Industry News

MSN Search finally unveiled
The training wheels are off as Microsoft unveils the finished version of its home-grown search engine. Although MSN may have a challenge on its hands for queries, its safe to say Google and Yahoo are in for some formidable competition. [BBC News]

Google profits beat expectations
Shares in Google have risen more than 12% after the search engine announced a huge rise in profits. Google again defied market expectations and has now overtaken eBay as the biggest internet company in terms of stock market value. [BBC News]

Web's Biggest? Size isn't everything
New search engine 'Web's Biggest' claims to search more websites than any other search engine based on a recent study conducted by the company. [Yahoo News]

Google loses another trademark fight in France
Google has lost another trademark infringement fight in Europe, this time to luxury goods company Louis Vuitton. [The Register]

Ask Jeeves joins web log market
The recently revamped search engine Ask Jeeves has bought the Bloglines website to improve the way it handles content from web journals or blogs. [BBC News]

For first time, analysts get inside glimpse of Google
Google provided stock-market analysts with a rare peek at its mind-set but refused to forecast its financial future. [Seattle Times]

Yahoo! betas! toolbar! for! Firefox!
The toolbar includes bookmarks and customs sites, "search this site", search history, "translate this page", courtesy of Babelfish, notifications when Yahoo! Mail arrive, an RSS subs button for My Yahoo! [El Reg]

Amazon puts cash into blogging
Amazon is dipping its toe in the web log phenomenon with an investment in 43 Things, a new website where people write about their goals and accomplishments and are linked to others with similar interests. [Silicon]

Google Maps
Google in their Google Labs introduced Google Maps. This new service lets users "view maps, get driving directions, and search for local businesses and services." [Google Blogoscoped]

Ask Jeeves on US TV
Search engine Ask Jeeves is running its first TV adverts in four years in the States as part of a brand building exercise.