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Ask.com upgrade to add improved relevance, speed

Ask.com plans to upgrade its search engine on Monday with several enhancements that it considers significant and that it believes could give its popularity a boost in a market dominated by Google.

| News | Internet | 10/06/08 at 1:02 pm |


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Microsoft rewards search -- but only with Internet Explorer

As a sign of how desperate Microsoft is to draw U.S. Internet users to its Live Search site and away from rival Google, the company is now offering frequent flyer miles to frequent searchers -- but only if they surf with Internet Explorer: Users of Firefox, Chrome or Safari are out of luck.

| News | Internet | 10/01/08 at 10:45 am |


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Beta watch: New sites and services

If you want to find a drummer for your band, forcast how much money will be in your retirement savings next week, or locate a long lost rich uncle, these services can help.

| Opinion | Internet | SaaS | 09/30/08 at 11:22 am |


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Build Your Own iPhone Search Engine in 5 minutes

Building a customized iPhone/ iPod Touch search engine has never been so easy. BuildaSearch now allows anyone to build a custom search engine or site search for the iPhone in 5 minutes or less.

| Product review | Mobile & wireless | 09/29/08 at 8:22 am |


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