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Google refines search results to counter Microsoft

Technology / Internet

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(AP) -- Google Inc. is giving Web surfers a few more ways to refine their search results, signaling its resolve to ward off rival Microsoft Corp.'s aggressive campaign to lure traffic.


Google has developed a formula to predict hot online search topics

Google helps advertisers predict hot search topics

Technology / Internet

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google has developed a formula to predict hot online search topics in what promises to be a boon for businesses eager to target ads that accompany Internet search results.


Detecting bias in the reporting of clinical trials

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study by researchers at the University of Leicester has revealed new ways to spot whether medical research has hidden biases. Writing in the prestigious British Medical Journal, Santiago Moreno and his colleagues demons ...


Promising new trends in Web search engines

Technology / Internet

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The Internet is a vastly different place than it was 15 years ago, but the way consumers search it has changed very little.


Better sleep is associated with improved academic success

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Getting more high-quality sleep is associated with better academic performance. according to new research. The positive relationship is especially relevant to performance in math.


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Bing it on: Microsoft overhauls search, again

Technology / Internet

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a redesigned search site in the coming days and hopes it will lure more Web surfers than the two most recent incarnations, Live Search and MSN Search.


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Yahoo searching for ways to show fewer Web links

Technology / Internet

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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.


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How 2 ... Control what Google says about you

Technology / Internet

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If you don't like the results that come up when you search for your name on Google, you now have a new free way to make sure people find the online information you want them to by creating a free Google Profile ...


Google draws upon rival ideas with search changes

Technology / Internet

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. prides itself on setting trends, but it appears to be copying some of its smaller rivals with the latest refinements to the way it displays Internet search results.


Researchers predict click-through behavior in Web searches

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the world of search engines, clicks mean cash, and in a sluggish economy, companies can benefit by maximizing click-throughs to their Web sites from search engines.


New project uses personal digital assistants to track TB data

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For patients who have drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, it's critical to monitor the disease as closely as possible. That means monthly testing throughout a two-year course of powerful antibiotics, with injections six ...


Survey samples life scientists' views on 'dual use' research and bioterrorism

Biology /

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Rapid advances in the biological sciences over the last several decades have yielded great benefits such as medical therapies and vaccines. But some of these same scientific advances could also be used for malicious purposes, ...


11-gauge needle better than 14-gauge in breast biopsy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast needle biopsy, a common minimally invasive biopsy method used in the US, is more effective with an 11-gauge needle than the 14-gauge needle decreasing a physician's chances of false-negative ...


Use texting as reminder

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

There are lots of things you hear while you're out that you might want to remember later, such as the name of a movie to rent, restaurants to try or shows to program on the DVR.


Helium rains inside Jovian planets

Helium rains inside Jovian planets

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Models of how Saturn and Jupiter formed may soon take on a different look.