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Google has finally decided to upgrade their blog search and have added new features that rival Techmeme. Google has a clean blog listing which also includes the number of blog articles as well a listing time of the last blog post. But what makes Google Blog Search even better is the ability to locate older [...]

Microsoft is still struggling trying to beat Google at their search game, so if you can’t beat them, pay them. That seems to be the tactic that Microsoft is clinging onto. The mega giant software company is still in a drawn out battle, trying to gain market search in the Google dominated field. They have [...]

To celebrate their 10th anniversary, Google has setup a website that uses a database back from 2001. Google also wants to know what you think the future will hold, or should hold, for us Internet uses. In addition to the old search engine, they have another site dedicated to new ideas. In their FAQ’s, they [...]

When it comes to the Olympics, Google wants you to follow the games on your phone. Google has setup their search engine to stay on top of the entire games, including medal count and to see how each country is doing. Over at the Google Mobile Blog they also state that:
If you’re like me you’ll [...]

Well there seems to have been some improvements over at delicious.com, that according to their blog, should make the site more useful and faster. The Delicious team invites everyone over for a look at their new site, and I did just thought. I like the layout and yes, it is fast. Everything so far just jumps [...]

For those of you who use Spybot Search and Destroy, a new version is now available for download. Version 1.6 includes many improvements and fixes some compatibility issues. The author describes the improvements as:
Time for an update! To keep up with the latest threats, and solve some issues and feature requests users had, we’re proud [...]

This morning I wrote about the new search engine, Cuil, after which it appeared that the new kid on the block suffered some massive growing pains. Servers were overloaded and the system went down briefly. What was even more embarrassing was a news story on CNN.
They were trying to show the attributes of Cuil, and [...]

Cuil [pronounced cool] is a new search engine start up company out of Menlo Park, CA., that is taking on Google. The new search engine company claims to have indexed some 120 billion pages,with the added claim they know of over one trillian pages. How about Google? How many pages do they have indexed?
Google remains [...]

It makes one wonder. Should Bill Gates come back to steer the good ship Microsoft? Maybe Microsoft needs a Jerry Yang of Yahoo fame to help out. No matter what your opinion of Microsoft might be, the once mighty corporation is feeling the sting of the Microsoft - Yahoo deal gone sour. In fact we [...]

It is no surprise that Google is the dominate search ad business on the Internet. In the latest statistics from Efficient Frontier Google showed a 2% growth over last year and a huge 77.4% market share. Also stated in the article were these facts.
Google makes $1.10 for every $1.00 spent, which Yahoo posted a 9 [...]

What happened to Yahoo? LOL Microsoft has decided to buy semantic search engine Powerset to help to improve its image aa s search rival to Google. In a statement Steve Ballmer has mentioned that search is going to be Microsoft’s number one priority. In the article it states:
By buying Powerset, Microsoft is hoping to close [...]

There seems to be some concern whether the US Border Patrol should be allowed to search laptops, whether there is suspicion of illegal activity or not. Two US Senators, as well as others are questioning the policies that the US Border Patrol has in place and whether they are necessary to protect the US or [...]

Grisoft, the makers of AVG, are now being accused of destroying web analytics with it’s LinkScanner technology. Grisoft had purchased the LinkScanner technology in December of 2007, and had incorporated the technology in its latest AVG Version 8 software. The purpose of LinkScanner is to alert the user to the validity of websites through search [...]

Just when you thought we would be getting away from more ‘crapware’ on new computers, Microsoft and HP strike up a deal to install more gunk. Microsoft has announced that HP computers will come with Microsoft Live Search Toolbar which will take advantage of Microsoft’s wonderful new Silverlight technology.
According to this press release which states:
 Microsoft [...]

Google and it’s teleporting feature makes it easy to find what you are looking for. Having a search within a search, allows anyone to find what they are looking for, even if they do not know the entire information they seek. Google describes teleporting as:
Have you ever forgotten the exact address of a site that [...]

Google has improved the video experience in order to make searching and finding what you want easier.  With the ability to search through multiple result pages all the way watching a video and searching at the same time, Google is providing a new video experience. Over at their Google Video Blog, they state:
We hope that [...]

Wikia Search is an distant cousin to Wikipedia, the popular information web site that a user can edit the definitions. But since its inception, Wikia Search has not been able to gather a following of supporters and it’s search share is so low, that it can not even be measured. Over at Wkia Search they [...]

Some users are reporting that their browser locks when they try to access any website, after installing AVG 8 free edition. One of the suggestions in the AVG forums was to turn off the Link Scanner feature built into AVG 8.
What is Link Scanner? Basically it scans websites in an attempt to discover rogue web [...]

Just a quick note:
Well Microsoft didn’t waste any time posting the stores that it has joined with in its Live Search cashback program that was just announced. Its site has some 700 listings of stores that will participate in the cashback program for those choosing to use the feature.
Oh yeah. It looks like you will [...]

In a move that will have some people shaking their heads and other filling their wallets, Microsoft will announce a new Live Search feature coupled with online retailers. The program will apy cash back for certain online purchases. Microsoft is hoping that this may stimulate the use of their search engine over the other guys. [...]