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Google still dominates search experience, Yahoo catching up - study
January 19, 2006 – 2:45 PM
Google features and performance allow the search engine to remain the favorite search engine of Internet users, Keynote Systems reports. The analysis firm, which is known mainly for measuring the responsiveness of websites, draws this conclusion from a two-week survey and study that included 2000 users.
Amazon's A9 search drops block view & yellow pages
October 4, 2006 – 5:38 PM
Amazon-owned A9 never had much consumer usage but it was one of the most innovative and interesting search engines, with many distinctive features.
Microsoft looks to "third dimension" to improve search results
August 7, 2006 – 2:51 PM
At a presentation at the 2006 SIGIR conference, Microsoft scientists said that new and additional techniques for analyzing search click-through patterns and browsing behaviors can enhance the search results delivered by a search engine.
Microsoft offers more tools for search engine
March 9, 2006 – 9:23 PM
Microsoft is trying to tackle its declining share in the search-engine market by introducing new tools it says will make Web searching easier and more efficient.
The Future Is Now: Semantic Search
May 27, 2008 – 10:50 AM
Trendwatch - It's not every day that we are witnessing the birth of a new search engine.

Articles

Live Labs emphasizes the 'search' in Microsoft Research
February 1, 2006 – 3:37 PM
Microsoft's announcement last week of the founding of Live Labs could revolutionize the way the company's brightest minds communicate with its most capable engineers. Or, just as likely, it could be another way to refocus energy and attention toward beefing up the MSN Search engine, and bolstering its competitive position against Google.
Microsoft Releases Windows Desktop Search 3.0
October 25, 2006 – 10:12 PM
Windows Desktop Search window expanded
In Search of True DDR2 Bleeding Edge Memory
February 27, 2006 – 8:29 AM in Build Your Own
We tested DDR2 modules from 16 vendors and gauged latency, overclocking capabilities and other features. Bottom line: tread carefully because there are big differences in performance.