Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2098 technology Portals and Search Engines en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:06:46 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2098 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091106/bs_nf/69927 nf/20091106/69927 NewsFactor business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:06:46 GMT NewsFactor - A new product that gives users a new level of insight into what the world's biggest search engine knows about them was launched Thursday. Google Dashboard lets users see reports on the data Google has collected on them. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091105/bs_nf/69904 nf/20091105/69904 NewsFactor business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:54:00 GMT NewsFactor - As part of its quest to organize the world's information, Google is upping its commitment to organizing everything you can buy. On Thursday, the search giant announced Google Commerce Search, a new hosted enterprise search product that will help customers find products at online retail stores and e-commerce sites. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/wr_nm/us_microsoft_yahoo nm/20091105/us_microsoft_yahoo Reuters technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:51:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/wr_nm/us_microsoft_yahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r2738799097.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=j.VYBYInpy4wiVWPkwItIQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A Yahoo! sign is seen in New York's Times Square November 18, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company's search engine partnership with Yahoo would not be limited to the U.S. but would be introduced around the world, once it gets regulatory approval.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/wr_nm/us_microsoft_yahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r2738799097.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=j.VYBYInpy4wiVWPkwItIQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Yahoo! sign is seen in New York's Times Square November 18, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091105/bs_nf/69886 nf/20091105/69886 NewsFactor business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:00:17 GMT NewsFactor - On Thursday, Google launched a new feature that aims to silence privacy advocates who have criticized the search industry's data-collection and storage practices. If the initiative appeases the critics, other search engines could move to adopt similar strategies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/microsoftyahoopartnershipcouldreachbeyondtheus pcworld/20091105/microsoftyahoopartnershipcouldreachbeyondtheus PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:40:12 GMT PC World - Microsoft's deal with Yahoo under which the software maker's new Bing search engine will be used to power Yahoo searches and Yahoo will sell premium advertising for both companies could be expanded overseas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/bs_nm/us_google nm/20091105/us_google Reuters business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:38:29 GMT Reuters - Google Inc is selling a special search product to online retailers, as the Internet giant widens its hunt for new sources of revenue. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_hi_te/us_google_lobbying ap/20091104/us_google_lobbying AP technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:07:53 GMT AP - Google Inc.'s quarterly lobbying expenses eclipsed $1 million for the first time during the summer as the company tried to build on its dominance of Internet search and expand into other markets. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091104/bs_nf/69879 nf/20091104/69879 NewsFactor business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:58:12 GMT NewsFactor - Microsoft on Tuesday showed a preview of its redesigned MSN.com home page. The page hasn't had such a sweeping change in 10 years and features Bing search, the top news and entertainment stories, and some of the most popular social networks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091104/tc_pcworld/msnrevampssitewithfocusonsocialnetworking pcworld/20091104/msnrevampssitewithfocusonsocialnetworking PC World technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:42:00 GMT PC World - Microsoft has unveiled a fairly significant redesign of the MSN web site, the first overhaul the site has seen in about a decade. The new MSN site incorporates social networking and could breathe some life back into the mostly dead concept of web portals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/tc_afp/usmediaindustrycompanyearningsinternetaoltimewarner afp/20091104/usmediaindustrycompanyearningsinternetaoltimewarner AFP technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:07:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/tc_afp/usmediaindustrycompanyearningsinternetaoltimewarner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257349007550-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=p9.J0TfKWaPknCYhzC46Gw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Time Warner Center in New York City, seen here in May 2009. US media and entertainment giant Time Warner posted a 38 percent decline in quarterly net profit on Wednesday, dragged down by weak results in its publishing division and at Internet unit AOL.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US media and entertainment giant Time Warner posted a 38 percent decline in quarterly net profit on Wednesday, dragged down by weak results in its publishing division and at Internet unit AOL.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/tc_afp/usmediaindustrycompanyearningsinternetaoltimewarner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257349007550-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=p9.J0TfKWaPknCYhzC46Gw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="Time Warner Center in New York City, seen here in May 2009. US media and entertainment giant Time Warner posted a 38 percent decline in quarterly net profit on Wednesday, dragged down by weak results in its publishing division and at Internet unit AOL.