Though you may have been "googling" people for years, the verb you were using was technically slang, until recently.
Google has expanded its ever growing kit of online tools with a new language translation service.
Google has said it intends to crack down on the use of its name as a generic verb, in phrases such as "to google someone."
Microsoft has acquired a small search technology company Powerset to buttress its search efforts, but it won't shake Google's grasp of the search market in the short term.
Cuill, a search upstart founded by ex-Googlers, said Tuesday that it raised US$25 million in a second round funding led by Madrone Capital Partners. The company had previously raised US$8 million from Tugboat Ventures and Greylock Partners.
This blog is supposed to be about the concept that is called Web 2.0, so I suppose I had better take a stab at defining it.
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The software giant updates its corporate Web search technology with in-house software, its latest effort to catch up with innovations in the navigation tools market.
Firm quietly working on data storage software designed to help companies find business documents scattered across their networks.
Google's vice-president of engineering was in London this week to talk to potential recruits about just what lies behind that search page.
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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