cuil

RSS

  • Out with the old: Tech that died in 2010

    Posted December 31, 2010 - 1:17 pm

    2010 had its share of failures and (some thankful) endings. Here we explore some of the more interesting tech fails, social network bombs and bid farewell to the world's oldest Twitter user.

  • What's in a name? Better not ask Cuil

    Posted July 30, 2008 - 2:56 pm

    Seeing as how new search engine Cuil.com is, well, a search engine, its founders might have known that people could easily check online the company's claim that the word "cuil" means "knowledge" in Irish. Because, in fact, it doesn't.

  • Cuil stumbles out of the gate

    Posted July 28, 2008 - 7:57 pm

    Cuil, the latest search engine startup to come out swinging from its corner with the hope of knocking out Google, is instead taking a beating that could do it long-term damage as a credible contender.

  • Cuil search engine draws fanfare, testers prefer Google

    Posted July 28, 2008 - 3:56 pm

    While there has never been a shortage of so-called "Google killers" -- start-ups aiming to beat the search giant with a better mousetrap -- few have generated fanfare like Cuil. The start-up company's search engine, also called Cuil (pronounced cool), offers an index that's three times larger than any other search engine, its founders say.

  • Ex-Googler, husband launch Cuil new search engine

    Posted July 28, 2008 - 10:13 am

    A former Google employee and her husband launched a new search engine Monday called Cuil (pronounced "cool"), aiming to topple Google by indexing more Web pages than the search giant.
Ask a Question