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Google's answer to Wolfram Alpha goes live
What is Google’s response to the newly released Wolfram Alpha? Google Squared.
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Microsoft to launch new Aussie search engine at Bing.com.au
Microsoft’s all-new ‘Kumo’ search engine, which replaces Live Search, will be branded as Bing and launched in Australia this week at bing.com.au
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Google reveals its ‘secret’ servers
Take a peek at the custom-built hardware behind Google’s search engine, where a fleet of dual-x86 servers are crammed into a fleet of shipping containers
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Aussie research leads to better Google search results
Research by a University of NSW student has been incorporated into the search giant's main search algorithms.
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Facebook could surpass Google by 2011
A new report suggests that Facebook has the potential to surpass Google in terms of total worldwide unique visitors by late-2011 or early 2012.
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Windows 7 makes changes to searching
Federated search is a common term in big business, with its billions of items of data, but now it comes to the personal desktop, courtesy of Windows 7
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Quicksilver for Mac gets reborn as Google Quick Search Box
Quicksilver creator Nicholas Jitkoff, has joined Google. His first product, Google Quick Search Box is in early beta, but shows great promise.
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Google brings back search from 2001
To mark its tenth birthday Google has resurrected its 2001 index. You can Google yourself and your friends to see what the world was like seven years ago.
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Microsoft releases faster Desktop Search 4.0
If you've wondered how exactly Vista's sluggish desktop search saves you time, you might be pleasantly surprised by the updated version.
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Google eyes iPhone, but Aussies don't want iGoogle
Google's search chief wants to offer voice search on the iPhone and a better way to keep up with friends than Facebook -- but first, she has to convince Australians to use iGoogle.
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WINDOWS SLOWDOWN: Microsoft forces install of Windows Desktop Search
WINDOWS SLOWDOWN: Microsoft forces install of Windows Desktop Search Has your PC suddenly started running slowly for no obvious reason? You can thank Microsoft for that.
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