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Google quietly adds conversational search to Chrome 27
- Google demonstrated conversational voice search last week at the I/O conference, and now, the company has rolled the exciting new feature out to Chrome browsers on desktop. Users looking for the alternate method of searching will have to update to version…
Google Now finally arrives on the iPhone and iPad
- It’s been a long time coming but Google has finally brought its Google Now service to the iPhone and iPad. Arguably a more comprehensive alternative to Apple’s Siri, the personal assistant feature uses a natural language user interface to answer…
Google Now could be headed to Google's homepage on desktops
- Google Now was first introduced last year as part of the Jelly Bean version of Android. Generally regarded as a more comprehensive alternative to Apple’s Siri, the popular personal assistant feature was largely expected to hit iOS devices and Chrome…
PlusD is Wikileaks' searchable archive of U.S. classified documents
- Wikileaks has unveiled a newly searchable archive dubbed the "Public LIbrary of U.S. Diplomacy" or otherwise known as PlusD. The whistle-blowing organization hopes its efforts to sort, tag and analyze an enormous collection of more than two million U.S. documents…
Windows Blue to be named Windows 8.1, improves Windows search
- Microsoft is expected to discuss and possibly even release a public preview version of Windows Blue at its Build developer conference in San Francisco this June. But thanks to a couple of leaks we already have some ideas about what…
Google quietly acquires object recognition startup DNNresearch
- Google has acquired a small Canadian research company called DNNresearch. The three-person startup, specializing in object recognition, was founded within the University of Toronto’s computer science department according to Techvibes.
Microsoft enables China to spy on Skype users via keyword triggers
- University of New Mexico student Jeffrey Knockel claims to have revealed an encrypted list of 1,100+ keywords within China's Skype client, TOM-Skype. This list, containing words like "BBC" and phrases like "Democratic Unionist Party", are suspected to be used for…
Windows Blue to feature IE11, Bing search, public summer preview
- Windows Blue, according to anonymous sources in touch with The Verge, is being targeted for an "aggressive" summer launch. The news outlet notes that Windows Blue just passed its "Milestone 1" build and says Win8China reported the first public preview…
Research shows computers make better medical decisions than doctors
- By making computers "think like a doctor", researchers at Indiana University claim their contextual "artificial intelligence" framework can one-up living medical professionals in terms of both cost and accuracy. Researchers indicate their approach could cut costs by more than half…
Majority of US citizens want search engines to block pirated content
- The decision as to whether or not to block pirated movies and music from search results has been raging on for some time now. It is believed that Google received some 50 million link removal requests in 2012 – led…
Facebook goes into search, Graph Search debuts in beta
- Facebook being Facebook, it's no surprise we hear a variety of rumors regarding the company's future plans, especially more so since it became a public company last year. Two in particular: Facebook competing directly against Google in search and the…
AVG and Yahoo enter into agreement to protect you from malware
- There used to be a time where one would only run the risk of contracting malware by installing questionable software on their computer. Those days are of course long behind us as it’s now possible to pick up an infection…
Google updates image search algorithm, makes it harder to find porn
- Google has implemented a new image search algorithm that now makes it much more difficult to find pornographic photos using the popular search engine, even with SafeSearch disabled. Google claims they are not censoring any adult content but there are…
Google Zeitgeist reveals the top global searches of 2012
- Yesterday we shined the spotlight on some of the top tweets and trends on Twitter in the first of what is likely to be several Year in Review posts. Today Google released their 2012 Zeitgeist which highlights the year’s top…
Google tries to understand what you want to search for but never do
- Google is pretty much the go-to search engine for most people. They’ve done a fantastic job at narrowing down exactly what you are looking for based on your query (most of the time, anyway) but what about the things you…
Google hires thousands of humans to rank search results manually
- Anyone who thinks Google's results are solely the product of fancy-pants algorithms and clever engineering -- think again. The Register has taken a look into Google's 160-page guidebook which is essentially a reference manual for human "raters" -- yep, that's…
Rumor: Yahoo discussing search alliance with Facebook
- Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg are reportedly in talks about how the two companies can work more closely together. The Telegraph notes the two have already collaborated on a number of small projects, and recently agreed…
Google rolls out 'simpler, cleaner' search results page
- Google has unveiled a new design for its search results page that gives more real estate to its Knowledge Graph results and makes the look and feel on desktop computers consistent with those on smartphones and tablets. In a nutshell,…
Editorial: Has Windows Search Got Any Better Over The Years? Hint: It Hasn't
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Last weekend I was feeling a bit nostalgic and fired up Windows 2000 on my home computer. Win2k has a special place in my heart. Sadly, due to planned obsolescence it's no longer possible to use this fantastic operating system with the latest software available.
Be that as it may, what annoys me even more are the "improvements" made to Windows search through the years. The search box in Windows 2000 is very powerful, there are no cute animations and there are no exclusions. It's just no-nonsense search, as you would expect it to be. I'm afraid to say, Windows search has got worse, and not better over the years, 8 included.
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