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When you get such quotes right up, you know that only Google can be that dedicated and that passionate about what they do the best, Search. As you can see in the picture over there, Google has brought out all the existing feature under one roof by the concept of Discovering the Web. So what is it actually? It is nothing but prime features of Google search under one place.

So why now? Bing.
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Google search has been tweaked and as you have already guessed it, its gone better. According to a recent post from the official google blog, Google search is now able to target more queries, more languages, and make our suggestions more relevant to what you actually need to know. The long queries are given a look too with a noticeable change in the results. Let's see what are the new things Google has in store this time.

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So at last, however small it be, Microsoft tastes victory over Google in the internet market. Reportedly, they have become the default search engine on Dells entire range of computers. The three-year agreement, which kicks off in February, displaces an existing search deal that Google had with Dell.

Microsoft is hoping that the inclusion of Windows Live Search will give the software maker a foot-up in its battle to supplant Google as the number one used search engine in the world. Which is significantly smaller than what Google has at this moment.

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Google has compiled the names of this year's mega celebrities. The popularity is anything but to leave out  because its just not another list. Google says that these people were searched for throughout the year in number of billions! And here Obama loses out to Sarah Palin! Sporty people list their names with head held high in two major places. Beijing 2008 and Euro 2008. Sorry Miss Hilton and Britney, you two are not at the top unlike yahoo. At last, sigh.

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Google search is undoubtedly the most helpful and widely used search engine in the world. Whoever you are, if you use internet then you must have used Google every time you have logged in. Such is the utility of the Google that it has become synonymous with the word internet. Did you know that Google search offers many more things than just presenting you with your relevant search topics? You can find almost all the necessary information from Google search. Today, I am going to tell you about 15 features which can help you in numerous ways. They will update you about time zones, tell you about latest weather, football scores, even help you in doing maths. So let's get started.

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You all know now that Google News crawled an obscure reprint of an article from 2002 when United Airlines was on the brink of bankruptcy. United Airlines has since recovered but due to a missing dateline, Google News ran the story as today's news. The story was rapidly picked up by other news aggregators and eventually headlined as a news flash on Bloomberg. This triggered automated trading programs to dump UAL, cratering the stock from $12 to $3 and evaporating 1.14 billion dollars (nearly United's total market cap yesterday) in shareholder wealth. The stock recovered within the day to $10 and is now trading at $9.62, a market cap of $300M less than before Google ran the story.

This story highlights the unhealthy importance of Google on world economy. Google's action (intentional or not) can be directly attributed to over 300 million dollar loss by United and a loss of face. Should Google be sued for this mistake? Full article (331 words) »