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Trends & Innovations - Thursday
(Investor's Business Daily)
2 Jul 2009 at 4:01pm
Investor's Business Daily - Social network users may be more vulnerable to identity theft and other online threats than they realize, says a survey by security software firm Webroot. It found 66% don't restrict any details of their personal profile from being visible through a public search engine, and more than 50% aren't sure who can see their profile pages. Moreover, 33% include at least 3 key pieces of personal data on those pages. The survey's findings come as online hangout Facebook simplifies its privacy controls so it's easier for users to restrict access to their pages.
DOJ Officially Opens Investigation Into Google Book Search
(PC World)
2 Jul 2009 at 3:30pm
PC World - The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Thursday that it is investigating a settlement involving Google Book Search for possible antitrust violations, following months of speculation that the agency had its eye on the service.
In China, Games Get Serious
(Investor's Business Daily)
2 Jul 2009 at 3:12pm
Investor's Business Daily - When Sohu.com, a leading Web portal in China, announced plans last year to spin off its fast-growing online games business, investors balked.
Ask.com Bets on Semantic Search, Targeting Special Audiences
(PC World)
2 Jul 2009 at 11:40am
PC World - In the past eight months, Ask.com has unfurled a set of changes to its search engine that the IAC unit calls a success, although its share of U.S. search queries has actually shrunk during that time period.
Microsoft adds selected "tweets" to Bing
(AFP)
2 Jul 2009 at 9:29am
AFP - Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.
Bing Searches Up-To-the-Minute Tweets on Twitter
(NewsFactor)
2 Jul 2009 at 9:13am
NewsFactor - Bing is now doing Twitter. The recently launched Microsoft search engine is now allowing users to search for various kinds of real-time data, including tweets from Twitter.
Bing Builds an Underwhelming Twitter Search
(PC World)
2 Jul 2009 at 7:43am
PC World - Looking for a competitive edge in the Internet search wars, Microsoft plans to index Twitter updates in real time for Bing, its recently rebranded search engine.
Microsoft's Bing Now Indexes (Some) Tweets
(PC Magazine)
2 Jul 2009 at 5:14am
PC Magazine - Microsoft announced Thursday that it has added tweets to the list of content discoverable through Bing, its new search engine.
Microsoft posts modest search gains with Bing
(AFP)
1 Jul 2009 at 9:58am
AFP - New search engine Bing helped Microsoft increase its share of the search market in the United States in June but, still lags behind Yahoo! and Google, a Web analytics firm reported Wednesday.
New Trojan Puts Sneaky Twist on Click Fraud
(PC World)
1 Jul 2009 at 8:20am
PC World - A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.
Microsoft's Bing search wins share from Google
(Reuters)
1 Jul 2009 at 4:34am
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's new Bing search engine gained U.S. market share in its first month in operation but still trails dominant rival Google Inc, according to data released on Wednesday.
Search Engine Uncovers and Maps Job Openings
(PC World)
1 Jul 2009 at 1:20am
PC World - The creators of a new job-hunting Web site say they've built a specialized search engine that digs around the Web looking for jobs that may not be advertised elsewhere.
Google Fixes Search Problem in Outlook Sync Tool for Apps
(PC World)
30 Jun 2009 at 3:00pm
PC World - Google has fixed an issue with the Outlook synchronization tool it released recently for its Apps hosted communications and collaboration suite, Google said Tuesday.
Software Not Smart Enough to Sort Human Relationships
(PC World)
28 Jun 2009 at 11:30pm
PC World - Internet search engines and software applications can catalog huge volumes of information, but they aren't smart enough to trace personal relationships between people, according to the executive chairman of World-Check, a company that maintains a database of individuals that banks and other companies might want to think twice about doing business with.
Google News mistakes Jackson queries for attack
(AFP)
26 Jun 2009 at 3:45pm
AFP - A deluge of search queries for Michael Jackson led Google News, the news aggregator of Web search engine Google, to initially believe it was under attack, the Internet giant said on Friday.
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