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Touch-screen phone users are discovering that much of the fun of their devices stems from downloadable applications. A good example is Google's newly updated Mobile App for the Apple iPhone. Google Mobile App has been generating a lot of buzz because of its voice search. Want to find the nearest pizza place, show times for the James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace," or the latest Bruce Springsteen video? Google voice search is uncannily accurate.
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Those looking for something to do during their Thanksgiving break from work can check out these new Web services: Glue, Plista, Zenbe, Hulu, Blist, EtherPad, DotSpots, Mobspin, Socialcast and Searchme. These social services, search, and productivity tools have a little something for everyone living on the Web.
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Folks needing something to do during the Thanksgiving week slowdown can kick back with their desktops and laptops and check out the following social, search and productivity Web services: Glue, Plista, Zenbe, Hulu, Blist, EtherPad, DotSpots, Mobspin, Socialcast and Searchme.
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Google Apps Product Manager Rajen Sheth denies any clandestine strategy to help Google Apps steal share from messaging and collaboration software rivals Microsoft, IBM and Cisco. But new voice and video chat in Gmail say otherwise and position Google Apps as a serious unified communications and collaboration suite for cloud computing in the enterprise.
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Microsoft's acquisition of the domain Kumo.com, which means "cloud" or "spider" in Japanese, is a signal to some that Kumo will be the brand name for the re-launched Windows Live Search feature, which has lagged far behind competitors such as Google and Yahoo.
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Microsoft still needs Yahoo's assets to bolster its presence in online search and advertising, analysts said. But the scales will be tipped in Microsoft's favor if and when the new Yahoo CEO does reach out to negotiate a new Microsoft-Yahoo deal.
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The new Google Mobile App for iPhone brings voice search to Apple's smartphone, allowing the user to trigger searches for localized results just by putting the iPhone to his or her ear.
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Could search engine and Web services giant Yahoo begin offering SAAS or PAAS in the cloud a la Google, Amazon.com or Salesforce.com? Some analysts consider this unlikely given Yahoo's consumer roots and lack of cash, talent and data center DNA for the enterprise. What do you say?
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Yahoo CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang announced his pending resignation as CEO Nov. 17 after facing months of grueling pressure from shareholders, employees and an unsuccessful hostile takeover attempt by Microsoft. In an e-mail to all Yahoo employees, CEO Jerry Yang, who had been under a great deal of criticism in the wake of the botched merger with Microsoft, said he will return to his former role as so-called "Chief Yahoo" when a new CEO is named.
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Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang will resign and Yahoo's Board of Directors is searching for a new CEO. Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang took on the CEO role in June 2007 in an effort to turn the company around. Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang will return to his former role as "Chief Yahoo," once a CEO successor has been found. "From founding this company to guiding its growth into a trusted global brand that is indispensable to millions of people, I have always sought to do what is best for our franchise," Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said in a statement.
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Yahoo CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang has been under increasing pressure for the last year in the wake of a botched merger with Microsoft. Jerry Yang will remain at the company as so-called "Chief Yahoo" and retain his seat on Yahoo's board of directors.
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Follow Dan Russell, a member of the Search Quality team doing user experience research for Google, as he explains how the search engine giant conducts field studies to improve the user experience. In tests that recall your Psychology 101 lab days, humans are the rats searching for the various kinds of informational cheese. Russell says Google determined the old advanced search engine was a turn-off, so Google refreshed it. The experiment also revives the argument about whether Google is making us stupid or not. Check out these slides. What do you think?
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Mark Cuban, Internet mogul and owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team, was charged Nov. 17 by the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) with insider trading in shares of Mamma.com, an Internet search engine firm. Cuban, one of the five finalists to buy the Chicago Cubs baseball team, faces civil charges by acting on nonpublic information and selling shares of Mamma.com to avoid more than $750,000 in losses, the SEC alleged. According to the SEC, Mamma.com invited Cuban to participate in a stock offering that would be conducted at a discount to the market price after he agreed to keep the information confidential.
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Vendors are waging a losing security battle against software pirates. With V.i. Labs, eWEEK takes a look at how software pirates promote their wares on the Web.
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Google Site Search is a hosted solution that provides public businesses with Google's search functionality. Now the software is getting faster with On-demand Indexing, which lets users refresh search results for Web sites with one click of a button. Google hopes Site Search will help it differentiate itself from rivals such as Microsoft subsidiary Fast, Mercado Software and Endeca.
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Search giant Google in its new Chrome browser has souped up JavaScript, calling it V8. Although Google Chrome's V8 sports neither fuel injection nor dual-overhead cams, it does have full compilation even for dynamic languages and new garbage collection features, resulting in much faster Web 2.0 applications.
Google's new Chrome browser has a lot to offer in terms of new technology. Google has recognized that something needed to be done to enable browser technology to catch up to the current state of Web application development. Jeff Cogswell looks under the hood to see what makes it tick.
Review: Microsoft closes the gap between its browser and rivals
Review: New Google unit will appeal to businesses
The biggest name in search hasn't done so well in the corporate arena, but the Google Mini appliance's new pricing and more robust capabilities will be appealing to businesses.
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