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Will Google use the "vote links" microformat for personalised search?
Google's SearchWiki experiment lets users rate websites within their personalised search results pages. Could it use the vote-links microformat to roll this out further?

Street View is going nowhere, says Google
Complaints won't make Google take its enormously popular Street View application down in the UK.

April Fool's Hotelicopter takes off as new search engine
Heard the one about the flying hotel that's, like, also a helicopter?

Microsoft and Yahoo! in fresh talks
Private talks between Microsoft and Yahoo! sparks rumours of a mutual advertising deal.

Twazzup: the best Twitter search service yet?
New Twitter search engine Twazzup has been creating waves with its innovative take on sorting through the site's real time tweets.

Google teases developers with Android Cupcake
Google is letting developers have a preview of the SDK for Android 1.5, prior to its final release at the end of the month.

Facebook: First Europe, then the world?
Recent figures released by ComScore reveal that Facebook has become the leading social networking site in Europe.

Microsoft's Cashback sure isn't a search cash-cow
Microsoft reveals the unification of its much hyped Cashback programme in an attempt to rejuvenate interest.

Google reveals speedier search functionality
JavaScript and Ajax move in at Google Search HQ, facilitating speedier display results and increased ad space in the process.

Google Chrome promoted to IE Google users
Google promote own Chrome browser exclusively to IE users on the Google site. Is the war of the browsers about to commence?