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October 8, 2008 2:47:35 AM CDT


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  • July 2008
    • Ex-Google Employees Launch Search Rival

      Ex-Google Employees Launch Search Rival

      (Newser) - Google might want to watch its back—a husband-and-wife team that helped build some of its most important code are getting the search game, the New York Times reports. Anna Patterson and Tom Costello think Cuil—pronounced “cool”—will rival the industry leader. “I think it will be better,” says Costello. “But there is no question that the public has to decide.” More »

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      Google   search engine   online search

  • March 2008
    • Search Feature Riles Retailers

      Search Feature Riles Retailers

      (Newser) - Google has some other companies up in arms with a new feature that keeps the search engine front and center even when results are coming from a merchant’s website, the New York Times reports. Google’s new search-within-search feature brings up a search box that keeps the user with Google—which often shows ads from that site's competitors at the same time. More »

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      Google   website   online shopping   Google Apps   online search

  • January 2008
  • August 2007
    • Search Engines Improve Privacy Policies

      Search Engines Improve Privacy Policies

      (Newser) - Search engines are beginning to take user privacy more seriously, but stronger federal privacy legislation is still necessary, a new study says. In the online marketplace, privacy policies have become competitive factors, with sites one-upping each other to make surfers feel that they're safe and have control over their personal info, says the report by a prominent advocacy group. More »

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      Internet   Google   Microsoft   Yahoo   privacy   search engine   online search

    • New Search Engine Seeks Out... You

      New Search Engine Seeks Out... You

      (Newser) - A new search engine launched today won't help you find a bargain on a new microwave or the capital of Burma, but rather other human beings. Spock.com bills itself as "the online leader in personal search," and boasts over 100 million individuals already indexed. Spock combs social networking sites for public information and then ties the info to a name. More »

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      Internet   social networking   MySpace   search engine   online search

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