Google Opens Up iGoogle Theme Directory
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Google Picasa Rumored to Be Coming to Mac OS X
According to the folks over at Wired, a Google employee confirmed that a version of Picasa for Mac OS X is presently in the works,...
Google Wants Patent Invalidated
Responding to a patent infringement lawsuit filed against them by Northeastern University and semantic search vendor Jarg, Google has said that the patent was wrongly...
New Trademark Lawsuit Could Impact Search Marketing
1-800-Contacts has filed a lawsuit in federal court against LensWorld for buying search links that were triggered by the keyword “1-800-contacts.” 1-800-contacts has filed several...
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Ask.com For Failure to Prevent Click Fraud
Ask.com is apparently being sued in a class action lawsuit for “failing to adequately detect and stop ‘click fraud’ or other invalid or improper clicks...
First Google Android Prototype Phone Completed
A La Mobile, a San Ramon, Calif. based start-up dedicated to Linux-based open systems for mobile devices, will reveal today plans to unveil a suite...
Traffic to Google from iPhones Reaches “Impressive Levels”
It turns out that Google’s iPhone gamble is paying off in a pretty noticeable way. Despite the phone’s relatively low market share, the New York...
Google Boots IncrediMail from AdSense Program
IncrediMail revealed today that they had received a notification from Google indicating that they had been dismissed from the Google AdSense program. Upon the announcement...
Microsoft & Library of Congress Team Up to Support New Interactive Experience for Visitors
Today, Microsoft Corp. and the Library of Congress made a joint announcement indicating that they have signed a cooperative agreement that will make the Library’s...
Yahoo Software Will Work on Rival Google’s Mobile Programs
This week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Yahoo revealed that they will provide software that allows independent developers and companies build programs...
Yahoo Poised to Begin Implementation of OpenID
Although no official announcements have yet been made, it appears as though Yahoo is gearing up to implement OpenID, a web authentication standard that eliminates...
Belo Corp. to Provide Local News Video to Yahoo News
Yahoo! Inc. and Belo Corp. announced today a new agreement that will make 13 of Belo’s television stations exclusive providers of local news video in...
New Downloadable Book Tests Yahoo-Adobe Ad System
Back in November, it was announced that Yahoo and Adobe would be testing out some new technology that lets publishers place advertising in PDF documents....
Truveo Forecasts 1 Billion Searchable Online Videos by 2009
Video search engine Truveo announced today that their index has exceeded an astonishing 100 million videos, and predicts that based on current growth rates, the...
Microsoft to Purchase FAST Search Software Firm for $1.2B
Microsoft has revealed a deal today in which they will buy Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), an 11-year-old Norwegian data classification and search engine provider....
Yahoo Expands Deal with NAVTEQ to Include More Country Data
At the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show on Monday in Las Vegas, NAVTEQ announced that they had expanded their relationship with Yahoo to include access to...
Wikia Search Launches: Does it Live Up to the Hype?
Monday, January 7, 2008 marked the launch of Wikia Search, the long-awaited, much-hyped search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Wikia Search takes many of...
Yahoo To Dominate Growing Graphic Ad Market in 2008
Analysts are predicting large growth in 2008 in the U.S. graphical ad market, and expect the biggest winner of the bunch to be Yahoo. JP...
Revamped Google-Linux gOS 2.0 Launching Soon
Just about two months ago, a start-up Linux distributor by the name of Good OS jumped onto the scene with gOS 1.0, an Ubuntu based...
Google Tells Us How They Can be Gamed: They Artificially Inflate Recent Web Pages
To kick off the new year, the Google Operating System blog spoke about the downside of their ability to index pages faster: artifically boosting the...
Yahoo Says Goodbye to “Yahoo Picks”
After twelve years of existence, Yahoo finally shut down Yahoo Picks, a service which highlighted new and interesting sites on the web. Yahoo bid the...
Google Reader Sharing Feature Raises Privacy Concerns
Google announced a small change to Google Reader back on December 14 which seemed innocent enough, and in line with their goals of making all...
Google’s AutoLink Browser Tool in Court on Patent Infringement Charges
The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that Google’s AdSense program did not infringe on any patents as alleged by Hyperphrase Technologies. However the...
Kayak.com Travel Search Engine Merges With SideStep Inc.
Kayak.com announced today the completion of a $196 financing round, which they will use to complete a merger with SideStep Inc. and to pursue a...
FCC Approves Google’s Application to Bid on Wireless Spectrum
Google’s application to bid in the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction next month has been accepted by the Federal Communications Comission (FCC). However, some of...
Natural Language Search Not a Priority for Google
Some segments of the search engine world, such as Ask and Powerset, are gambling on the idea that the future of search is in natural...
Google Rolls Out Centralized Profiles Via New Google Profiles
Over the weekend, Google quietly began rolling out a new, centralized profile system that will supply personalized information to each of the Google products that...
The Upcoming Face-Off Between Microsoft vs. Google : Battle on the Horizon
The New York Times had an interesting piece in the paper over the weekend, which talked about an upcoming battle between Microsoft and Google. The...
Microsoft Kicks-Off Online Student Avatar Playground & Competition
On Friday, Microsoft launched their “Ultimate Steal” promotion, which allows university students from around the globe to create and customize their own avatar, or digital...
Google Reveals Year-End Zeigeist Search Trends for 2007
2007 is almost done and gone, and in the land of search it’s time for the annual year-end reviews. Both Yahoo and Ask.com have already...