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Wazap! game search to launch in United States

Wazap!, a video game search engine, is set to extend its operations to the United States next month. But while the climate for this kind of service is perfect, the competition will be fierce.

MIVA launches Monetization Center

MIVA media have announced the US and UK launch of the MIVA Monetization Center (MIVA MC); the product will offer unique control to web publishers, as well as the chance to benefit from Pay-Per-Click revenue almost instantly.

New search engine for Wikipedia is released

A new search engine called Wikiseek has just been launched, aiming to improve the way people search for information on Wikipedia by providing faster and more relevant results.

Google mobile: killing the satellite navigation star?

Satellite navigation systems may help you get to your destination, but users will find that Google Mobile offers very similar services - including maps and social search.

Yahoo! teams up with Film Your Issue to launch online filmmaking competition

Yahoo! has teamed up with FYI - Film Your Issue - to launch the third annual short "Issue Film" competition, encouraging 16-25 year olds across the USA to take part in public dialogue.

Yahoo! launches new Personal Finance site

In the world of online products, we've seen a big launch this week: Yahoo! Personal Finance now offers more features and services than its previous, decade old finance section.

MySpace to launch Zephyr, a new parental control system

MySpace, the popular social networking site with over 115 million profiles, has just announced its intention to offer free parental control software which will monitor the online profiles of users who interact with children on the site.

Belgian copyright group warns Yahoo!

Copiepresse, a group representing French and German-language Belgian newspaper publishers, has sent out legal warnings to Yahoo! about their display of archived news articles.

Google flips another page: the University of Texas joins the Library Project

Google has just announced a partnership with the fifth largest academic library in the US, the University of Texas at Austin, to digitize over one million volumes for its Library Project.