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US gets own Difference Engine No. 2

US gets own Difference Engine No. 2

A working replica of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 has been installed in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California..
Iain Thomson May 13 2008 11:45AM Hardware
Online study suggests new genre of search engine queries

Online study suggests new genre of search engine queries

An academic analysis of users of Yahoo Answers has led to speculations of a new genre of online questions that are more tailored to social forums than traditional search tools.
Liz Tay Apr 28 2008 3:38PM Software
Google ditches green search engine for planting trees

Google ditches green search engine for planting trees

A free-to-use search engine that promises to plant trees in exchange for Web searches has been dumped by Google for allegedly violating terms of the search giant’s advertising platform, AdSense.
Mitchell Bingemann Apr 24 2008 11:23AM Software
Green search engine lays down Australian roots

Green search engine lays down Australian roots

A new, free-to-use search engine has been launched in Australia with the promise of sponsoring the growth of up to two trees for every 1000 Web searches made.
Liz Tay Apr 15 2008 3:37PM Software
Do search engines encourage suicide?

Do search engines encourage suicide?

A study of the Internet has found that Web engine results for suicide-related searches are more likely to encourage suicide rather than offer help and support.
Liz Tay Apr 14 2008 12:59PM Software
Google releases application development engine

Google releases application development engine

Google is previewing a new service aimed at web application developers. The preview release of the Google App Engine will let developers host, create and run applications as easily as they might create a blog, said the firm.
Staff Writers Apr 9 2008 4:09PM Software
EU reports on search engine data retention

EU reports on search engine data retention

The Article 29 Working Party on EU data protection has recommended that search engine providers should not retain user information for longer than six months..
Iain Thomson Apr 9 2008 7:22AM Storage
AVG releases Internet Security 8.0 with re-engineered engine

AVG releases Internet Security 8.0 with re-engineered engine

AVG has today released the latest edition of its internet security suite, AVG Internet Security 8.0, featuring several enhancements including a re-engineered scanning engine and LinkScanner the anti-exploit technology obtained through last December’s acquisition of Exploit Prevention Labs.
Staff Writers Feb 28 2008 12:00AM Security
Internet users too trusting of search engine results

Internet users too trusting of search engine results

Users have an inherent, but often misplaced, trust in the ability of search engines to rank results by their true relevance to queries, new research has revealed.
Robert Jaques Aug 23 2007 7:48AM Software
Boffins to build nano-difference engine

Boffins to build nano-difference engine

Scientists are planning to build a mechanical computer on a microscopic level to replace low speed silicon processors.
Iain Thomson Jul 26 2007 12:08PM Software
Search engine mashup to 'tame' the web

Search engine mashup to 'tame' the web

Chinese computer scientists develop bot to trawl search engines.
Robert Jaques Jul 10 2007 12:46PM Software
Vulnerabilities hit products relying on CA anti-virus engine

Vulnerabilities hit products relying on CA anti-virus engine

CA has said that products relying on its anti-virus engine contain two vulnerabilities that could be exploited to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. The company has issued updates to address the vulnerabilities, which are rated "high."
Jim Carr Jun 8 2007 10:31AM Security
Search engine claims the human touch

Search engine claims the human touch

Weblogs Inc has unveiled a "human powered" search engine at The Wall Street Journal's D Conference in Carlsbad, California.
Staff Writers Jun 5 2007 6:47AM Software
Google and Yahoo beware; month of search engine bugs coming

Google and Yahoo beware; month of search engine bugs coming

A hacker using the alias "Mustlive" announced this week that June will feature the next month-long vulnerability disclosure project, this one dedicated to search engine bugs.
Dan Kaplan May 18 2007 10:04AM Security
ZoomInfo Search Engine Makes Business Information Free

ZoomInfo Search Engine Makes Business Information Free

The business-oriented semantic search service, tailored for finding information about companies and their employees, is expanding its reach to any Internet user.
Staff Writers Apr 2 2007 3:13PM Software
Wikipedia founder plans search engine

Wikipedia founder plans search engine

A company spawned from Wikipedia is planning to launch an open source search engine.
Shaun Nichols Mar 13 2007 12:05PM Software
Trend Micro updates to fix Scan Engine vulnerability

Trend Micro updates to fix Scan Engine vulnerability

Trend Micro has confirmed a vulnerability in its Scan Engine application that could be exploited by malicious users to take control of an affected system.
Frank Washkuch Feb 9 2007 7:00PM Security
Google to build video search engine

Google to build video search engine

Results to include outside sources.
Tom Sanders Jan 29 2007 9:54AM Software
Square Enix revs up Unreal engine

Square Enix revs up Unreal engine

Gaming firm moves away from proprietary technology.
Clement James Jan 29 2007 9:54AM Software
Google granted US patent for 'similarity engine'

Google granted US patent for 'similarity engine'

Search spiders could distinguish between duplicated information on web pages.
Bobby Pickering Jan 8 2007 9:40AM Software

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