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Mozilla renews Google agreement for default search in Firefox
- Mozilla has just announced it is renewing its search partnership with Google for another three years, putting to rest concerns that the non-profit organization could lose its primary source of revenue.
Google Zeitgeist: What the world searched for in 2011
- Google has released Zeitgeist 2011, a year-end look at the most popular search terms throughout the year. The 11th annual report analyzes the hottest and fastest rising queries in a variety of categories across the world.
Google adds graphing calculator to search results
- Math lovers unite. In recent blog post, Google announced it has rolled out a new graphing feature for plotting your favorite mathematical functions. The company claims the feature can handle an "extensive range of single variable functions including trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic…
Google search on the iPad vs. your desktop web browser
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We know for a fact tablets are selling like hotcakes, or at the very least iPads and Kindle Fires are. The form factor is still relatively new and software is barely scratching the surface of its potential, or so we are lead to believe.
Judge OKs private domain seizures, orders search engine filtering
- Chanel, a luxury goods company, has gone after roughly 700 websites thought to be selling counterfeit, Chanel-branded goods. As a result, a federal judge in Nevada has given the company authority to seize domains and has ordered search engines and…
Microsoft considers acquiring a minor stake in Yahoo
- It seems Microsoft's interest in owning Yahoo -- or at least part of it -- hasn't waned. According to multiple reports, the company has signed a confidentiality agreement with Yahoo, allowing it to take a closer look at the struggling…
Microsoft purchases video search engine firm, VideoSurf
- Microsoft has announced the purchase of California based start-up VideoSurf, a company specializing in video search software, in a move that will eventually see the technology make its way to Xbox Live.
First look at Microsoft's 'social search' project Socl
- Back in July Microsoft accidentally revealed an internal test version of a social search service named "Tulalip" -- reportedly after a group of Native American tribes. The non-functioning site was hosted at socl.com and promised a new way to "Find…
Google algorithm updated for fresher results
- In addition to updating the look of its core products such as Gmail, Docs and Reader, Google has improved the secret sauce of its staple search product to include a revamped freshness algorithm. The changes are said to affect roughly…
Easter egg: Google does a barrel roll
- This recently discovered Easter egg in Google's search engine produces both an amusing and surprising result. If you have not seen it for yourself yet, go to Google and type "do a barrel roll" (without the quotes, it will not…
MC Hammer to launch search engine called WireDoo
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Former rapper MC Hammer is planning to launch a search engine that he believes will rival Google and Bing. WireDoo was announced at O’Reilly Media’s Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco earlier this week with a goal to improve...
Microsoft outlines Windows 8 search improvements
- Microsoft has detailed some of the improvements they have made to search functions in Windows 8. Program manager for the search, view and command user experience team Brian Uphoff authored the post on Microsoft’s Building Windows 8 blog which focuses…
Google search gets default SSL security for signed-in users
- Google is expanding the use of SSL encryption on its web properties by making it the default for logged-in Google users searching from the company's homepage. In the coming weeks, logged-in users browsing to google.com will be redirected to https://google.com…
Bing has cost Microsoft $5.5 billion since 2009
- Despite making some gains in market share, Bing, Microsoft's two-year old search engine is losing nearly a $1 billion a quarter and shows no sign of letting up. This according to a CNN Money article, which estimates the company has…
Google Flight Search comparison engine cleared for takeoff
- Google has launched a new flight search service designed to compete with the likes of Expedia, Kayak and Travelocity to help consumers find and compare airfare rates. Google Flight Search is the offspring of the company’s acquisition of ITA Software,…
Google search blocks 11 million .co.cc websites to fight malware
- Google has blocked all .co.cc websites from its search results because the domain has been found to be too "spammy." The .cc top-level domain, which belongs to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and regular .cc websites are unaffected by Google's changes,…
Researchers develop rules to improve BitTorrent download speeds
- Researchers at Delft University of Technology are proposing a new set of rules that significantly improve BitTorrent download speeds. The Tribler project has put together a new Superior Seeding Standard, inspired by the ratio-enforcement policies at private tracker communities.
Google releases Voice Search, Google Goggles, Search by Image
- Google has announced it is bringing its speech recognition and computer vision technology to the desktop. The company also revealed the next step for Google Instant: Instant Pages.
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