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091104/tc_pcworld/msnofferspublicsneakpeekatnewlook pcworld/20091104/msnofferspublicsneakpeekatnewlook PC World technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:26:00 GMT PC World - Microsoft is set to give its MSN portal a major upgrade, freshening up the popular destination with a new look and with social networking hooks such as integrated Facebook and Twitter feeds. This is no minor change, but a bold departure from MSN's previous presentation. Microsoft says that the main purposes of the update are to declutter the MSN homepage and to refresh its outdated look. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_microsoft_new_msn ap/20091104/us_tec_techbit_microsoft_new_msn AP technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:02:32 GMT AP - Microsoft Corp. is giving its MSN Web portal a long-overdue makeover and says it hopes the new site will funnel more people to Bing, the software maker's search engine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wr_nm/us_yahoo nm/20091103/us_yahoo Reuters technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:26:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wr_nm/us_yahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r2738799097.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=j.VYBYInpy4wiVWPkwItIQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A Yahoo! sign is seen in New York's Times Square November 18, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yahoo Inc, looking to match rivals in providing up-to-the-minute Internet search results, is running tests with several real-time search partners, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/wr_nm/us_yahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r2738799097.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=j.VYBYInpy4wiVWPkwItIQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Yahoo! sign is seen in New York's Times Square November 18, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091103/tc_zd/245693 zd/20091103/245693 PC Magazine technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:42:10 GMT PC Magazine - In an effort to promote its recently announced music search deal with Google, Lala on Tuesday said it would offer several free MP3 downloads for a limited time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_techbit_qtrax_baidu ap/20091102/us_tec_techbit_qtrax_baidu AP technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:46:20 GMT AP - A music service that plans to offer free song downloads said Monday that China's largest search engine will send users to the service in a deal that could cut online music piracy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091102/tc_pcworld/yahoobeatsoutgoogleono2germany pcworld/20091102/yahoobeatsoutgoogleono2germany PC World technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:50:16 GMT PC World - Yahoo said it has replaced Google as the search provider on O2 Germany's mobile portal, continuing the battle among search providers for placement on mobile phones. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091102/bs_nf/69838 nf/20091102/69838 NewsFactor business Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:38:59 GMT NewsFactor - Microsoft just added yet another layer of weapons in its battle against Google and others for search advertising. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant inked a deal with OpenX Technologies that will directly compete with Google's AdSense business. Pasadena, Calif.-based OpenX is an independent ad server for web publishers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/tc_afp/uschinaitcompanytelecominternetgooglenokia afp/20091102/uschinaitcompanytelecominternetgooglenokia AFP technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:33:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/tc_afp/uschinaitcompanytelecominternetgooglenokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257186759305-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=CIvyekSYpzd9UlUp.9nmfw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in Mandarin Chinese.(Google voice)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in Mandarin Chinese.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/tc_afp/uschinaitcompanytelecominternetgooglenokia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257186759305-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=CIvyekSYpzd9UlUp.9nmfw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in Mandarin Chinese.(Google voice)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_en_ot/us_book_review_googled ap/20091102/us_book_review_googled AP entertainment Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:36:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_en_ot/us_book_review_googled"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.a6ec2ebe342c4ab991fd55fb091b6106.book_review_googled_nyet261.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=I9o5wDBA3RHhvWgcDW7ztQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="In this book cover image released by The Penguin Press, 'Googled: The End of the World as We Know It,' by Ken Auletta is shown. (AP Photo/The Penguin Press)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Googled: The End of the World as We Know It" (The Penguin Press, 336 pages, $25.95), by Ken Auletta. Google is best understood in terms of billions. Three billion searches are conducted daily on the site. Company revenues last year exceeded $22 billion. It spent $1.76 billion for YouTube and $3.2 billion for the digital ad company DoubleClick.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_en_ot/us_book_review_googled"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.a6ec2ebe342c4ab991fd55fb091b6106.book_review_googled_nyet261.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=I9o5wDBA3RHhvWgcDW7ztQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="In this book cover image released by The Penguin Press, 'Googled: The End of the World as We Know It,' by Ken Auletta is shown. (AP Photo/The Penguin Press)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091030/bs_nf/69797 nf/20091030/69797 NewsFactor business Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:42:30 GMT NewsFactor - Wednesday's launch of Google Maps Navigation for the search giant's Android mobile platform caused the stock prices of personal-navigation device makers to spiral downward. Clearly, investors fear that Google's free mobile service, which delivers real-time turn-by-turn voice guidance and automatic routing, will hurt the long-term financial performance of rival hardware and software vendors.