No one can accuse search giant Google of being slack when it comes to working to protecting copyright holders’ rights. Well, at least that is the impression the search leader wants us to have. All told, it removes up to 250,000 search results every week. The general computing public only became aware of the number [...]
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Mozilla launches “Firefox with Bing”
Mozilla Firefox, the open-source developer released its customized version with Microsoft’s Bing search engine with only a few weeks before the multimillion-dollar contract expires between Google and Mozilla in November. Microsoft also promoted the new Firefox, mentioning that the said team-up was a result from the users’ feedback to make arrangements for an easier Bing [...]
Don’t Believe Everything you Read on the Internet
The great thing about the Internet is that there is so much stuff in it. The bad thing about the Internet is precisely the same reason, too much content. Every year, millions of pages are generated and put up on the Internet. These pages range from professional and dedicated companies researching, analyzing, and carefully compiling [...]
Google Instant Search: To Bolt Out Bing Competition?
During the weekend, Google made a new claim in the speed of searches done in its website – from being fast to instant. The search engine giant released its new product, Google Instant Search, which manages to churn out results as the person is typing in the information he or she is searching for. Although [...]
Ask.Com to Add Some Human Touch on Web Search
Ask.com is adding some human touch for processing search queries online. It was confirmed just recently that Ask.com will tap into social networking capabilities to answer questions from their web browsers, so they can provide a more accurate and appropriate response based on the expertise of other Ask.com visitors. Under the wing of IAC/InterActive Corp, [...]
Is Google Controlling the Way We Surf?
There is the idea that Google has become so large that it has been synonymous to Internet surfing itself. As Google is the search engine of choice for a large percentage of Internet users, it does not seem strange to think that Google has been influencing the way we surf the web greatly. Connected to [...]