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The sultan of search (Google) is in a war of words with Redmond’s software giant (Microsoft). Google called shenanigans on Microsoft’s search team, claiming that Bing copies Google’s search queries and the sites users select in order to provide more re…
As far as Google is concerned, Microsoft’s Bing is that kid in class who used to sneak a peek at your exam paper and copy the answer. How so? According to Search Engine Land, Google put on its detective cap and discovered that Bing has been paying atte…
Today Google announced a new Chrome extension that aims to give users more control over online privacy. The extension is called Keep My Opt-Outs, and does mostly what the name suggests. It allows you to opt out of advertising tracking cookies while usi…
Attention math nerds everywhere. Everyone’s computational knowledge engine, Wolfram Alpha, has just opened up version 2.0 of their developer API. This version brings many improvements to help you cheat at math and statistics even faster. For instance, …
Google announced as part of its fourth quarter earnings that CEO Eric Schmidt will be stepping down as CEO effective April 4. Taking over the reins of the search behemoth will be mild-mannered co-founder Larry Page. Schmidt will not be leaving Google a…
The sultan of search (that would be Google, in case there was any doubt) continues to stuff its pockets with more advertising dollars, and if iSuppli’s numbers are right, Google just expanded its lead in the search advertising market.
Google will soon …
Google on Monday launched a new version of its Google Goggles, this latest release “faster and smarter than ever before.” So smart, in fact, that you can now use it to solve Sudoku puzzles.
“Our favorite weekend distraction is a quiet 15 minutes spent …
Awake to the fact that malware authors are adept at gaining high search rankings for their malware-fraught sites, Google has been providing malware notifications in its search results for three years now. But what about legitimate sites compromised …