Dell apparently learned the hard way this week that companies have to be careful to ensure that information they store on the Internet that they want to keep hidden is not automatically added to a search engine index for everyone on the Web to see.
Google on Wednesday will begin to offer people custom accounts to search over their personal query history, in a move to outdo rivals and endear Web surfers.
The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally here. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait.
Royal & SunAlliance has slashed its intranet search times from between five to seven minutes to less than a second with the deployment of Google's Search Appliance.
The Australian journalist kidnapped by Iraqi militants, John Martinkus, never thought that the search engine Google would one day save his life.
Will aggregation replace search when it comes to finding useful content on the Web? I reckon so.
At yesterday's launch of Google's enterprise search appliance, product manager Kevin Gough argued that Google itself was an essential business tool, since practically no-one could get through the day without conducting at least one search using the popular site.
A big part of the Google mythology is that you can solve virtually any problem through a combination of clever technology and the use of open standards. The Google reality is a bit more complicated.
The world's most adored tech company faced an unexpected string of criticism at its keynote in CeBIT last week.
It appears that despite the massive amount of hype surrounding Google, the company is not immune from the bad marketing video plague that has troubled the best of corporate giants.
When it comes to Web search, Microsoft is the undisputed underdog, a position it doesn't usually find itself in. Satya Nadella, corporate vice president of search and advertising at Microsoft, explains how the company plans to improve its market share and improve search for the long haul.
It's a peaceful morning at the Sydney Googleplex. The sun is shining and birds are singing. But wait a second: why are all those people wearing Microsoft Bing T-shirts?
On Saturday, Microsoft formally withdrew its offer to acquire the search pioneer, at least for now. So what happens next for Yahoo? A deal with Google looks likely.
Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.
Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.
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ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with senior editor Sam Diaz about Google's financial future according to one analyst. Diaz also discusses what the outlook may mean for the company's employees and its competitors.
ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Editor in Chief Larry Dignan about the many variables at play in the Yahoo saga. Dignan also sifts through some of the theories about the search giant, sorting the probable from the impossible.
The Ratbags ambush Google employees and offer them a free search with Microsoft's Bing.
Adobe Systems has announced it's partnering with search giants Google and Yahoo to increase the quality of search results of dynamic Web content and rich internet applications (RIAs).
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.
With Google Desktop, you can search for files on your hard drive just as easily as you can search the Internet.
Google has unveiled an expanded test version of its search engine for current events and news, the latest step in the company's move into new markets.
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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