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ANALYSIS

Google Set to
Add Microblog Search

But unlike Twitter's
own search, it will strive for relevance

Jun 15, 09 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Evidence suggests that Google will soon introduce a “MicroBlogsearch” feature, indexing and searching Twitter and its imitators, Ars Technica reports. Google-watchers noticed a reference to the new feature hidden in Google’s translation service. Unlike Twitter’s own search, which seeks out any and all tweets containing the search... More »

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Google • search engine • Twitter • microblogging

550 Facebookers Per
Second Vie for New URLs

Members claimed vanity addresses at more than 550 a second

Jun 13, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook’s offer of personalized URLs drew 500,000 members in 15 minutes after midnight today, Bloomberg reports. “We saw higher than usual traffic,” said a spokesman. “Planning allowed us to handle that traffic well.” The feature, designed to make Google searches easier, allows the site’... More »

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social networking • Google • Internet • Facebook • URL

ANALYSIS

Va. Primary Upset Shows 'Google Blasting' Works


Jun 12, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Creigh Deeds owes a debt to Google after his surprising come-from-behind win in this week's Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary. Starting the day before the election, Derek Thompson writes for the Atlantic, Deeds’ campaign employed “Google Blasting, an eleventh-hour strategy to blanket Google-affiliated webpages in an area with a... More »

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Google • Internet • primary • Virginia • political advertising • governor • Creigh Deeds • Google Blast

 Google 
 Dumps 
 Disney Trip 
 to Save Bucks 

Employees' annual outing canceled after round of job cuts

Jun 12, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - There may be some tears and tantrums at Google's normally happy headquarters this week, the Telegraph reports. The company, rated one of the world's best to work for thanks to its generous perks, has canceled the annual company-wide trip to Disneyland. Insiders say executives decided the trip was too extravagant... More »

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Google • layoffs • Disneyland • employees

Feds Step Up Antitrust Probe of Google Books Deal

Antitrust investigation focuses on Google's settlement with publishers

Jun 10, 09 2:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Justice Department investigators have intensified their probe into a deal Google made with publishers last year to put millions of books online, the Wall Street Journal reports. Publishers have been formally asked to provide information relating to the deal, which critics charge violates antitrust laws by giving Google an effective... More »

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Google • antitrust • copyright • Google Book Search • Authors Guild • Federal Trade Commission

OPINION

 Microsoft Blows It 
 With Bizarre Bing Ads 

Blame Google for the collapse of global financial architecture

Jun 9, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft is thrashing Google in new TV spots for its "decision engine" Bing—understandably, since from Microsoft's perspective their rival is single-handedly responsible for the global financial crisis. "While everyone was searching, there was bailing," says an announcer, as images of fleeting Internet memes give way... More »

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Google • Microsoft • advertising • search engine marketing • search engine • Steve Ballmer • TV advertising • Bing

(Newser) - A Stanford computer science professor who mentored Google's founders has drowned in his swimming pool, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Rajeev Motwani, 47, who could not swim, drowned at his Atherton, Calif., home, leaving a wife, two daughters, and many admirers in Silicon Valley. “It's a rare combination... More »

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Google • Stanford • Sergey Brin • India • death • drowning • data mining • professor

(Newser) - European Union regulators are taking yet another shot at Microsoft, and this time they’re hoping to do more than fine the software giant, the Wall Street Journal reports. Their latest strategy: forcing Microsoft to bundle alternative web browsers with Windows, thereby diluting Internet Explorer’s inherent advantage. They... More »

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Google • Microsoft • European Union • web browser • Internet Explorer • antitrust • Google Chrome

 Microsoft's New 
 Search Engine: Bing 

'Decision engine' gives users more control over results

May 28, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft wants “Bing” to replace “Google” as your verb of choice for Internet search, PC World reports, with CEO Steve Ballmer unveiling the search engine today at a conference in California. Bing—already available for a test run—will be fully rolled out by Wednesday. The runner-up... More »

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technology • Google • Internet • Microsoft • search engine • Steve Ballmer • Microsoft Live Search • Jay-ZTV • Bing

