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 Free Holiday 
 Airport WiFi 
 From Google, 
 Microsoft 

Fight for market share finds willing fodder in snow-delayed fliers

Nov 10, 09 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - There’s a new public option in town: free wireless from Google for the holidays. The search giant has partnered to provide WiFi gratis in 47 airports nationwide from now until the middle of January; the generosity even extends to in-flight access on continental Virgin flights, PC World reports.... More »

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Google • Microsoft • wireless • airport • search engine • WiFi • holiday travel • Internet access • Bing • snow delay

WEB NEWS WARS

 News Corp. May 
 Shield All Content 
 From Google 

Murdoch says move will wait until paywalls go up at newspaper sites

Nov 9, 09 12:52 PM CST
(Newser) - News Corp. honcho Rupert Murdoch wants to put a permanent end to “parasite” Google’s “kleptomania” when it comes to content on his newspapers’ websites. Murdoch says the Wall Street Journal and others will likely be removed from Google’s search registry “when we start charging”... More »

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Google • Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • online news • search engine • News Corp • newspaper industry • paywall

Microsoft's
Bing Teams
With Twitter

It hopes to gain edge over Google in social networking

Oct 21, 09 4:54 PM CDT
(AP) - Microsoft has picked up a new weapon in its Internet search duel with Google—full access to Twitter's communications hotbed. The partnership announced today represents a coup for Microsoft as it tries to spice up its Internet search engine, Bing, in its long-running attempts to lure traffic from Google. A... More »

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social networking • Google • Microsoft • search engine • Twitter • Bing

 Google Moves In 
 on Online Music 

Search giant to partner with streaming/download services

Oct 21, 09 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google is getting into the online music business. TechCrunch has learned that the search giant will partner with iLike and LaLa to integrate clips into its search engine. An announcement is planned for October 28. Both companies allow streaming on first access, a 30-second clip thereafter, and the option to... More »

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Google • Internet • Web 2.0 • mergers and acquisitions • search engine • digital music • iLike • LaLa

WEBSITE REVIEW

 'Search Engine for Fun' 
 Delivers Mixed Results 

Goby great for finding activities in cities, not so hot on small towns

Oct 21, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A search engine for stuff to do is a great concept but Goby has plenty of kinks that still need to be worked out before it can be the go-to site for people with time to kill, writes Katherine Boehret. Users type in the "What, Where and When" ... More »

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Internet • search engine • website • tech review • Goby

 Google Earth, Al Gore 
 Detail Climate Change  

Al Gore narrates intro to new feature detailing perils, and solutions

Sep 25, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google—with the help of Al Gore—has introduced new “layers” to its Earth application that detail the possible effects of climate change in the next century. The Nobel laureate narrates an intro to a series of virtual tours that highlight terrifying scenarios and solutions. The upgrade allows users... More »

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climate change • Google • Internet • Al Gore • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Google Earth • green energy • search engine • renewable energy • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • carbon emissions

(Newser) - Google’s home page presents a extraterrestrial quandary today, the Telegraph reports. The “doodle”—the sporadic reworking of the Google artwork that usually marks a specific event—depicts one “O” being abducted by a UFO. Mouse over the alien spacecraft and click, and you’re taken... More »

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Google • Internet • search engine • viral video • UFOs • memes • doodle • phenomenon

 Algorithm Can 'Fill in the 
 Blanks' of Ancient Texts 

Algorithm could also be basis of search engine for old docs

Sep 2, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new computer algorithm could soon take some of the guesswork out of deciphering ancient texts, Reuters reports. The program, developed in Israel and currently used with ancient Hebrew, works with digital copies of unreadable texts and uses pattern recognition to “fill in the blanks,” says one of... More »

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technology • computer programming • academia • search engine • algorithms • pattern recognition • Hebrew • ancient writings • documents • ancient texts

(Newser) - So much of our search engine experience is based on branding, but who would come out on top without all the window dressing? Blind Search may help you figure it out. Designed by a Microsoft employee, it spits out unadorned results from Google, Bing, and Yahoo, only telling you which... More »

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Yahoo • Google • search engine marketing • search engine • branding • Bing

UPDATED

Microsoft, Yahoo Finally Strike Search Deal


Jul 29, 09 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft and Yahoo finally officially tied the knot today, with a 10-year deal to integrate their search and advertising businesses, MSNBC reports. It appears Microsoft won't pay Yahoo up front, which is probably a blow to Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, who promised she'd only join Microsoft for a "boatload... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • online advertising • mergers and acquisitions • search engine • ad revenue • Bing

(Newser) - Yahoo is close to a deal that would make Microsoft's Bing its new search engine, reports Advertising Age. To Yahoo's dismay, the deal will likely involve revenue sharing, not a fat up-front paycheck. Negotiations, which have been heated over the amount of revenue each side gets from search ad clicks,... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • search engine • ad revenue • Bing

(Newser) - Online dating sites are so packed with possible matches that they cause “cognitive overload” in seekers, leading to unconsidered choices, the MIT Technology Review reports. The lovelorn may say they want a wider variety of candidates, but they spend less time evaluating them, new research shows. “More search... More »

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Internet • love • search engine • online dating • relationship • academic research • matchmaking • cognitive overload

opinion


 Why Bing Is Better 

Helpful features make Microsoft's search engine more than a Google copy

Jul 8, 09 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's easy to mock Bing as Microsoft's latest attempt to rip off a competitor. Bloggers, in fact, have christened the search engine "But It's Not Google." That’s actually true, writes David Pogue in the New York Times. "In many ways, Bing is better." Here's how:... More »

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Google • Internet • Microsoft • web • search engine • World Wide Web • Bing

Users Prefer Bing to Google But Won't Switch: Study

Focus group users prefer design, organization of Microsoft search engine

Jun 26, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, impresses users—but not enough to make them switch from Google, TechCrunch reports. Asked to rate Bing’s features, users in a study by the Catalyst Group thought Bing beat Google in almost every category, including visual design, organization, and filtering options. The exception... More »

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Google • Microsoft • study • design • search engine • focus group • Bing • Catalyst Group

(Newser) - China darkened Google for 2 hours today over the site’s continued practice of returning results linking to foreign websites and “pornographic” content, the Financial Times reports. The Chinese government is unhappy that Google’s domestic website, Google.cn, allows users to search the entirety of the Internet. The... More »

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China • Google • Internet • pornography • search engine • World Wide Web • web censorship • foreign websites

 Bing's Week 2: Not So Bad 


Jun 17, 09 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bing's second week wasn't such a bad one, CNET reports. Microsoft’s brand-new search engine has eaten into the market share of its competition, tacking on a 1% gain in both number of searchers and results returned last week, putting it up about 3% in both categories since launch: It... More »

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Google • Internet • Microsoft • search engine • market share • Bing

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

(Newser) - Orthodox Jews have long been discouraged from searching the Internet due to rabbinical restrictions on viewing immodest content. No longer, Reuters reports. Enter Koogle—the name is a mashup of Google and a traditional Jewish noodle dish—a Hebrew-language search engine that filters out non-kosher content and appears to meet... More »

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Internet • kosher • search engine • rabbi • Orthodox Jews • Koogle

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) - Some in the technology world are questioning Microsoft’s decision to enable its new search engine, Bing, to display video on the site itself, the Telegraph reports. The new technology—not shared by Google and the like—allows for pornographic film to run on the search page should the searcher... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • pornography • search engine • web video • Bing

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