Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Yahoo’s Intriguing New Search Engine

Can Yahoo steal the search throne from Google with Search Pad?

Search Pad, is a cloud-based smart tool that recognizes when a user may be doing research through search queries. In a demo the company gave me today, the user was looking up some information about digital cameras. After the third Yahoo search for information about cameras, a small pop-up appeared and asked if it should be taking notes. Reply with a yes and the sites you’ve been searching are there, with headline, excerpt and link. From there, you can add anything you want - maybe a user review from the Amazon page for a specific model - and Search Pad will grab the page title and a link, too.

Gmail, Google Docs, More Finally Lose 'beta' Tag

The kids are all growed up! Google has finally decided to ditch that pesky beta tag on several of its major projects. After five years of use, Gmail is apparently finally ready for prime time, along with Google Calendar, Google Talk, and Google Docs.

Internet plays key role in China's latest unrest by AP

The brawl between Han Chinese and Uighurs in southern China was scarcely covered by state media, but accounts and photos spread quickly via the Internet and became a spark that helped ignite deadly riots thousands of miles away in the Uighur homeland.

The $0.99 Netbook has arrived, on Sprint

Best Buy and Sprint have teamed up to offer a Compaq-branded HP Mini 110c netbook for only 99 cents when you sign a two-year data contract.

GOG.com - Good Old Games

Feeling nostalgic about the good old days where gameplay reigned supreme? Longing to spend some long, passionate nights with your favorite games of yesteryear? We’re proud to present GOG.com, the site where it's all about Good Old Games and the people that play them. Games range from free to $10.00...and even though were DOS games, the all work well now in Windows.

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