Full FeedWho’s on Crack in Tech: 09.18.09
Welcome to this week’s Who’s on Crack where we delve into what appears to be narcotic-induced moves in the tech world. This week, we’ll get as far as looking up info on a facility upstate for Microsoft for leaving out an app store for the Zune HD, Bing’s visual search,… Continue Reading »
Bing launches visual search
Microsoft looks to be attacking Google with just about everything it can think of. It’s pushing Bing to be the chief competitor to Google, trying to get past its current 3.5% market share. Bing’s newest attack looks to be with its new visual search feature. The idea of visual search… Continue Reading »
U.S. Department of Justice investigating Yahoo-Bing deal
The U.S. Department of Justice is deepening their investigation into the Yahoo!-Bing deal. They’ve asked both Microsoft and Yahoo! for more information about their search engine deal. In July, the two companies announced a deal that would have Microsoft’s Bing power Yahoo’s search with a split of the ad revenue. … Continue Reading »
Google launches secret search upgrades for developers
In what some could construe as a response to Bing, Google for the past few months has been quietly improving its search engine. There’s nothing you’ll see on the standard Google page, because the updates haven’t been pushed there yet. Even visiting the site that includes the upgrades you’re not… Continue Reading »
Microsoft and Yahoo finally tie the knot
Microsoft and Yahoo have come to a deal whereby Microsoft will be powering Yahoo search and Yahoo will take over selling the advertising space. Both CEOs believe it to be a significant step for their companies—one that will allow each company to bring a more innovative, relevant web search to… Continue Reading »
Baidu, Yahoo, and Yandex bring search to Splashtop Instant On OS
The Splashtop OS by DeviceVM is bringing “Instant Search” to its desktop. They have partnered up with Baidu, Yahoo, and Yandex to bring a search bar to their desktop. The search bar will be available even if a web browser is not launched. The different search engines will be used… Continue Reading »
OneRiot release public API for realtime web search
There’s been a lot of talk recently about the “real time web” or the “social web,” and how through services like Twitter and Digg search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing are becoming less relevant in finding up to date information. A few search engines have noticed this and have… Continue Reading »
Bing booming! Passes Twitter, CNN
Microsoft’s new entry in the search game Bing is still climbing the charts and now owns position #13 on the most popular websites in the US. According to Compete.com, Bing has surpassed Twitter, CNN and Digg in visitors leveraging a decent marketing campaign that combines offline and online components. Could… Continue Reading »
Google Blog Search gets new features including RSS feeds
A while ago, Google introduced a way to search blogs. The search excludes lots of other sites so you can easily find information published on blogs (whether they are on Google’s Blogger or not). The Goolge Blog Search just got a couple of new features to make it more useful. … Continue Reading »
China blocks Google, Gmail as porn dispute continues
China’s dispute with Google has reached a new level as millions of users found they were unable to access the English or Chinese versions search engine or Gmail. The block was put in place after the government accused Google of willfully spreading pornography. “We have found that the English version… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre Information & Updates
Palm just introduced their next-gen smartphone, the Palm Pre, and next-gen operating system, Palm webOS. Gadgetell's got the latest Pre and webOS information and news for you right here.
