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    Microsoft has begun testing display ads across Windows Live Mail, Office Live and MSN Spaces.

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    Yahoo has begun testing Glue Pages, a new way to present search results that take advantage of its background as an Internet portal.

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    This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.

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    Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first.

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    While Wall Street clamours for a piece of the search king, start-ups are trying to fill in the technology niches.

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    Google faces a difficult task if it tries to transplant its successful Web search business to the desktop.

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    Eager for fresh ideas, the stodgy world of enterprise software is adopting technology and marketing from the consumer Web.

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  • Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3

    Microsoft has changed the look and feel of its venerable browser while adding some much-needed security features.

  • Google Mini Search Appliance

    Aimed at small to medium-size enterprises (SMEs) that need a search engine without the hassles, the Google Mini is capable and flexible. We just wish the upgrade path was more affordable.

  • MSN gets on search bandwagon

    Web portal MSN is testing a new search service that touts faster, tidier results, in what is the latest development in a fast-moving contest to help people find what they're looking for online.

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