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Can Powerset be the next big thing in search?
Powerset, a new "natural language" search engine, is aiming to be "a better Google."

Google hints towards a Chinese YouTube
The blogosphere continues to buzz with the news that Google may invest in Shenzhen Xunlei Network Technology Ltd, a Chinese website that offers users a chance to download videos directly from the Internet.

New year, new online job search
A survey of 5000 US employees undertaken by Yahoo! HotJobs has found that 50% of those polled have pledged to look for a new job in 2007.

Amazon's Askville.com attempts to fill the void left by Google Answers
Google's graceful exit from the human-assisted search market in November left a space for a new competitor to rival leading service Yahoo! Answers. Surprisingly, the most recent player is not another search engine, but online retailer Amazon.

Kill three birds with one stone using XHTML and CSS
Coding your website in XHTML and CSS can allow you to design a website for mobiles phones and desktop pc's, benefiting your SEO campaign and increasing accessibility.

China in your hand: Google mobile search in the world's largest nation
Google are moving further into China with a China Mobile search deal that allows Chinese mobile users to access Google from their phones.

Yahoo! team up with Dash Navigation
Dash Navigation, the first internet-connected automotive navigation providers, will now provide an integrated Yahoo! Local Search facility to their users.

Gooogie.co.uk - fake Google results
Here's a funny little site that may entertain the world's Google fiends well in to the New Year. The site is called Gooogie - please notice the extra 'o' and missing 'l'!

Real-time search engine nets $6 million in private funding
ChaCha.com, the only real-time human powered search engine in the world, has announced $6 million in private funding and appointed three members to their board of directors.

Social Engineering: the next Web 2.0 thread
With the rise of Web 2.0 and online networks, experts predict a dramatic rise in hacker attacks in 2007.

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