Ask Allows Users to Control Cookie Length
In an unprecedented move, ASK (previously ASK Jeeves) has changed its data retention cookie policy to incorporate users’ preference on how long they can retain personal search ...
Germany to fund Theseus – a Google Rival
The European Union gave Germany the nod to spend 120 million euros ($167 million) on research into Theseus, a search engine to compete against Google.
The project boasts high profile ...
Google Launches Print Ads
In a followup to its Audio Ads, Google has just launched its Print Ads programme in the US market.
In a nutshell, Google Print Ads allows companies to run advertisements in local newspapers ...
Google DoubleClick Deal Faces Congressional Inquiry
Google’s purchase of DoubleClick is facing a major hurdle this week as it get more heat from a US congress enquiry. This has been the biggest set back to a $3.1 deal that ...
Custom Search Business Edition
A while back I blogged about the Google custom search engine and how I experimented with it. Well, today, Google officially announced that they’re launching Custom Search (Business ...
Google sued by Ozzy Gov
The Australian Government is suing Google for misleading users by not distinguishing between paid and natural search results.
Specifically, the lawsuit is being raised by the Australian ...
China Presses Ahead With Personalised Search Results
The Taiyuan University of Technology is testing a search engine software agent that combines not only searched keywords when returning results but also personal data that’s been ...
Google Buys Postini
Google announced that it has acquired web security firm Postini for US $625 Million in cash.
Postini is best known for its corporate spam filtering and security service, but is also ...
Google loses Gmail Battle in Germany
Google has lost its battle to enforce the gmail trademark in the German market. The battle was lost to gmail.de (stands for Giersch Mail) who also offer an email service.
Google ...
Google Acquires GrandCentral Communications
Google announced that it has acquired GrandCentral Communications a company that manages voice communications. The Purchase price is thought to have been in he vincinity of $50 ...
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