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• Google now highlights censored search terms for users in China

  By Michael Kan | 01 June, 2012 05:22

  Google on Thursday began helping users in China navigate the country's strict censorship systems by highlighting search terms that will likely result in page errors, as part of an update to the company's search engine. But the new feature could be arriving too late to help the search giant improve its presence in the country, according to one analyst.

• Yahoo Axis may be game changer for search and the troubled company

  By Sharon Gaudin | 24 May, 2012 20:08

  With Axis, Yahoo is trying to change the search game, while also trying to change its image as a troubled company.

• European privacy regulators want more detail on Google's policy changes

  By Peter Sayer | 24 May, 2012 17:42

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• Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions

  By Lucian Constantin | 24 May, 2012 16:41

  Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone to digitally sign extensions in Yahoo's name.

• Yahoo launches stand-alone mobile search app

  By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 00:01

  Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews rather than as links.

• Microsoft takes Bing Streetside offline in Germany after privacy complaints

  By Loek Essers | 23 May, 2012 10:31

  Microsoft has taken its Google Street View-like service Bing Streetside offline in Germany after German citizens expressed their worries about how Microsoft handles requests for blurring of images, the company said on Tuesday.

• Google becomes hardware company with $12.5B Motorola buy

  By Sharon Gaudin | 23 May, 2012 01:17

  It's official: Google is now a hardware company.

• Microsoft-backed groups praise EU's antitrust ultimatum to Google

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 May, 2012 20:50

  A pair of Microsoft-backed industry groups applauded the ultimatum European Union antitrust regulators issued to rival Google over alleged anti-competitive practices.

• EU offers Google a chance to avoid fines over four antitrust concerns

  By Loek Essers | 21 May, 2012 22:26

  Google has "a matter of weeks" to address four antitrust issues identified by European Union antitrust regulators. If Google addresses these issues the case can be solved by a so-called "commitment decision" instead of formal antitrust proceedings resulting in a fine, said Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy.

• Microsoft's social networking site So.cl now open to all users

  By John Ribeiro | 21 May, 2012 17:04

  So.cl, an experimental research project from Microsoft, that combines social networking and search to promote learning, is now accepting all users interested in joining the site.

• EU offers Google a chance to avoid fines over four antitrust concerns

  By Loek Essers | 21 May, 2012 14:36

  Google has "a matter of weeks" to address four antitrust issues identified by European Union antitrust regulators. If Google addresses these issues the case can be solved by a so-called "commitment decision" instead of formal antitrust proceedings resulting in a fine, said Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy.

• Google's new Knowledge Graph: Three key features

  By Brad Reed | 17 May, 2012 07:33

  Google has unwrapped the first of its long-promised semantic search capabilities, dubbed Knowledge Graph.

• Google aims to make search smarter, easier

  By Sharon Gaudin | 17 May, 2012 05:22

  The vaunted Google search engine is set for an upgrade that will make it easier for users to find the information they need by putting their searches in context, the company said Wednesday.

• Google search will incorporate 'knowledge graph' into main search results

  By Cameron Scott | 17 May, 2012 03:00

  Google will begin in the next few days to incorporate the "knowledge graph" it has been building for two years into its search results .

• China's Baidu unveils new low-end smartphone with latest cloud platform

  By Michael Kan | 15 May, 2012 22:29

  Baidu, which runs China's most popular search engine, has unveiled its newest smartphone, featuring the company's own mobile platform and priced to target the country's low-end handset segment.