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    Whatever happened to artificial intelligence? 24/06/2008 09:38:30

    Artificial intelligence promised us great technology. But has it delivered?
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    Ask.com's cool new local search service 04/12/2006 18:00:54

    Ask.com--the search engine formerly known as Ask Jeeves--has had local search and mapping features for awhile, but they've been also-rans in comparison to Google Maps and Yahoo's tandem offerings, Yahoo Maps and Yahoo Local. No longer. Ask has launched a new local information service, AskCity, and judging from the time I've spent using it to investigate my city, San Francisco, it's a contender. And rather than being a me-too clone of its rivals, it's an original.
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    Researcher to boost Yahoo's social search projects 26/07/2006 08:00:35

    Yahoo said that it has hired a high-level researcher to beef up its social search efforts.
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    Geniuses wanted -- Google's quest for the best 26/06/2006 08:28:44

    Internally at Google it's dubbed the "Lake Wobegon Strategy" -- "only hire candidates who are above the mean of your current employees."
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    Battle of the bulge 19/04/2006 10:39:07

    In a routine reminiscent of mum at dinner time, thin provisioning forces storage-hungry users to watch their habits.
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    Google speeds ahead in search engine race 30/03/2006 08:41:59

    In what has become a trend in recent months, Google in February continued to expand its share of search-engine queries in the US, establishing a lead of almost 15 percentage points over Yahoo, according to comScore Networks.
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    Blinkx revamps search application 08/03/2006 09:00:12

    Blinkx has revamped its desktop and Web search application, giving it a new name and adding new features to it, the San Francisco provider of search engine services plans to announce on Tuesday.
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    Jeeves the butler is out of a job 28/02/2006 07:07:32

    Jeeves the butler, the face of the Ask Jeeves Web site in recent years, took a forced retirement Monday -- axed in favor of Ask.com, a sleeker, more advanced search engine, according to a statement from the company.
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    Ask.com changes its image search service's lens 25/01/2006 09:03:06

    Ask Jeeves has a new image search engine and it is ready for its close-up, the Oakland, California, company said Tuesday.
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    Google increases lead over Yahoo in search 10/01/2006 08:14:30

    Google pulled away from Yahoo in search engine usage during November in a major way, according to comScore Networks.
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    Experian buys PriceGrabber.com for $485 million 15/12/2005 08:00:20

    Financial services company Experian got into the holiday shopping spirit on Wednesday by acquiring PriceGrabber.com, a popular online comparison shopping site. Experian's parent company, London-based Gus, said it paid US$485 million for PriceGrabber.com.
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