Google to offer customised pages
BizWorld
Google is introducing a way for users to create personalised Web pages with customised news stock prices weather and other information the Wall Street Journal reported
The move brings Google closer to competing more directly with Yahoo and other Web portal sites the newspaper said in its online edition
The new service to be released in a test version at labsgooglecom will display information from different Google services such as weather reports and the users Gmail email messages on a single Web page the Journal said...
Traffick - Internet Search Enlightenment: Yahoo's Slider Makes Commercial vs. Informational Dichotomy Overt
Playing to the algo as weve argued here for some time may soon be a thing of the past
Yahoos Mindset beta offers searchers the ability to customize their search as to commercial intent Searching for commercial results Slide the slider closer to the commercial side Doing a more researchoriented search Slider over to the right
Google was the first to introduce sliders of this type...
Sex Sells - Forbes.com
Publisher and eccentric money manager Norman Zadeh claims hes lost 35 million on the quarterly magazine Perfect 10 since launching it in to publish nude photos of naturally endowed women and run selfpenned screeds about world affairs A big chunk of that money is going to pay the lawyers
Zadeh is the plaintiff in five lawsuits alleging unauthorized reproduction of the magazines photos on the Internet In his latest filed in Los Angeles federal court Zadeh accuses Google of ripping him off by storing and posting his photos on the big search engines image search index and by linking to Web sites that are also stealing his photos...
Pondering new puzzle: who inherits digital data
There are private online journals email missives to longago loves and important financial documents not to mention records of instantmessage chats and Web surfing habits
People need to be aware of the fact they are leaving a digital trail said Roy Litherland a San Jose attorney who specializes in estate planning and living trusts Indeed new software programs like Google Desktop Search literally record every move people make online or on their computers
Who is entitled to that material when you die is a question now being grappled with in the legal world by Internet service providers as well as by family members...
Gates unveils MSN Virtual Earth
Microsofts division will enhance its search engine in the next couple of weeks by adding a local search index for finding business directory listings Later the company will supplement this with Virtual Earth a free new service that will pinpoint places in maps and satellite images Local search is a gaping hole in the search engine All other major search engine providers including Google Yahoo Ask Jeeves and have a local search tab on their search websites...