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Cuill, a search upstart founded by ex-Googlers, said Tuesday that it raised US$25 million in a second round funding led by Madrone Capital Partners. The company had previously raised US$8 million from Tugboat Ventures and Greylock Partners.
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This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.
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Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.
Craig Silverstein -- Google's technology director and employee No. 1 -- discusses the future of search.
Digital asset management (DAM) software, a sibling of document management, content management, and search engines, is taking on challenges from NASA to Comedy Central.
The technical wizardry behind Google's successful search engine may come down to a blindingly obvious insight: PCs crash.
When it comes to Web search, Microsoft is the undisputed underdog, a position it doesn't usually find itself in. Satya Nadella, corporate vice president of search and advertising at Microsoft, explains how the company plans to improve its market share and improve search for the long haul.
From the capital of Tugo to a Hang Seng IPO, it's on the Web -- if you can only find it. PC Magazine reviews 20 search engines that make the hunt easier.
Does the power of the world's most popular search engine pose a threat to the Web's independence?
Google has unveiled an expanded test version of its search engine for current events and news, the latest step in the company's move into new markets.
Could a Norwegian owned Web search utility unseat Google's stranglehold on the Web searching market?
Microsoft hustles to catch up with search engine giants Google and Yahoo, but the beta version of MSN Search still leaves plenty of room for improvement.
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