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Metrics firm Keynote Systems has come under fire for not releasing searchengine rankings reportedly at the request of Microsoft that would have shown the software makers search engine slipping from No 3 to No 5
Based on a survey of consumers the study compared the relevance of search results before and after Microsoft stopped using Yahoos technology and replaced it with its own The Wall Street Journal reported
For general search results 27 percent of the respondents did not find the results relevant versus 17 percent before the switch in February the newspaper said quoting people familiar with the survey...
Watson search tool adds to MSN Search
Watson 20 which Intellext calls a personal research assistant provides computer users with Web links related to text displayed on Microsofts Word PowerPoint Outlook and Internet Explorer applications as well as the Firefox browser for the standalone Watson 20 package For example if a computer user surfed to the com Friday story Evacuee bus explodes as Rita closes in Watson would point the user to 36 related general Web links one news link two Web log links and three research links...
Winning the web war
People arent aware of the risks that are involved when they receive or send emails she said But most emails are in fact monitored
Liu Di whose web identity Stainless Steel Mouse is famous throughout Chinas cyberspace knows what she is talking about
In late she was detained and held in confinement for nearly a year apparently for posting articles on Chinese internet sites that criticised the government for refusing to protect freedoms of speech and the press...
Google AutoLink
Alternatively use the dropdown box select an option shown and an entirely new window will open to display the AutoLink content In contrast with the links on the page new
windows arent opened Instead the original window is replaced with the new content
Dont like the links Via the drop down box you can use the Remove option to get rid of them or put them back using the Add option if they have been removed
By the way earlier this week I found that using the dropdown box did add links to the page...
Microsoft Reorganizes
Partners say Microsoftamps restructuring last week sets up an epic battle batween the software giant and Google in the burgeoning software services market
As part of a corporate restructuring the onceseparate Windows client division and server and tools group will be merged together with under one roof as the Microsoft Platform Products and Services Division The group will be led by sales chief Kevin Johnson and Windows desktop guru Jim Allchin who will act as copresidents until Allchinamps planned retirement next year...