Industry News

Could 'Nutch' be the way forward for commercial search?
Commercial search-engine providers soon could face a serious competitor if the vision of some open-source developers materialises (from Technewsworld.com)

New Kids Service Launches from AOL
America Online has launched KOL, a new version of its service for kids, which gives more control to parents with AOL accounts -- and fewer reasons for members to switch to another ISP. [Internet News]

Google buys search engine - PageRank™RIP?
Google has bought Kaltix, a three-month-old, three-man Stanford startup that's working on personalised and context-sensitive search. [The Register]

MSN and Reuters in talks
Continuing its efforts to inter-operate with leading public and enterprise instant messaging providers, Reuters has signed an agreement to link its IM network with the MSN network. [IM Planet]

Emarketing open rates
A new report from the IMN has identified specific industry laggers when it comes to issuing compelling email marketing that will tempt the recipient to click 'open'

New global home internet use stats published
Neilsen NetRatings latest report (from Cyberatlas)

Brazil taking the blame for the bulk of online attacks
A new report from Mi2G.com has identified Brazil as the worst offender when it comes to malicious digital attacks (hacking)

¡Un éxito!
Google's Spanish launch looks to be an immediate success. Amazon's Alexa traffic monitor reports a 3,400% surge in traffic to www.google.es.

Children going online in droves
The number of children online in Europe has grown by three million in the last 12 months, according to new research. There are now 13.1 million kids online; four million under 12 years old, and nine million 12-17 year olds (netimperative)

Top of the searches
Want to know who's more popular online, EasyJet or Ryanair, Jodie or Jordan, David Blaine or David Beckham, check out Lycos Top 50 searches for the week.