loss of their best engineers during a multiyear conspiracy broken up by government regulators. U.S. District Ju... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:04:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2001516-judge-deals-blow-to-high-tech-workers-lawsuit.html 2013-04-05T23:04:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1971956-google-exec-urges-myanmar-to-embrace-free-speech.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Friday urged Myanmar's government to allow private businesses to develop the country's woeful telecommunications infrastructure, emphasizing the importance of competition and free speech. "Try to keep the government out of regulating the internet," he said to a round of applause from a group... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:02:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1971956-google-exec-urges-myanmar-to-embrace-free-speech.html 2013-03-22T07:02:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1950644-obama-to-group-activate-people-agenda.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Reuniting with supporters and top-tier donors who fueled his re-election victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday told a grass-roots group springing out of his campaign that they can play an equally powerful role in helping his ambitious second-term agenda come to fruition. Addressing the fledgling group Organizing for Action for the... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:25:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1950644-obama-to-group-activate-people-agenda.html 2013-03-14T00:25:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1950052-google-paying-bonuses-totaling-15m-to-4-top-execs.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is paying nearly $15 million in bonuses to four of the Internet search company's top executives for their performances last year. Documents filed Tuesday disclosed Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will get the biggest award at $6 million to supplement his estimated fortune of $8 billion. Schmidt served as Google Inc.'s CEO for a... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:19:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1950052-google-paying-bonuses-totaling-15m-to-4-top-execs.html 2013-03-12T22:19:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1932340-nkorea-vows-to-cancel-53-korean-war-cease-fire.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's military is vowing to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War, straining already frayed ties between Washington and Pyongyang as the United Nations moves to impose punishing sanctions over the North's recent nuclear test. Without elaborating, the Korean People's Army Supreme Command boasted of having "l... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:18:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1932340-nkorea-vows-to-cancel-53-korean-war-cease-fire.html 2013-03-06T03:18:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1928296-dennis-rodman-nkorea-leader-wants-obama-to-call.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Call me? Maybe? North Korea's young leader has riled the U.S. with recent nuclear tests, but Kim Jong Un doesn't really want war with the superpower, just a call from President Barack Obama to chat about their shared love of basketball, according to ersatz diplomat Dennis Rodman, the ex-NBA star just back from an improbable visit to the ... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:26:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1928296-dennis-rodman-nkorea-leader-wants-obama-to-call.html 2013-03-03T20:26:51Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1924316-leaving-nkorea-rodman-calls-kims-great-leaders.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Ending his unexpected round of basketball diplomacy in North Korea on Friday, ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman called leader Kim Jong Un an "awesome guy" and said his father and grandfather were "great leaders" — an assessment that got short shrift from the U.S. government. Rodman, the highest-profile American to meet Kim since he i... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:47:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1924316-leaving-nkorea-rodman-calls-kims-great-leaders.html 2013-03-02T03:47:56Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1921472-rodman-tells-kim-jong-un-friend-life.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman hung out with North Korea's Kim Jong Un during his improbable journey to Pyongyang, watching the Harlem Globetrotters with the leader and later drinking and dining on sushi with him. "You have a friend for life," Rodman told Kim before a crowd of thousands Thursday at a gymnasium where they sat side by s... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:23:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1921472-rodman-tells-kim-jong-un-friend-life.html 2013-03-01T01:23:58Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1915558-dennis-rodman-worms-way-north-korea.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style — tattoos, nose studs and all — to the country with possibly the world's strictest dress code: North Korea. Arriving in Pyongyang, the American athlete and showman known as "The Worm" became an unlikely ambassador for sports diplomacy at a time o... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:47:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1915558-dennis-rodman-worms-way-north-korea.html 2013-02-27T00:47:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1907514-nkorea-to-allow-mobile-internet-foreigners.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea will soon allow foreigners to tweet, Skype and surf the Internet from their cellphones, iPads and other mobile devices in its second relaxation of controls on communications in recent weeks. However, North Korean citizens will not have access to the mobile Internet service to be offered by provider Koryolink within the next week. ... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1907514-nkorea-to-allow-mobile-internet-foreigners.html 2013-02-22T11:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1900760-renewed-fervor-google-lifts-stock-800.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's stock price topped $800 for the first time Tuesday amid renewed confidence in the company's ability to reap higher profits from its dominance of Internet search and prominence in the growing mobile market. The milestone comes more than five years after Google's shares initially hit $700. Not long after breaking that barrier i... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:03:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1900760-renewed-fervor-google-lifts-stock-800.html 2013-02-19T22:03:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1878854-google-chairman-to-sell-up-to-32-shares.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With Google's stock hovering at record highs, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt plans to sell more than 40 percent of his stock in the Internet search leader this year. The plan disclosed Friday calls for Schmidt to sell up to 3.2 million shares. If he were to sell all that stock at Google's current price, Schmidt would realize a $2.5 b... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1878854-google-chairman-to-sell-up-to-32-shares.html 2013-02-08T22:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1862634-google-to-set-up-82m-fund-french-publishers.html PARIS (AP) — Google will help French news organizations increase their online advertising revenue and also set up a €60 million ($82 million) fund to finance digital publishing innovation, settling a dispute over whether the Internet giant should pay to display news content in its search results. The agreement, announced Friday by the French government an... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1862634-google-to-set-up-82m-fund-french-publishers.html 2013-02-01T20:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1834688-nkorea-eases-rules-visitors-bring-cellphones.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea is loosening some restrictions on foreign cellphones by allowing visitors to bring their own phones into the country. However, security regulations still prohibit mobile phone calls between foreigners and locals. For years, North Korea required visitors to relinquish foreign cellphones at the border until their de... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1834688-nkorea-eases-rules-visitors-bring-cellphones.html 2013-01-21T23:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810764-schmidt-joins-elite-to-glimpse-net-nkorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Google chairman Eric Schmidt's glimpse of the Web being used at a top university in Pyongyang makes him part of a tiny elite that has seen the Internet in North Korea. His four day visit to the North was a golden propaganda opportunity for North Korean officials striving to give one of the world's most closed societies a modern, ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810764-schmidt-joins-elite-to-glimpse-net-nkorea.html 2013-01-10T09:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807940-googles-schmidt-urges-internet-openness-nkorea.html BEIJING (AP) — Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Thursday it's up to North Korea to shed its self-imposed isolation and allow its citizens to use the Internet and connect with the outside world, or risk remaining way behind other countries. Schmidt was returning from a private trip to North Korea with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807940-googles-schmidt-urges-internet-openness-nkorea.html 2013-01-10T09:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1803610-debate-erupts-france-blocking-online-ads.html PARIS (AP) — France's Digital Economy minister said Monday she persuaded a top Internet access provider to stop its controversial policy of blocking online advertisements — a move widely seen as an attack against Google but which has also struck fear among bloggers and online publishers. Fleur Pellerin met with leading online publishers, advertising gurus... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1803610-debate-erupts-france-blocking-online-ads.html 2013-01-07T15:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1801076-analysis-us-irked-google-chiefs-nkorea-plans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom who's decided to engage with one of the most intensely censored countries. The administration is wary for a reason. It fears that Schmidt's trip could give a boost to North Korea's youn... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1801076-analysis-us-irked-google-chiefs-nkorea-plans.html 2013-01-05T14:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1799432-richardson-nkorea-trip-private-humanitarian.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says the State Department should not be nervous about a visit he's making to North Korea with Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt. The State Department has advised against his making the trip. But Richardson says he doesn't work for the U.S. government. Richardson said Friday he's concerned ab... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1799432-richardson-nkorea-trip-private-humanitarian.html 2013-01-04T11:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1797334-google-chairman-heading-to-north-korea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When he lands in North Korea, even Google's executive chairman will likely have to relinquish his smartphone, leaving him disconnected from the global information network he helped build. Eric Schmidt is a staunch advocate of global Internet access and the power of Internet connectivity in lifting people out of poverty and politi... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1797334-google-chairman-heading-to-north-korea.html 2013-01-03T18:58:00Z