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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2098 technology Portals and Search Engines en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:27 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/ap/20091120/ap_on_hi_te/us_search_engine_lawsuit ap/20091120/us_search_engine_lawsuit AP technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:27 GMT AP - A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/googleaddscaptionstoyoutubesearch pcworld/20091120/googleaddscaptionstoyoutubesearch PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:00 GMT PC World - In a step to make YouTube videos more accessible to deaf people as well as to anyone else searching for videos online, Google has launched an automatic video captioning service. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/judgesetsscheduleforgooglebooksearchcase pcworld/20091120/judgesetsscheduleforgooglebooksearchcase PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:19 GMT PC World - The judge in the copyright infringement case pitting the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) against Google and its book search program has set a date for the final hearing on the parties' controversial settlement proposal. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/alibabasitewithownsearchenginemayoutshineyahoochina pcworld/20091120/alibabasitewithownsearchenginemayoutshineyahoochina PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:10:11 GMT PC World - The launch of a new search engine for a booming online retail site run by Alibaba Group, the owner of Yahoo China, is just one more sign that Taobao.com is taking over roles formerly filled at the group by Yahoo. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/wr_nm/us_google_chrome nm/20091120/us_google_chrome Reuters technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:02:06 GMT Reuters - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_yahoo_twitter ap/20091119/us_tec_yahoo_twitter AP technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:38:55 GMT AP - Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091119/tc_pcworld/yahoossearchnewsshortcutsgaintweetsvideosphotos pcworld/20091119/yahoossearchnewsshortcutsgaintweetsvideosphotos PC World technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:20:12 GMT PC World - Yahoo has enhanced its Web search engine's news "shortcuts" by adding Twitter posts, photos and videos to them, the company announced Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091119/tc_zd/246226 zd/20091119/246226 PC Magazine technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:52:21 GMT PC Magazine - The world's number one search provider has opened its operating system project up to the world. Here's what it's all about. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091117/tc_pcworld/googleimageswirlahandsontour pcworld/20091117/googleimageswirlahandsontour PC World technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:13:00 GMT PC World - Google's firing back at Bing with a brand new visual image search feature. Google Image Swirl, announced on Tuesday, brings layers of similar images into your searches. Think of it like six degrees of separation, only customized to your image search interests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091117/bs_nf/70138 nf/20091117/70138 NewsFactor business Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:09:00 GMT NewsFactor - Bing is up. Yahoo is down. Google still dominates. That's the latest story line from comScore. The market-research firm just issued its October U.S. search-engine rankings. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091117/tc_pcworld/newresultclustersswirlintogooglesimagesearch pcworld/20091117/newresultclustersswirlintogooglesimagesearch PC World technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:40:15 GMT PC World - Google is publicly testing a new image search interface whose results, when clicked on, don't take users to an external Web page but instead display the clicked-upon image at the center of a radiating cluster of similar thumbnails. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/tc_afp/usitphotographycompanyinternetgoogle afp/20091117/usitphotographycompanyinternetgoogle AFP technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:36:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/tc_afp/usitphotographycompanyinternetgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258486495578-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=xdqPTmIrE8T3f5LhU6P3aQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages.(Google)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/tc_afp/usitphotographycompanyinternetgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258486495578-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=xdqPTmIrE8T3f5LhU6P3aQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages.(Google)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/tc_afp/usitcompanysearchinternetgoogleyahoomicrosoft afp/20091117/usitcompanysearchinternetgoogleyahoomicrosoft AFP technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:34:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/tc_afp/usitcompanysearchinternetgoogleyahoomicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258479269355-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=hDiO1fpNBuefX_sTJDqjDw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.(Bing)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/tc_afp/usitcompanysearchinternetgoogleyahoomicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258479269355-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=hDiO1fpNBuefX_sTJDqjDw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.(Bing)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091117/tc_pcworld/googletranslatetooloffersinstantresults pcworld/20091117/googletranslatetooloffersinstantresults PC World technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:32:00 GMT PC World - Google on Tuesday unveiled a revamped Translate service, giving a new look and feel to the automatic text and Web page translation tool. Google Translate now offers 51 language options and instant translations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091116/bs_nm/us_sina nm/20091116/us_sina Reuters business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:05:59 GMT Reuters - Sina Corp , China's largest Web portal, posted a decline in quarterly sales and profit but beat Wall Street estimates as a recovering economy boosted consumer spending and advertising sentiment. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091116/bs_nf/70105 nf/20091116/70105 NewsFactor business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:10:09 GMT NewsFactor - The Google Books settlement is back. On Friday, Google and the author and publisher groups that originally sued over the search engine's massive scanning operations offered a revised version of the settlement. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091116/tc_pcworld/newgooglesafesearchshowswhenkidsareprotected pcworld/20091116/newgooglesafesearchshowswhenkidsareprotected PC World technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:34:00 GMT PC World - Four colored balls now tell parents their children are protected against adult content while searching on Google, the search giant said last week. The balls appear at the top right of the screen when "strict" SafeSearch in enabled. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091114/tc_pcworld/googleplaintiffssubmitrevisedbooksearchsettlement pcworld/20091114/googleplaintiffssubmitrevisedbooksearchsettlement PC World technology Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMT PC World - Right up against a deadline to submit a revised settlement agreement to a judge overseeing a lawsuit filed against Google by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, the parties filed their second take near midnight on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091114/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_book_battle ap/20091114/us_tec_google_book_battle AP technology Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:35:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091114/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_book_battle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.ca2bcd1eae654a4eb6956e8373a805b8.google_book_battle_nybz153.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oCPFFGRTFkWqBRIKPF3_gQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this March 21, 2008 file photo, a scanner passes over a book at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., where one of hundreds of librarians from all over the world was helping Google Inc.'s Book Search create digital versions of all the estimated 50 million to 100 million books in the world. The future of Google's plans to sell millions of books online could begin to take shape Friday, Nov. 13, 2009.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Internet search leader Google will ease its control over millions of copyright-protected books earmarked for its digital library if a court approves a revised lawsuit settlement that addresses objections of antitrust regulators.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091114/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_book_battle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.ca2bcd1eae654a4eb6956e8373a805b8.google_book_battle_nybz153.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=oCPFFGRTFkWqBRIKPF3_gQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this March 21, 2008 file photo, a scanner passes over a book at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., where one of hundreds of librarians from all over the world was helping Google Inc.'s Book Search create digital versions of all the estimated 50 million to 100 million books in the world. The future of Google's plans to sell millions of books online could begin to take shape Friday, Nov. 13, 2009.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091112/tc_pcworld/bingandwolframalphatogetherclevermove pcworld/20091112/bingandwolframalphatogetherclevermove PC World technology Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:08:00 GMT PC World - Wolfram Alpha is a smart, computational take on the search engine, but its new partnership with Microsoft and its Bing search engine is even smarter.