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Google Answers 'to be re-launched as Google Q&A'
Google is set to re-launch its research service Google Answers, it has been suggested.
Festive spending surpasses $22bn
Online spending in the run-up to Christmas has surpassed $22 billion, new figures indicate.
Nearly half of web users search for own name
Almost half (47 per cent) of internet users have conducted a search for their own name online, up from 22 per cent five years ago, according to new research.
Does Google Knol it all?
Google's vice president of engineering has announced the search engine's play into a publishing platform called Knol.
Yahoo! competes to be most visited news site
Yahoo! is among the companies competing to be identified as the most visited online news site, it has been reported.
Search in 2007: the year as reported by the news hounds at bigmouthmedia
Find out what bigmouthmedia has been mouthing off about this year
Microsoft Ingenuity Point contest winners announced
Internet and software giant Microsoft has announced the first round of winners of its Ingenuity Point competition.
Common standards on privacy must be reached, says EP member
Prior to the European commission's (EC's) ruling over the Google DoubleClick deal, scheduled for April, a Dutch member of the European Parliament (EP) has spoken of the need to arrive on common privacy standards.
Google's airwaves bid "accepted for filing"
Google's much commented on bid for airwaves in an upcoming US auction has finally been officially accepted.
European online shopping 'hits high point' of festive season
The first week of December recorded the highest rate of cyber shopping activity so far this season in the UK, France and Germany, new research suggests.
