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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.
While most would agree that Google has set the current standard for Web search, some technologists say even better tools are on the horizon thanks to advances in artificial intelligence.
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."
Though you may have been "googling" people for years, the verb you were using was technically slang, until recently.
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As the essential tool for the wired generation, Google's search engine has come to embody the zeitgeist of the noughties -- one of information overload and instant gratification. But is it dangerous for a tech company to have such cultural influence?
ZDNet.com.au presents the man behind the Twitter account: Fake Stephen Conroy lays out his digital agenda. And kitten-fishing.
Search giant's HR director talks about what it means to be "Google-y" and the perks designed to keep Googlers happy.
Yahoo continues to struggle behind Google in the US but in Australia, it's a slightly different story -- NineMSN, the partnership between Kerry Packer's PBL and Microsoft, remains a major stumbling block for the online giant.
In an exclusive interview, Microsoft's chairman says the decision to remove WinFS means "the glass is three-quarters full."
Recent Meta Group research indicates that a majority of organisations would like to reduce their dependence on e-mail as a document format supporting mission-critical processes.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the best tool available for dictating text and commanding a Web browser by voice, despite the gradual adjustments needed to conform to your personal manner of speaking.
Machines that listen and talk like humans are becoming a reality, researchers and tech executives say.
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