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Google ready to say ‘zài jiàn’ (goodbye) to China

Following a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China , Google has said it is no longer prepared to censor search results on Google.cn...

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Is Tiger Woods better value than Michael Jackson?

It might be a below par Christmas for Tiger Woods, but web advertisers are celebrating a revenue generating hole in one.

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Bing dies, nobody notices and fewer care

Did you know that the Microsoft Bing search engine died this week? Don't panic, you are not alone.

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Microsoft launches Bing’s ‘next chapter’

Upstart search engine Bing is getting some new features and search enhancements, including more direct travel searching, improved previews, and customizable maps.

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Kindle piques Aussie interest in ebooks

While there's no indication yet of how many Australians have ordered a Kindle, there are signs of considerable interest.

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Google declares the alien saga over

Early this afternoon, Melbourne time, Google said in their blog that the celebration of H. G. Wells' birthday was the sole reason for the alien Google Doodles.

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Has Google gone flipping mad?

With the launch of Fast Flip, Google says it is bringing a new reading experience to users of Google News. We say it's not new, it certainly ain't pretty and...

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Confusion over Aussie books in Google ‘library’

Australian book publishers will seek further legal advice to gauge the impact of Google’s latest sweetener to counterparts in Europe and the US as the search behemoth seeks to make...

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Google UFO logo mystery deepens

What the heck is happening at Google? With UFO sightings on the search home page and 'unexplained phenomenon' the most searched for phrase this weekend, speculation about an alien abduction...

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Microsoft to add Bing Ping thing

Microsoft's new search engine will be getting a social media twist when the new Bing Ping service launches. Bing Ping will let users immediately share their...

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Bing to use Wolfram Alpha results

Novel data-oriented search engine Wolfram Alpha has signed a deal to license some of its results to Microsoft's Bing, as well as making other improvements to the search engine's usefulness.

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Caffeine: Google’s Bing-killer

Did you really expect Google to sit back and allow Bing to capture ANY of their market-share? No, I didn't think so.

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Report: Yahoo, Microsoft close to deal

Microsoft and Yahoo are reportedly close to an agreement that would make Microsoft's Bing the search engine for Yahoo in exchange for a share of ad revenue.

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Microsoft and Yahoo! deal close?

It looks like the on/off relationship between Yahoo! and Microsoft may finally be consummated.

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Like a Shooting Star, Bing is bung!

Readers are probably aware that iTWire makes use of StatCounter to count hits to the site. A few days ago, StatCounter reported that Bing had surpassed Yahoo in search...

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Bing Travel falls to deliver

Bing arrived with a bang, and now the initial fuss has ebbed Microsoft is adding features. Bing Travel provides airfare and hotel search, but falls down in some important respects....

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Microsoft to EU: new browser rules will help Google

Microsoft has warned the European Commission that planned regulations covering Windows and browsers will only increase Google's dominance of the search business.

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Uh oh, Google goes all Phorm on your ass

The whole concept of behaviour-based targeting of online advertising is guaranteed to kick up a privacy stink wherever it appears. When that place is Google, though, the stink could quickly...

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Revealed: why Google went down as quick as a slash

Earlier today Google had a hiccup where it reported every search result as potentially malware. This continued for about an hour and brought the world's searching to its knees. Google...

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Google crashes; says all Internet is bad

As I write this, Google is reporting every search result as being harmful. With Google being the de-facto home page for many people will Febrary 1st go down as the...

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