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The 15-petabyte network behind the Cern atom smasher
News A wide range of projects are already tapping into the vast number crunching capabilities and fat pipes of the GridPP during its downtime, including those searching for anti-malarial drugs, combating avian flu and an image search engine. [15 Jul 2008]
Google open sources web 2.0 security
News It would be great to see the server ported to Google App Engine, or support for Firefox 3 implemented," Boodman wrote. Google admitted recently that the number of drive-by download sites listed in its typical search results has increased... [14 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! 'Boss' offers up search to build on
News has begun a project that lets anyone build a customised search engine atop the internet company's technology. In an attempt to boost its search-ad business, Yahoo! The service, which entered public beta testing last night, is called Boss (Build... [10 Jul 2008]
Google: It pays to make ads work
News Searching for a subject on a website makes targeting easier, because a search engine can infer people's interests through their search queries but for display ads, it's not so simple. Google's cash cow is selling text advertisements that appear... [12 Jun 2008]
Google looks to the cloud to woo business
News Google's App Engine, basically a scalable hosting platform, offers "almost unlimited scalability. IM, search, VoIP, all have foundations in the consumer world. Enterprise software is not going away but there is a transition taking place. [11 Jun 2008]
Microsoft-HP deal plans to boost Live Search
News Microsoft has struck a deal with the world's largest PC maker, HP, to place a toolbar on new PCs that leads to its Live Search engine, the companies have said. Under the agreement, Microsoft's search engine will also be the default service on the... [03 Jun 2008]
Google - the best workplace in the UK
News Other IT companies in the rest of the list include search engine optimisation business BigMouthMedia, tech support company IT Lab and server hosting company Rackspace. At its Silicon Valley complex it's famed for pampering staff with gourmet free... [28 May 2008]
Publishers demand up to €49m from Google
News Google has already lost earlier rounds of a court dispute with Copiepresse, which has argued Google had violated copyright law by failing to secure permission before using headlines and snippets of Belgian French- and German-language newspaper... [28 May 2008]
Google: Yahoo! tie-up not anti-competitive
News Google is the top search engine, and a tie-up with number-two search engine Yahoo! would use Google's more profitable search advertising platform to make more money for itself, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity. [29 Apr 2008]
Google invites developers to play on the Bigtable
News Google is offering web developers a slice of its own infrastructure by announcing the preview release of the Google App Engine platform, which provides access to the same database building blocks used by the search giant. [09 Apr 2008]
Wikia Search goes live but results are "pretty bad"
News An alpha version of the Wikia search engine has been unveiled this week and, despite the hype surrounding its appearance, online commentary has been overwhelmingly negative. Instead of arriving on the web pre-loaded with the complex algorithms... [08 Jan 2008]
Wikia Search ready for launch
News Wikia Search, a community-driven search engine, will get its first public preview on 7 January, according to co-founder Jimmy Wales. In an email sent to the Wikia Search mailing list on 24 December, Wales wrote he aims to make the initial version... [03 Jan 2008]
How Topshop.com survives the Kate Moss effect
News One of these developments he is considering is a more advanced search engine that could for instance, search ranges by size. When Topshop launched the Kate Moss range earlier this year, its website traffic leapt from its average of 1.5 million page... [22 Nov 2007]
BT Tradespace spruces up its search
News Croxford said some users are finding that having BT Tradespace profiles alongside their own company websites is benefiting them in search engine rankings. The free service, which launched in April, is already linked to the online payment service... [31 Oct 2007]
Vint Cerf gazes at interplanetary web
News Google, of course, would be the search engine to organise all that data, he said. The search engine has teamed with Nasa Ames Reseach Center on various development programmes, such as making Nasa lunar and Mars data available online. [25 Oct 2007]
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