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'Little joy' in today's mobile search
News Mobile search remains in its infancy leaving most people disappointed with user interface and accurate results, notes Ovum report.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile platforms/communications, Search, Ovum, mobile, Internet search, Mobile Device, mobile search, London, senior analyst
Netex gets patent, could make Google pay
News Internet giants the likes of Google and Yahoo may have to pay an Israeli company for a search patent, which it has obtained in the United States.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Patent, Web Browser, Israeli company, stock price, search engine company, TechCrunch, search bar, WWW
Unfamiliarity stems demand for 'soft' search
News Search providers focusing more closely on churning contextualized results, but adoption remains niche for now due to lack of user understanding, say analysts.
Tags: Web 2.0, Search, Internet advertising, Semantic Web, Site, Search Result, Search Technology, Internet, analyst, Search
Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line'
News When it comes to the tricky balance between providing comprehensive information and freaking people out, Google says it tries to stay on the good side of the "creepy line".
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., U.S. Government, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Internet search, Eric Schmidt, satellite, advisor
Search leaders debate semantics
News Everyone agrees that semantic search technology--the notion of correctly assessing a searcher's intent--holds promise, and maybe money.
Tags: Search, Web services, Search, Ask.com, W3C, leader, Web, conference, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored data
News A new page off user's Google Account settings lets them review all the data the company has stored regarding that account, and make changes or delete data.
Tags: Privacy, Web sites, Google Inc., Blogger, Web sites, Internet search, Google Picasa, Dashboard, YouTube Inc., YouTube Video
Google: We've got cool search, too
News Google adds a link to its home page describing how to search for interesting results on Google. It's long offered such capabilities, but Bing's bump could have prompted a reminder.
Tags: Search, Web services, Stock, Microsoft Corp., search bar, Google Inc., Google Search, Internet search, search technology, Internet
Bing strikes licensing deal with Wolfram Alpha
News Microsoft's search engine has reached some sort of deal with Wolfram Alpha to display Wolfram content in Bing search results, although details are still unclear.
Tags: Web browsers, Business applications, Search, Web services, Branding, Wolfram Research, stock price, TechCrunch, founder, licensing deal
Can Windows 7 'reset' Microsoft shares higher?
News Applause for Windows 7, cost-cutting, and an earnings surprise have stirred hope that Microsoft's stock will revive. Will businesses buy the upgrade?
Tags: Windows 7, Business applications, Computer, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Stock
Report: Yahoo CEO questions search sale
News Newly named CEO Carol Bartz tells employees her first inclination is to keep the company's search business, according to a Reuters report.
Tags: Search, Acquisitions, Business structures, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Carol Bartz, CEO, News.com, CNET Networks Inc.
Analyst: Microsoft deal could save Yahoo bundles
News Yahoo could find itself saving as much as US$1.3 billion if it were to outsource its search operations to Redmond, according to a Jefferies & Co. research report.
Tags: Outsourcing, Microsoft Corp., Outsourcing, Yahoo! Inc., advertising partnership, Jefferies & Co., Advertisement, outsource, partnership, Internet
Carl Icahn increases stake in Yahoo
News Activist investor--and member of company's board--buys up 7 million shares of Yahoo over the course of three days last week in the United States.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Domain names, Software, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Stock Market, Stock, Carl Icahn, Jerry Yang
Yahoo's ultimate search: A new CEO
News As Jerry Yang prepares to return to his role as chief Yahoo, the company he helped build is looking at replacement prospects. Would it consider Microsoft executives?
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Executive recruiting, Microsoft Corp., CFO, Juniper Networks Inc., Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Jerry Yang, industry
Yahoo pink slips issued, recruiters circling above
News The company has begun cutting approximately 1,500 jobs, as it continues to evaluate which operations can be shut down.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Search, Video, Workforce, Yahoo! Inc., layoff, Stephen Shankland, Sunnyvale, job
Yahoo wants to objectify search
News Guessing the user's intent is the centerpiece of Yahoo's efforts to improve search these days, and it needs to find objects, rather than documents, to make that happen.
Tags: Search, Mobile, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., GPS, Internet Search, San Francisco, Search Result, RealNetworks Rhapsody, Yahoo Search
