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Tepid response to rival search engine launched by ex-Googlers
A Californian start-up co-founded by engineers who helped create Google's market-leading technology launched a rival search engine yesterday. It claims to scan three times as many web pages as Google but met with a lukewarm response. Cuil.com, pronounced "cool.com", may present a problem for people who access the internet at work, as it is just a small typing error away from an Italian ...
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Assemblyman linked to porn case resigns
TRENTON, N.J., July 28 (UPI) -- New Jersey Assemblyman Neil Cohen turned in a letter of resignation Monday after authorities linked his computer to a printed picture of a naked girl.
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Former Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search the Internet
SAN FRANCISCO - Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.
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Al-Qaida-linked group targets Olympics
A video has been posted on the Internet from the Turkistan Islamic Party threatening the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. As reported by G2 in early March, Islamist elements affiliated with al-Qaida have had this summer's Olympics games in Beijing in the crosshairs for some time.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 18th Jun 2006 14:26 UTC
This is the 3rd installment in my series on deficiencies in common desktop environments. After GNOME and the Mac/MacOS , it is now KDE's turn. As with the other installments, this is a rant. Beware.
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Former Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search the Internet
Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press July 28, 2008 - 7:27 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO - Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 8th Jul 2006 07:57 UTC
The newly released Xandros Desktop Linux 4.0 is one of the few remaining for-pay Linux distributions on the consumer market. The Home Edition is available for $40, or $80 for a Premium Edition. What do you get for your hard-earned cash?
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China's Sohu Profit Jumps, Plans Unit IPO
Sohu, whose portal saw a 64% rise in average unique visitors during the second quarter, is vying with the likes of Shanda and Sina.com in a $1.3 billion Chinese Internet market.
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Facebook Hires Mozilla Engineering VP Mike Schroepfer
Schroepfer brings with him years of experience as CTO of Sun's data center automation business, not to mention his role overseeing the launches of Firefox 1.5, 2, and 3.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 21st Jan 2007 22:39 UTC
The New York Times has taken a look at Microsoft Office 2007 . "After a radical redesign, Word, Excel and PowerPoint are almost totally new programs. There are no more floating toolbars; very few tasks require opening dialog boxes, and even the menu bar itself is gone.
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Cuil Challenges Google With Privacy
Founded by husband-and-wife team Tom Costello and Anna Patterson, Cuil aims to rank the relevancy search results by content analysis rather than by popularity.
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Gartner Predicts $100 Notebook Will Take Years To Achieve
The research firm says the industry also needs to answer questions on power availability and the cost and availability of Internet connections.
InformationWeek |
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Oracle alleges SAP of embraced corporate espionage
RISING RANCOR: Oracle Corp. expanded its allegations of corporate espionage against rival SAP AG Monday in the latest volley of documents filed in a 16-month-old lawsuit.
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Fabrik Launches Faster Eco-Friendly External Hard Drive
The SimpleTech drive can transfer data 25% faster than similar products and includes a companion online backup service and virus protection.
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China Has More Internet Users Than U.S.
Chinese consulting firm BDA also says that China has the world's largest number of mobile phone users, with about 560 million subscribers.
InformationWeek |
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Microsoft Calls Forrester's Windows Vista Report 'Schizophrenic'
A Forrester report telling large businesses to hold off on deploying Windows Vista contradicts earlier reports on the operating system, Microsoft says.
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Verizon Quarterly Profit Gains, Led By Wireless
Verizon Communications Monday said quarterly profit rose on strong wireless sales, shrugging off the impact of a weaker economy and offsetting a fall in landline users.
InformationWeek |
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Former Googleers Unveil Search Engine Called Cuil
A startup led by former star Google engineers on Sunday unveiled a new Web search service that aims to outdo the Internet search leader in size, but faces an uphill battle changing Web surfing habits.
InformationWeek |
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China blamed for cyber-terrorism
China has been accused of sponsoring cyber-terrorism at a conference organised by the UK Home Office.
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Mobiles increasingly used for non-phone calls
Britons no longer use their mobiles just to make phone calls on the hop, but increasingly use them to send text messages, take pictures and check the Internet, new figures released on Tuesday showed.
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Facebook app helps surfers go green
Two students have created a application for Facebook designed to help encourage more environmentally friendly behaviour from users.
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Microsoft's Answer To Google's PageRank Algorithm: Less Privacy?
BrowseRank, Microsoft claims, can deliver better search results by measuring user behavior, including where users go and the amount of time they remain at those pages.
InformationWeek |
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Yahoo To Reimburse Customers Of DRM-Protected Music
The company said its digital rights management servers would be taken down, severely limiting the use of the files.
InformationWeek |
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Microsoft Becomes Official Apache Sponsor
Microsoft said it's putting a wide range of protocols that were formerly in the Communications Protocol Program under the Open Specification Promise.
InformationWeek |
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The Herald-Zeitung Mobile Edition
The Herald-Zeitung provides a text-only version of its daily web edition for readers using cellular telephones or handheld computers. Registered users of AvantGo can create their own custom channel to download regular updates.
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