Rich Skrenta — who, aside from creating the first computer virus, is more notable to search as a cofounder of the Open Directory Project and the Topix news search engine — has announced he’s founded a search start-up. A stealth one, as TechCrunch puts it. Don’t we already have several stealth search start-ups? Yep. Here’s a guide to who’s who. Blekko What we know so far about Blekko isn’t much, an

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Uh oh! We're having server trouble. Our team is on it and we should have everything back to normal shortly. Please come back soon. Put your PC on an energy diet! ZDNet Friday 03rd October, 08:44:41 AM Toshiba: Feel free to trade in more gadgets. Lots more. ZDNet Wednesday 01st October, 09:55:35 PM Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I h ... ZDNet Thursday 02nd October, 03:37:28 PM

May 19, 2008 Microsoft expects corporate customers to accelerate their shift to the cloud computing model over the next five years, bringing changes in the company's financial model, says Chris Capossela, the senior vice president who manages Microsoft's Office business. In one of the most forthright statements of Microsoft's view of the shift from in-house to utility-run software, Capossela said,

Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) top trio met in the UK last night to discuss revived Microsoft-Yahoo talks. Earlier yesterday, CEO Eric Schmidt gave his first reaction to journalists: “It’s too early. After this press conference, the three of us will meet and decide what our response is.” Going in to that meeting, Sergey Brin said on Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang (via BBC): “Jerry is very talented and i

A day after Kevin Johnson’s internal Microsoft memo on its online strategy, comes another memo, this time from Satya Nadella, its SVP of Search, Portal & Advertising Platform Group, announcing another confusing reorg of the MSN group. The memo, first obtained by Gigaom, details the company’s effort to build on MSN’s vision of delivering Category: Uncategorized Tag: ABC, Best Buy, Cablevision, CNBC

Well, like you I am finding that Microsoft memos are better at telling the story (or lack there off) than other people’s voices. Today, we got our grubby paws on Microsoft VO of Search Satya Nadella’s memo sent out to the troops. While I ponder over it, some quick thoughts via someone in the know at Microsoft: “It consolidates portions of search back into the portal, MSN, from an organizational st

Google has added image ads to its Image Search engine. Earlier this month, in a radio interview with Bloomberg, Google indicated that image-happy ads were on the way, and they officially arrived this morning, during a press event at the company’s headquarters. "What we’re announcing today is a new suite of image-related experiments [in which we're] pairing display ads with image search," said R.J.

At a press-packed, early morning event, Google launched its long anticipated health initiative, Google Health today. The company’s closest friends were there — including Dean Ornish, a hot-shot health guru and UCSF professor; and the room was full of reps from Google partners, including Long’s Drugs, Walgreens, and the Cleveland Clinic. Conspicuously missing from the […] At a press-packed, early m

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