Google Tests TV Search Service
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Google Inc. is testing a new television-programming search service with Dish Network Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, the latest development in a fast-moving race to combine Internet content with conventional TV. |
The service, which runs on TV set-top boxes containing Google software, allows users to find shows on the satellite-TV service as well as video from Web sites like Google’s YouTube, according to these people. It also lets users to personalize a lineup of shows, these people said. |
With the test, Google moves deeper into a crowded field of companies, large and small, that have been trying for years to marry the Web and TV and their business models—from rivals Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. to the manufacturers of televisions and set-top boxes. Read more at online.wsj.com |
| Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks |
The world’s largest Internet search company and the world’s most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity.
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Under an agreement that is still being finalized, the National Security Agency would help Google analyze a major corporate espionage attack that the firm said originated in China and targeted its computer networks, according to cybersecurity experts familiar with the matter. The objective is to better defend Google — and its users — from future attack.
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Live-Blogging Google’s Search Presentation
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Google plans to show new search features at a Monday press conference. |
Presenting are Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience, as well as Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering, and Google Fellow Amit Singhal — as TechCrunch notes, “all heavy hitters.” |
News Corp Sites ‘To Be Removed From Google’
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News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch has suggested the company’s online newspaper pages will be invisible to Google users when it launches its new paid content strategy. |
When asked by Sky News Australia’s political editor David Speers why News Corp has not stopped Google from finding its content, Mr Murdoch replied: “I think we will.” |
He cited the Wall Street Journal as an example of where only the first paragraph comes up on search engines and is free. Anything after that is subscription-based. |
He is planning to make newspapers like The Times and Sunday Times chargeable online. |
Using the robots.txt protocol on a site indicates to automated web spiders such as Google’s not to index that particular page or to serve up links to it in users’ search results. Read more at news.sky.com |
Google Enters Customizable News Dashboard Market |
Part dashboard, part feed reader, and all user-friendly, this service promises to be both popular and useful. Users can create sections based on keywords and then publish their sections to directories for sharing with others. |
Multiple sections can be added to a user’s Google News homepage, creating a customized, keyword-based digest. this feature is turning Google News into the infinitely segmented, infinitely remixable modern newspaper; and with all the sources Google indexes, it’s just what users need. Unfortunately, it also deals yet another blow to suffering old media publications, many of whom aren’t too happy about the distribution of their content in the first place. |
“Now, if you’re using Google News and can’t find the perfect section, just create your own! You can do that by adding the relevant keywords. Then, if you are happy with the resulting section, you can publish it to a directory so others can benefit.” Read more at www.readwriteweb.com |
The holiday season is right around the corner, so online retailers are gearing up for spikes in traffic. When people go to shop online, search is big part of finding the right product, whether they’re looking for a gift or just something for themselves. Today we’re aiming to make e-commerce searching as easy as using Google.com with a new enterprise product, Google Commerce Search. |
Google Commerce Search is hosted in the cloud, meaning it lives online, so e-commerce sites can get up and running quickly. Using a cloud search tool will also help site owners meet the rise in demand from the holiday rush without having to devote extra time or resources to worrying about their capacity or infrastructure. Online retailers are free to focus on their business, while Google focuses on search, and shoppers can find what they need faster. Read more at googleblog.blogspot.com |
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Bartz Vows Yahoo Will Regain Respect
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Yahoo Inc.’s Chief Executive Carol Bartz said Wednesday that the Internet giant’s 6% operating margin is “unacceptable” and she vowed to regain the respect the company has lost over the past several years. |
“Today is the beginning of a journey back to respect,” she said in an introductory presentation during the company’s meeting with analysts, which was webcast. |
Referring to ongoing questions about Yahoo’s vision and direction, Ms. Bartz reiterated that the company shouldn’t be thought of as a search or display company. She said Yahoo is a broad-based Internet technology company that competes with a wide range of content sites, including social network Facebook, news provider CNN, sports titan ESPN and gossip page TMZ. Read more at online.wsj.com |
A New Search Engine Specializing in Fun
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This week, I tested a tool called Goby (pronounced go-be), www.goby.com, which works as an activity search engine to help you find things to do. It tries to be simple enough so that you can get some ideas and start doing the things you want to do rather than wasting hours in front of the computer. |
Goby uses three boxes —What, Where and When—with drop-down menus to find results for your query. It crawls the Web searching what it considers high quality information from 500 sources and employs a part-human, part-machine review process to ensure first-rate results. Goby searches through over 200 categories, including live music, art exhibits, outdoor festivals, spas, bed-and-breakfasts and restaurants. |
If you get lucky with Goby, you’ll find activities that let you do as its name says: Go, be and enjoy your surrounding area. But the site’s results need to be much more accurate for me to start relying on it full time. Read more at online.wsj.com |
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Google Testing TV Search
