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  • Photos: Search engines from the '90s

    Were you on the Net in the '90s? This photo gallery takes a look back at the first home pages for some of today's largest search engines, along with those that have passed on.

  • Updated MyDoom targets Google -- again

    Another variant of the MyDoom worm, which spreads by sending copies of itself using its own SMTP engine and harvesting potential e-mail targets from search engines such as Google and Yahoo, was spreading quickly on Thursday.

  • AltaVista serving up out-of-date listings

    Once high-flying Internet-search service AltaVista is falling further from the top ranks in its field as the company struggles to keep its search results up-to-date.

  • Yahoo crawls deep into the Web

    Yahoo on Tuesday in the U.S. will begin a systematic effort to draw more content into its searchable database of Web documents, its latest bid to win Web surfers from search rival Google.

  • MSN launches revamped search engine

    Microsoft is expected to take its first baby steps on the road to Web search independence on Thursday, with the launch a test version of a homegrown Internet navigation tool and changes to its current search engine.

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  • Search Engines

    From the capital of Tugo to a Hang Seng IPO, it's on the Web -- if you can only find it. PC Magazine reviews 20 search engines that make the hunt easier.

  • In Search Of...

    From the capital of Tugo to a Hang Seng IPO, it's on the Web--if you can only find it. We review 30 search engines that make the hunt easier.

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