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    Microsoft plans to introduce a news aggregation service for Web logs and to develop a social networking product, a company executive said at an event in North America Friday.

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    The newscaster at Qatar's Aljazeera network read off the day's headlines in Arabic in a Web video clip. A few moments later, a transcript was available in English.

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    Internet portal giant, Yahoo, today gave one of its strongest indications yet that it will soon end its reliance on Web search technology provider Google.

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    Overture Services, the commercial search arm of Yahoo, plans to automate a portion of its ad-bidding system in the next month, an executive said Wednesday.

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    Google and others are under scrutiny as advertisers fret about phony clicks.

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  • Google's desktop bet

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

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    Venture capitalist Sharon Wienbar explains why discussions about the software ultimately end up resembling Dante's nine circles of Hell.

  • Microsoft.com revamps search

    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.

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    Commentary: Google is one of the best things on the Web--but there are signs that it may be tempted into rank commercialism.

  • 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.

  • ZoneAlarm Security Suite: the new one to beat

    ZoneAlarm Security Suite is like a beacon of light on a darkling plain, proving there is life in the consumer Internet security market.

  • The Google gods

    Does the power of the world's most popular search engine pose a threat to the Web's independence?

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