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  • Amazon unveils search tool

    Amazon.com has quietly launched a test version of its long-awaited search engine, aiming to challenge industry stalwarts Google and Yahoo with new tools to navigate the Web.

  • Amazon gets into shopping search

    Amazon.com has formed a group to develop e-commerce search technology, an attempt to gain a foothold in a lucrative market Google and Yahoo now dominate.

  • Google, Amazon in a war of search words

    Google and Amazon.com are fighting for top computer scientists on Google's home turf: search results.

  • Amazon patents gender stereotyping

    Amazon.com has been granted a US patent on "Methods and systems of assisting users in purchasing items", including the use of gift-buying habits to determine the age, gender and birth-date of gift recipients, according to a US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) filing on Tuesday.

  • Yahoo launches 'contextual' search

    Yahoo is offering a new search service designed to help people find more-relevant content online.

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    Craig Silverstein -- Google's technology director and employee No. 1 -- discusses the future of search.

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    Mashups involving digital maps are bridging the gap between the virtual and physical worlds, with uses ranging from local shopping and traffic reports to online dating and community organising.

  • Firefox fortune hunters

    The Mozilla Foundation's browser may be free, but that doesn't keep insiders from cashing in.

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    Will the increasing popularity of the Firefox open-source browser propel it into mainstream businesses or will Microsoft up its game to compensate?

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  • First Take: MSN Search

    Microsoft hustles to catch up with search engine giants Google and Yahoo, but the beta version of MSN Search still leaves plenty of room for improvement.

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