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BetterSearch 5.1

BetterSearch 5.1

...icio.us, MSN Search, A9, Answers.com (web results), AllTheWeb, ask.com (Ask Jeeves), Clusty.com, Vivisimo.com, and Simpy.com by adding previews (thumbnails... Read more

20 February, 2012
SafeSearchLock 1.1

SafeSearchLock 1.1

...and web content providers, including Google, YouTube, Bing, Live Search, Yahoo, AOL, Ask Jeeves, Go, Dailymotion, AltaVista, DuckDuckGo and Flickr! When you run SafeSearchLock (automatically... Read more

30 September, 2011
Request-Aware Scheduling for Busy Internet Services

Request-Aware Scheduling for Busy Internet Services

...handle incoming requests continuously and concurrently. The authors' investigation with applications from Ask Jeeves search shows that during overloaded situations, requests that require excessive computing... Read more

1 January, 2011

Ask Jeeves Toolbar

We had no trouble installing the Ask Jeeves Toolbar; after downloading it, the toolbar installed itself in less than... Read more

7 January, 2005 by Ben Patterson

Ask Jeeves warns of wider loss; CEO resigns

Apparently Ask Jeeves doesn't have all the answers. After the bell Thursday, the... Read more

8 December, 2000 by Larry Barrett

Want to win £1m? Don't Ask Jeeves

...In 1980, the US boycotted the summer Olympics in what city? We ask Jeeves the question; he's thinking, thinking. No luck. It took Jeeves... Read more

24 January, 2000 by Jennifer Mack

...1.85bn Ask Jeeves sale agreed

InterActiveCorp has agreed to a $1.85bn buyout of search engine Ask Jeeves. The Internet conglomerate, which is headed by media entrepreneur Barry Diller... Read more

21 March, 2005 by Matt Hines

Jeeves asking Mozilla for support

Ask Jeeves and the Mozilla Foundation have begun discussions on the twin possibilities... Read more

15 February, 2005 by Paul Festa

Ask Jeeves renews international quest

Ask Jeeves on Monday unveiled a Japanese Web site, the search company's... Read more

24 August, 2004 by Stefanie Olsen

Ask Jeeves dumps banners

Ask Jeeves is dropping banner ads from its flagship search site and will... Read more

6 January, 2003 by Margaret Kane

Pop-ups pushed down at Ask Jeeves

Ask Jeeves has banned pop-up advertisements from its search site, making it... Read more

21 October, 2002 by Stefanie Olsen

A Year Ago: Want to win £1m? Don't Ask Jeeves

What if Ask Jeeves could help you out on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire... Read more

24 January, 2001 by Jennifer Mack

Ask Jeeves gets new chairman

Ask Jeeves, the Web search service with a human touch, said Thursday it... Read more

12 January, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Search engines narrow their vision

...Web pages and instead focusing on more specialised searches. Among the changes Ask Jeeves will announce Monday is a service that allows Web sites to... Read more

14 August, 2000 by Ben Charny

Ask Jeeves added to Russell 2000

Search engine Ask Jeeves has been added to the Russell 2000 index. The index, a... Read more

11 July, 2000 by Margaret Kane

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