Time Warner Set to Spin Off AOL by Year's End

Division to go public by year's end

May 28, 09 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Time Warner plans to to shed its AOL division by the end of the year, the company said today, spinning it off into a publicly traded firm, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many predicted the move when Time Warner tapped Google ad exec Tim Armstrong as AOL’s CEO,... More »

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Google • Time Warner • AOL • mergers and acquisitions • Jeff Bewkes • spin-off

(Newser) - Could Google be SkyNet from the Terminator movies? Chris Dannen sees a resemblance, he writes for Fast Company. Heck, Google might be worse; SkyNet didn’t take over until 2029, but Google managed it by 2009. “Sure, one uses a giant Web crawler to index pages,” Dannen... More »

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Google • Terminator Salvation

 Take Me Off  
 Google 
 Street View: 
 McCartney 

Ex-Beatle's home removed after complaint

May 22, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Add Paul McCartney to the list of people who are freaked out by Google Street View. The Internet giant removed the former Beatle’s multimillion-dollar London abode after his security team complained, the Sun reports. “He was unsettled when he heard Google users could get a 360-degree view of... More »

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entertainment • Google • Paul McCartney • Google Earth • Street View • celebrity

 Google Earth Helps Amateur 
 Spies Map North Korea

Annotated map exposes graves, nuke facilities—and swimming pools

May 22, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spying on North Korea would seem to be a job for intelligence services, but one PhD student at George Mason University has exposed many of the secrets of the insular regime from his home computer. Piecing together clues from news reports, photos, and eyewitnesses, Curtis Melvin and colleagues have annotated... More »

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North Korea • Google • Internet • Google Earth • map • foreign intelligence

 Porn Spammers Hit YouTube 


May 21, 09 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube removed hundreds of pornographic videos posted to the site today in a coordinated attack, the BBC reports. The offending files, uploaded under names such as the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana, started innocently enough before turning graphic. “I'm 12 years old and what is this?” went a comment... More »

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Google • Internet • YouTube • pornography • hackers • 4Chan

 Google Drops Plans to 
 Save Struggling Papers 

CEO says company won't cross the line into creating content

May 21, 09 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google has decided against  throwing struggling newspapers a lifeline through acquisition or by using its charitable arm to help them gain non-profit status, CEO Eric Schmidt tells the Financial Times. Schmidt said the company considered the idea, but decided that Google didn't want to cross the line between technology... More »

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Google • newspaper • New York Times • online advertising • Eric Schmidt • newspaper industry

(Newser) - Google is dealing with the departures of several prized employees the way it deals with nearly everything: with an algorithm. The search giant has a mathematical formula it says will identify which employees are at risk of jumping ship, the Wall Street Journal reports. The formula has already spotted... More »

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Google • algorithms • employees

Tech review

 'Google Killer' Search Site 
 Clever, but Not Killer 

WolframAlpha analyzes existing data to answer questions

May 18, 09 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The search engine some are calling a “Google Killer” launched Friday, and tech critics see potential—though the science-heavy searcher is no replacement for Google, notes Mike Harvey in the Times of London.
  • WolframAlpha “takes serious scientific data and produces answers that simply don't exist as easily
... More »

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Google • search engine • tech review • Wolfram Alpha • Jay-ZTV

 Google Suffers Global Hiccup

For 2 hours, most services were unavailable

May 14, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google was down for nearly 2 hours earlier today in a mysterious and widespread outage, PC World reports. Services from the home search page to Gmail, YouTube, Maps, and News were unavailable to users in the US and as far away as China. The glitch—quickly dubbed #googlefail on Twitter—... More »

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technology • Google • Internet • AT&T • Twitter • failure • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Google won’t buy the New York Times, but the companies are discussing novel ways the search giant can help the newspaper stay afloat, the Business Insider reports. Sources say one idea is for Google to split advertising revenue it takes from sites hosting Times content with the paper. Another,... More »

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Google • Internet • search engine • ad revenue • New York Times Company • newspaper industry • Jay-ZTV

Tech Review

Real-Time Search vs. Google: Both Win


May 13, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Real-time search is all the rage these days. But which engine is best, and how does the flavor of the month stack up against plain ol’ Google? MG Siegler of TechCrunch set out to find out, searching a batch of engines for a recent occurrence: the damage the space shuttle... More »

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Google • search engine • Twitter • tech review • Jay-ZTV

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