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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp.'s souped-up Internet search engine gained a little more ground on industry leaders Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. in July, according to data released late Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news169791820.html Technology Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:50:01 EST news169791820 Children are searching online for videos, social networks, games and, yes, porn as they grow up in an Internet Age, according to computer security firm Symantec. http://www.physorg.com/news169283709.html Technology Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:40:01 EST news169283709 (AP) -- Google has lifted the lid on a new version of its search engine, allowing users to look at the results it will generate. http://www.physorg.com/news169209929.html Technology Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:20:01 EST news169209929 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will hire at least 400 workers from Yahoo Inc. if government regulators approve the companies' proposed Internet search partnership, and Yahoo will receive $150 million to cover any unexpected costs during the switch to new technology. http://www.physorg.com/news168671619.html Technology Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:25:56 EST news168671619 (AP) -- Microsoft is hoping that a long-term partnership with rival Yahoo will give it the size and insight it needs to bring in more traffic, more advertisers and ultimately more revenue. http://www.physorg.com/news168541916.html Technology Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:12:25 EST news168541916 (AP) -- Google Inc. is so well known that it has become a synonym for search, making advertising unnecessary. Getting businesses to buy Google's online suite of office applications requires a little more elbow grease and marketing muscle. http://www.physorg.com/news168497802.html Technology Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:10:01 EST news168497802 (AP) -- Is Microsoft's Bing really a better search engine? Since it debuted last month, it has earned praise for the smart way it presents results and how it lets users preview Web sites without clicking through to them. http://www.physorg.com/news168149125.html Technology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:40:01 EST news168149125 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has finally roped Yahoo Inc. into an Internet search partnership, capping a convoluted pursuit that dragged on for years and finally setting the stage for them to make a joint assault against the dominance of Google Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news168066611.html Technology Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:27:34 EST news168066611 (AP) -- A British judge has ruled that Google cannot be held responsible for defamatory words that appear in results on the popular Internet search engine. http://www.physorg.com/news167407882.html Technology Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:12:21 EST news167407882 (AP) -- Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. is scheduled to report its second-quarter results after the stock market closes Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. http://www.physorg.com/news167303560.html Technology Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:13:48 EST news167303560 The Internet is a vastly different place than it was 15 years ago, but the way consumers search it has changed very little. http://www.physorg.com/news166903914.html Technology Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:20:01 EST news166903914 Microsoft praised its freshly-launched Bing online search engine and said it is taking a long-term approach in its quest to break from third place behind Yahoo! and Google. http://www.physorg.com/news166768568.html Technology Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:40:01 EST news166768568 Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing. http://www.physorg.com/news165756816.html Technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:34:02 EST news165756816 New search engine Bing helped Microsoft increase its share of the search market in the United States in June but, still lags behind Yahoo! and Google, a Web analytics firm reported Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news165678678.html Technology Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:00:03 EST news165678678 A deluge of search queries for Michael Jackson led Google News, the news aggregator of Web search engine Google, to initially believe it was under attack, the Internet giant said on Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news165296639.html Technology Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:50:01 EST news165296639 (AP) -- Google Inc. said Friday that it was working to block pornography reaching users of its Chinese service after a mainland watchdog found the search engine turned up large numbers of links to obscene and vulgar sites. http://www.physorg.com/news164627519.html Technology Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:52:28 EST news164627519 China stepped up its war on Internet censorship Thursday, slamming Google China for allowing pornographic content to seep into the nation and threatening to punish the search engine. http://www.physorg.com/news164536943.html Technology Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:42:51 EST news164536943 Microsoft says it has adjusted its freshly-launched Bing search engine to make it easier to filter out porn. http://www.physorg.com/news164353536.html Technology Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:45:54 EST news164353536 (AP) -- Google Inc. doesn't believe it needs to change its ways despite three separate U.S. government inquiries into whether some of the Internet search leader's actions are thwarting competition. http://www.physorg.com/news163910571.html Technology Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:43:08 EST news163910571 No matter how good a search engine is, it is sometimes necessary to change the search terms to get the information you need. But what if you did not have to change the search terms yourself? What if the search engine could do that for you? http://www.physorg.com/news163430239.html Technology Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:17:59 EST news163430239 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is inventing a new malady for which its new Web search site, Bing, is the only cure. http://www.physorg.com/news163225672.html Technology Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:28:24 EST news163225672 (AP) -- Muslim clerics debating the exploding popularity of Facebook in Indonesia said Friday that followers could use the networking site to connect with friends or for work - but not to gossip or flirt. http://www.physorg.com/news162183865.html Technology Fri, 22 May 2009 04:04:53 EST news162183865 How do you tell if a website you are browsing is a showing you a personal web page expressing the opinions of an individual or the marketing speak of a commercial site in disguise? Information engineers in India and Japan believe they have found an automatic way to discriminate between personal web pages and commercial pages designed to fool consumers. http://www.physorg.com/news162132812.html Technology Thu, 21 May 2009 13:54:00 EST news162132812 Microsoft is expected to unveil a new version of its Internet search engine next week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news162046116.html Technology Wed, 20 May 2009 13:49:26 EST news162046116 (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is pruning Web links from its Internet search results as it strives to provide more immediate gratification and lure traffic away from the market leader, Google Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news162016380.html Technology Wed, 20 May 2009 05:33:31 EST news162016380 US online retail giant Amazon has filed a lawsuit against Discovery Communications alleging it infringed four of Amazon's e-commerce patents, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news161974355.html Technology Tue, 19 May 2009 17:52:59 EST news161974355 The winner of the chilli cook-off, usually has a key secret ingredient, which is hard to identify. Similarly, many diseases have crucial proteins, which change the dynamics of cells from benign to deadly. http://www.physorg.com/news161951283.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 11:40:55 EST news161951283 Google increased its share of the US online search market in April while Yahoo! and Microsoft both lost ground, according to figures released on Monday by tracking firm comScore. http://www.physorg.com/news161879047.html Technology Mon, 18 May 2009 15:24:31 EST news161879047 (AP) -- The head of the world's most popular search engine urged college graduates on Monday to step away from the virtual world and make human connections. http://www.physorg.com/news161877370.html Technology Mon, 18 May 2009 14:56:37 EST news161877370 Google rules the roost when it comes to Internet search and has easily brushed aside efforts by Yahoo!, Microsoft and others to knock it off its perch. http://www.physorg.com/news161629414.html Technology Sat, 16 May 2009 07:07:39 EST news161629414