Google Unveils U.S. Government Search SiteJune 19th, 2006 Google Inc. unveiled a search site today to help you find U.S. government information.
Intel puts $ 700m Wafer Testing Unit on Hold as Indian Government declines Tax Concessions for 15 yearsSeptember 13th, 2005 “The company conveyed to the government last week that it would not be able to make the investment as the project would not be viable without the tax concessions. The company, however, said it would explore opportunities in the future,” an unnamed Intel official told Business Standard.
Google promises to do step up anti-pornography measures in China following criticismJune 19th, 2009 Google to step up anti-porn efforts in ChinaBEIJING — Google Inc. said Friday that it was working to block pornography reaching users of its Chinese service after a mainland watchdog found the search engine turned up large numbers of links to obscene and vulgar sites.
A brief description of what it means when Yahoo farms out its search engine to MicrosoftJuly 30th, 2009 A look at how the Microsoft-Yahoo deal will workAlthough Yahoo and Microsoft could soon be working together on Internet search, their collaboration would mostly occur behind the scenes. Consumers would still see Yahoo's logo striped across Yahoo.com.
Japan Government Funds (300 M) Online BullS*** DetectorAugust 29th, 2006 Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is earmarking Y300 million in its 2007 budget to produce what the Asahi Shimbun terms a lie-detector for online information. It would be an automated fact-checker that draws on related information to spot how likely something is to be a load of bull.
When Google Search FailsOctober 26th, 2006 I have been in an interesting discussion with a very high profile client when Google Search came up. One recurring thought which came up was how the apparent strength of Google search, that made it the number one search engine, is its very weakness in several industries.
How To Easily Use & Manage Your Search Engines in Opera BrowserNovember 10th, 2006 Opera Browser is the best in terms of search engine integration. It allows you to easily add your own search engines, access search engines by a single alphabet and finally set any search engine as the default.
Web surfers can now 'Huli ia Google,' or 'search Google,' in Hawaiian languageAugust 7th, 2009 Google search engine now available in HawaiianHILO, Hawaii — Google users can now use the popular Internet search engine in the Hawaiian language. Web surfers can find the option, "Huli ia Google," or "search Google," on Apple's Safari browser, thanks to a project by a University of Hawaii at Hilo professor.
China restarts limited phone and Internet access in riot-hit Xinjiang regionJuly 28th, 2009 China's Xinjiang gets some phone, Internet serviceBEIJING — Limited phone messaging and Internet access are now available in China's Xinjiang region, more than three weeks after the government cut services in the wake of deadly ethnic riots, officials said Tuesday. Yang Guoqing, with the provincial government news center, said the government is now sending SMS (short message service) text messages to citizens, though they still cannot message each other.
Google provides peek into new search engine with different results rankingAugust 11th, 2009 Google provides peek into new search engineNEW YORK — Google has lifted the lid on a new version of its search engine, allowing users to look at the results it will generate. The new engine, available at a separate address, looks the same as the current one but ranks results differently, which could affect businesses who rely on Google results to drive traffic.
Google lawyers, unperturbed of the legal proceedings against them, talk about possible 'enemies'June 11th, 2009 Google unfazed by 3 US government inquiries
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. doesn't believe it needs to change its ways despite three separate U.S.
Why does my Google Desktop search contact internet?December 14th, 2004 Occassionally Google Desktop Search contacts internet, even when I am not using it. This makes me nervous.
How To Create Your Own Search Engine in Opera?November 10th, 2006 You can easily create your own search engines and even assign keywords to them in a minute or so. This mini-tutorial will show you how you can add any WordPress blogs search as one of your search engines.
Microsoft to hire at least 400 Yahoo workers if search partnership wins regulatory approvalAugust 5th, 2009 Microsoft to hire at least 400 Yahoo workersSAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp. will hire at least 400 workers from Yahoo Inc.
China scraps mandated filtering software, at least temporarily, amid censorship complaintsJune 30th, 2009 China scraps filtering software mandate _ for nowBEIJING — China's state media says the government will postpone enforcement of a new rule mandating all new computers be sold with a filtering software. The rule was to go into effect starting Wednesday, but the official Xinhua News Agency said in a brief report late Tuesday that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology had decided to delay the plan.