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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/technology/portals-search-engines technology Portals and Search Engines en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:59:20 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/technology/portals-search-engines http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_baidu ap/20100209/us_earns_baidu AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:59:20 GMT AP - Chinese Internet search company Baidu Inc. on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter earnings rose by 48 percent as revenue climbed. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_gets_social ap/20100209/us_tec_google_gets_social AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:36:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_gets_social"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d887227af63d45798a9f2d8e32a05b95.google_gets_social_nybz176.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=TwpN_Fagf.wR5xFPl4c9Jw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="In this screen shot provided by Google Inc., the company's new 'Google Buzz' feature for Gmail is shown. The feature unveiled Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, will enable Gmail users to create status updates on Google Buzz and read and comment on the updates posted by their friends. (AP Photo/Google Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_gets_social"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d887227af63d45798a9f2d8e32a05b95.google_gets_social_nybz176.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=TwpN_Fagf.wR5xFPl4c9Jw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="In this screen shot provided by Google Inc., the company's new 'Google Buzz' feature for Gmail is shown. The feature unveiled Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, will enable Gmail users to create status updates on Google Buzz and read and comment on the updates posted by their friends. (AP Photo/Google Inc.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100209/bs_ibd_ibd/20100209general ibd/20100209/20100209general Investor's Business Daily business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:35:29 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Shares of Baidu soared to new highs in late trading Tuesday after the leading Chinese Web search engine crushed analysts' fourth-quarter expectations and predicted that current quarter sales will easily top Wall Street's current estimates. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/uschinaitcompanyearningsinternetbaidugoogle afp/20100209/uschinaitcompanyearningsinternetbaidugoogle AFP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:59:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/uschinaitcompanyearningsinternetbaidugoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265756302612-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=qC4svVh7OzHcByObtu2ZYg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman walks past the Baidu office in Beijing. Chinese Web search giant Baidu, which stands to potentially benefit if Google pulls out of China, posted a nearly 50 percent increase in quarterly net profit on Tuesday on sharply higher revenue.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Chinese Web search giant Baidu, which stands to potentially benefit if Google pulls out of China, posted a nearly 50 percent increase in quarterly net profit on Tuesday on sharply higher revenue.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/uschinaitcompanyearningsinternetbaidugoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265756302612-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=qC4svVh7OzHcByObtu2ZYg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman walks past the Baidu office in Beijing. Chinese Web search giant Baidu, which stands to potentially benefit if Google pulls out of China, posted a nearly 50 percent increase in quarterly net profit on Tuesday on sharply higher revenue.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wr_nm/us_google_china_interview nm/20100209/us_google_china_interview Reuters technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:53:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wr_nm/us_google_china_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3475313235.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=dgUSIxDHWkdlr8U.bVTT_A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Google co-founder Sergey Brin participates in a panel discussion in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Google Inc co-founder Sergey Brin said on Tuesday it has become "very hard to operate" in China, but he is optimistic that the Internet company can continue to "open up information for everyone everywhere, free of political censorship."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wr_nm/us_google_china_interview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3475313235.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=dgUSIxDHWkdlr8U.bVTT_A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Google co-founder Sergey Brin participates in a panel discussion in Mountain View, California February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_iac_on_the_call ap/20100209/us_tec_iac_on_the_call AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:53:01 GMT AP - Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ask.com search engine is the fourth-largest in the U.S., trailing offerings from Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wr_nm/us_google_social nm/20100209/us_google_social Reuters technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:13:07 GMT Reuters - Google Inc injected social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/tc_afp/lifestylechinaitinternetgames afp/20100209/lifestylechinaitinternetgames AFP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:13:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/tc_afp/lifestylechinaitinternetgames"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265730180719-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=yvTCtwSjcXUBk1kGqZvGnw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="This handout image received in 2007 shows Activision, Inc.'s "World of Warcraft" video game. Chinese Internet portal NetEase has said it will reapply for a licence to operate "World of Warcraft", one of the most popular online role-playing games with millions of users in China alone.