Remember when it was bad enough when your neighbor or a relative took that baby name you just really, really wanted? Now, in the digital age, what if that domain name you really wanted is gone? Aaagh, panic time!
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On Monday Google announced a top-secret initiative it's been working on: a new indexing and ranking technology for Google's search engine, called Google Caffeine. While most probably won't notice much difference, those interested in driving Web searchers to their sites might find the consequences dire.
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After 1 1/2 years of negotiation, which all began with a $44.6 billion bid by Microsoft for Yahoo!, the two companies have come to a more limited agreement, one involving their search businesses only.
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Ijango is still in pre-launch for a few more weeks check us out today at www.bigmoolahnow.com.
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We knew earlier that Microsoft and Yahoo! were talking again, and now reports indicate that a deal is all but done. On the other hand, the companies have been oh-so-close to a deal before, and until the pen is placed to the paper, the deal can still fall apart.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is likely downing a ton of aspirin this morning, as Google has announced that it is developing a PC operating system based on its Chrome browser. Unlike Microsoft's current OS (Vista) and upcoming one (7), it will be all shiny and new (like Chrome!), not full of legacy code.
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Utilities are investing in new IT infrastructure that will allow them to give you the power to analyze in real time the electricity and natural gas usage in your home. Google's PowerMeter (in Beta) takes advantage of that new infrastructure to help you monitor household energy usage.
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On Thursday, Microsoft unveiled Bing, which we all knew was coming and was the new name for its long-rumored Kumo search engine revamp. Moreover, it's not just a search engine. Nope, it's a decision engine, and Microsoft also states that Bing is a new brand, as well.
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Google on Thursday unveiled what it called a new "conversation" service. Called Google Wave, it promises to blur the lines between IM, chat, and email.
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Google news is down here in North Carolina as the browser shows server getting 502 error. We update this story after we had already published it. At 5PM EST Google News is back online.
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While receiving email this morning, I noted a troubling trend: internal Exchange email was showing up as fast as I might expect, but external email traveling across the vast expanse of the Web: not. The Internet Storm Center confirmed this morning that outages were being reported for most, if not all, of Google's services, including Gmail. But it doesn't seem, at least to me, to be only Google services that are down.
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