Google boosts headline search
News Google's new service, called Advanced News Search, allows visitors to scour headlines by date, location, exact phrases or publication. Advanced News Search adds to the company's ever-expanding set of Web navigation tools and improves on its...
[July 22, 2003, 8:24]
Microsoft 'Newsbot' apes Google News
News Although news aggregation services have been a feature of portal sites such as Yahoo since the mid-1990s, the rise of automatic headline services that are based on Web search technology has added new importance to an old idea.
[July 27, 2004, 8:15]
Google is not quite 10 yet
Blog Take, for example, this piece from Yahoo News, bearing the headline "Google, at age 10, is the official heart of the Internet" (man, it must sting Yahoo to stick that up! The very first Google mention on ZDNet.co.uk came courtesy of Rupert, who...
[September 14, 2007, 10:37]
Google paring back contractor workforce
News The contractor-cut story made the rounds on Monday after publication of a Silicon Valley WebGuild article bearing the headline: 'Google layoffs — 10,000 workers affected'. Google is in the process of paring back a contractor workforce that numbers...
[November 25, 2008, 10:43]
Internet search rings in the changes
News I have complete control with pay-per-click advertising -- I can get to the top, I control the headline and message -- whereas with a directory listing, it's what [Yahoo! s directory "a waste of time," given that 95 percent of his site's traffic...
[March 24, 2003, 15:27]
GuruNet launches search service
News A search on Google for Shirley Chisholm -- the former New York City representative in the House of Representatives, who was the first black woman to serve in Congress -- turned up a news headline about her death on New Year's Day and links to 90...
[January 4, 2005, 8:35]
Google introduces Fast Flip news service
News Some publishers believe Google News siphons their content and discourages readers from clicking through to the source of the story by including the headline and a snippet of the story. On the other hand, a more attractive presentation of the story...
[September 15, 2009, 8:38]
Yahoo rejects 'absurd' Microsoft-Icahn buyout offer
News Many of the components of the headline value that Icahn and Microsoft put forward, such as the spin-off of Yahoo's Asian assets and the return of cash to stockholders, are steps that could be taken by Yahoo on its own and the board continues to...
[July 14, 2008, 11:38]
Google share price takes a dive
News Also playing a potential role in pushing Google's stock against the tide was a report in the Financial Times on Saturday that carried the headline: "Android launches with big goals but the buzz is missing," noted Helfstein.
[September 9, 2008, 9:09]
Speaking of witch hunts...
Talkback Speaking of witch hunts, it's amazing how many news outlets picked up this headline and ran with it. Google supports it in a very limited viewing capacity in search to allows users to find and view the information they are looking for.
[January 31, 2008, 14:07]
Firefox 2 review
Reviews For news sites such as the BBC's, you'll see the latest headline. Firefox 2 now includes suggested search terms from the search engine itself; for instance type fire and Google returns Firefox among other suggestions.
[October 28, 2006, 15:00]
Today's Vista launch is just the beginning
News Except for a few 'headline' corporates, I am hearing that most will start to move in the back end of 2007," said one UK chief information officer. Perhaps prompted by the success of Google Desktop Search, Vista's indexed search feature will scour...
[November 30, 2006, 10:01]
Chrome takes new tack for faster JavaScript
News This kicked off Google's own project, Irregexp, the headline feature in the new developer preview version of Chrome, 2.0.160.0 (release notes). However, Google has checked for compatibility of its own code by using its accelerated testing programme...
[February 6, 2009, 16:20]
Crowt.A virus preys on news junkies
News A PC virus has started to spread through email, luring potential victims by disguising itself as a headline newsletter from CNN, an antivirus company said Thursday. The Santy worm, for example, used a real-time search of Google to find vulnerable...
[January 21, 2005, 14:10]
Does Apple’s Leopard Roar?
Blog Apologies for the hackneyed headline, but it’s not copyrighted, so I figured why not. As an iGoogle user, this type of cut and paste action is already something I’m comfortable with, but I guess this gives me access to the entire web rather than...
[November 4, 2007, 15:48]
Google launches UK news service
News Google, whose search technology is also used by companies such as Yahoo, recently topped a list showing which portals and search engines are most popular with Internet users looking for information. Google has upgraded its Internet news aggregation...
[May 12, 2003, 12:13]
Are search engines facing extinction?
Blog Comment Another problem SE's solve is complex URLs, finding information on poorly structured websites and multiple sub-directories, for example; manually, it would be a struggle to find last week's headline story on the Guardian newspaper website, but if...
[June 6, 2008, 9:10]
India portal Rediff.com branches out
News Reflecting one actor's quest for serious roles, "I'd rather cut my throat than sing" is the headline to a Rediff.com interview with Khalid Mohamed, a leading man in a new movie entitled 'Silsilay'. Google, meanwhile, has no substantial domestic...
[June 23, 2005, 11:40]
New tools for Google Desktop
News At its annual press day in the Googleplex at Mountain View, California, the search giant took the lid off Google Desktop version 4, Google Notebook, Google Trends and Google Co-op. The new Google Desktop lets people use mini-applications from...
[May 11, 2006, 9:05]
