Microsoft's MSN Buys E-Mail Search Firm
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Microsoft Corps online division has bought email search firm Lookout Inc as part of efforts to improve its own search technology and compete with Google Inc and Yahoo Inc
Terms of the deal announced Thursday were not disclosed
San Franciscobased Lookout makes software that helps users more quickly search through email stored in Microsofts Outlook mailbox Outlook is part of Microsofts Office software package
Lisa Gurry an director said the company will incorporate Lookouts technology into its planned new search offering...
PRESS RELEASE: David vs. the Goliaths: A Specialized Metasearch Engine Makes its Debut
OmniMedicalSearchcom features a streamlined design and clean interface to speed downloading time
My primary concerns are speed user satisfaction and presenting relevant results from reliable unbiased sources founder Jason Morrow said After that nothing else matters
Morrows search engine faces a tough challenge against the big players like Google Yahoo and
Those are great search engines but their search results churn up a lot of commercial biased and spam laden websites when one is trying to do serious research Morrow said I dont really view the major search engines as competition...
Online network?
At one of the homes I visited a computer was conspicuously situated center stage in the living room The was the entertainment unit I was told
While thats bad news for traditional networks its good news for Yahoo if it can figure out how to capitalize on the opportunity
Its no surprise that big advertisers that want to manipulate err I mean influence consumers decisions and create a brand image are embracing the Web to place their ads...
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Retroreflectum Its not one of the magic spells cast in Charms class or Defense Against the Arts although it sounds like one
Retroreflectum is the key behind the technology in making the invisibility cloak Yes there is an invisibility cloak and its not from Harry Potter The credit goes to Prof Susumu Tachi
He started working on an invisibility formula back in and it was only recently that he was able to discover retroreflectum This is how it works the cloak projects an image onto itself of what is behind the wearer...
Sensis to launch search engine
People are just getting used to using search engines to look for things Its as simple as that
The actual search engine will be of little surprise as a test version of the site has been online for weeks and the actual site wwwsensiscomau has now gone live although only with partial functionality a Sensis spokeswoman said
Instead analysts are keen to find out how the financial side of the business is going and particularly how the well the recent 636 million acquisition by Telstra of classifieds newspaper The Trading Post is progressing...