Jon GordonChildren stumble in numerous ways when it comes to searching for and retrieving information on the Internet. So concludes a Google-sponsored survey by the University of Maryland.
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Google will soon begin rolling out new search technology called Caffeine. It’s designed to producer faster, more relevant results.
Don’t call WolframAlpha a search engine, says its creator, mathematician and physicist Steven Wolfram. Call it a “computational knowledge engine.”
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Internet company Yahoo says it will anonymize some user data within 90 days of its collection. That includes information on the sites users visit, and advertisements they click on.
Meanwhile the Ponemon Institute, a research group that focuses on privacy issues, hasreleased its annual Most Trusted Companies survey. Google fell from its top 20 perch, partly because consumers expressed growing unease with Google’s data collection and retention practices.
Microsoft this week launched another rewards program that pays people for using Live Search, which has failed to make much of a dent in the most popular search engine, Google. The new SearchPerks program – available only to Windows and Internet Explorer users – awards points for using Live Search, which can be redeemed for prizes like music downloads and video games.