(AFP/ACTIVISION INC.-HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Chinese Internet portal NetEase has said it will reapply for a licence to operate "World of Warcraft", one of the most popular online role-playing games with millions of users in China alone.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/tc_afp/lifestylechinaitinternetgames"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265730180719-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=yvTCtwSjcXUBk1kGqZvGnw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="This handout image received in 2007 shows Activision, Inc.'s "World of Warcraft" video game. Chinese Internet portal NetEase has said it will reapply for a licence to operate "World of Warcraft", one of the most popular online role-playing games with millions of users in China alone.(AFP/ACTIVISION INC.-HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wr_nm/us_google_china_goojje nm/20100209/us_google_china_goojje Reuters technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:13:49 GMT Reuters - Google Inc has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/touchdowngooglestopsuperbowlsearches pcworld/20100209/touchdowngooglestopsuperbowlsearches PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:18:00 GMT PC World - Was your smartphone or notebook by your side during the Super Bowl? And were you tweeting your reactions to the TV ads, or trying to pull up Drew Brees' season completion percentage? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_hi_te/eu_spain_telefonica_google ap/20100208/eu_spain_telefonica_google AP technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:33:23 GMT AP - Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100208/tc_zd/248234 zd/20100208/248234 PC Magazine technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:49:52 GMT PC Magazine - Google will be adding hooks to popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter via Gmail, according to reports. Is this a push version of Google's Social Search? Update: Google has scheduled a press conference on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100208/tc_pcworld/googlesfirstsuperbowladshowsitssofterside pcworld/20100208/googlesfirstsuperbowladshowsitssofterside PC World technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:51:00 GMT PC World - Google doesn't tend to show itself off. Why would it need to? It's a household name, often synonymous with search, the go-to search engine. Even if Google didn't flood the news on an almost daily basis, at this point, it'd be impossible to ignore its influence. Yet still, Google dug deep into the television advertising gambit on Sunday, airing a heartwarming spot during the be-all, end-all destination for ads: the Super Bowl. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100208/tc_pcworld/googlesnextventureuniversaltranslator pcworld/20100208/googlesnextventureuniversaltranslator PC World technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:38:00 GMT PC World - Google wants to pioneer the first smartphone technology to translate foreign languages almost instantly, the search giant told British daily The Times. The technology will be able to convert spoken words into a different language in real time, and could be ready within a few years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100206/tc_pcworld/timetorethinkgooglebooks pcworld/20100206/timetorethinkgooglebooks PC World technology Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:25:00 GMT PC World - Google Books is a wonderful idea that is having a hard time meeting legal requirements. That's the upshot of the latest round in the battle between the world's search leader and the people who actually create the content Google exploits for huge profits. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100205/tc_pcworld/afterchinapulloutblusterwillgooglebacktrack pcworld/20100205/afterchinapulloutblusterwillgooglebacktrack PC World technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:40:15 GMT PC World - It has been a long three and a half weeks since Google made the dramatic announcement that it will no longer censor its search results in China, even if that means exiting that huge Internet market. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_iac_earns_preview ap/20100205/us_tec_iac_earns_preview AP technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:49:39 GMT AP - Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp, which is headed by billionaire Barry Diller and runs search engine Ask.com and dating site Match.com, reports its fourth-quarter results before the stock market opens Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100205/tc_zd/248171 zd/20100205/248171 PC Magazine technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:54:14 GMT PC Magazine - On the heels of its revamped homepage, Facebook will also expand its partnership with Microsoft and its Bing search engine, a deal that involves ditching banner ads on the social networking site. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/wr_nm/us_google_cybersecurity nm/20100204/us_google_cybersecurity Reuters technology Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:55:14 GMT Reuters - Internet search firm Google is finalizing a deal that would let the National Security Agency help it investigate a corporate espionage attack that may have originated in China, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100204/bs_nf/71496 nf/20100204/71496 NewsFactor business Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:50:53 GMT NewsFactor - Internet search giant Google has tapped government agencies to help the company find the person or people responsible for a recent cyberattack. But privacy advocates are not happy with the backdoor partnership between Google and government authorities.