Google has provided users with some of the most useful tools on the Web and continues to lead innovation in all aspects of the Internet from storage to search.

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But playing ball with the open source community can lead companies into a tangled web of licensing issues, some of which may be irreconcilable with the agenda of a for-profit company like Apple.

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Limited partners, listed on the firms Web site, include the endowments of Harvard (the lead investor from the get-go), Stanford, and the University of Michigan.

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In fact, our data show that fully networked enterprises are not only more likely to be market leaders or to be gaining market share but also use management practices that lead to margins higher than those of companies using the Web in more limited ways.

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The plot of the Web search industry indicated that superior technical capability would naturally lead to market dominance.

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And by the time the economy has recovered, analysts watching the search market say the downturn may have only helped Google tighten its already dominant lead in search marketing, the largest--and still growing--category of the Web ads.

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For a list of companies that provide lead-free products, visit the Center for Environmental Health's Web site.

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Your Web site is winning awards, and you lead the league in a crucial metric of the late millennium: nose rings per IT department.

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