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  • In Pictures: 10 ways Google has failed with Google+

    Google+ was a late but welcomed arrival to social media scene about three years ago. However, Google's answer to Facebook has failed to provide real competition. Here's a look at 10 ways the search engine king as fallen down with Google+.

  • Sophos exposes hackers' search engine attacks

    IT security firm Sophos has conducted a new research which reveals the automated tools used by Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) hackers and how companies can protect themselves.

  • Vendor launches free IT data search engine

    Paglo Labs, an IT search engine start-up, says it will soon launch beta software that will allow businesses to scour and search all of the IT data from their networks, computers and security systems from a free, web-based application.

  • NZ firm delivers BMW search

    A site search solution from Christchurch-based SLI Systems has proved a hit with A&S BMW Motorcycles, the top internet shopping destination for BMW motorcycle riders.

  • No secret search engine says Microsoft

    Speculation that Microsoft has a crack team of developers in Silicon Valley working on a cutting-edge search project is news to the company’s head of search and advertising.

  • Making sense of the web’s new ‘infinite library’

    Web Dragons: Inside the Myths of Search Engine Technology is a praiseworthy attempt to make sense of the meteoric progress of the worldwide web and its impact on our lives. The authors, who include Waikato University computer science professor Ian Witten, begin with philosophy and magic; with Plato, Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and Argentinian “magic-realist” author Jorge-Luis Borges.

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