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Brin says Google compromised principles *
China deal "wasn't the right move," co-founder says. [More]

eBay attempts to scale web advertising market *
Online auction house eBay is about to enter the web advertising market space with a new context sensitive system for affiliate website publishers. [More]

Google advances online software crusade *
As it tries to usher in a new era in computing, Google is promoting its software applications in kindergarten through high school classrooms. [More]

Google helps boost seniors' brain activity *
Searching the Internet may help middle-aged and older adults keep their memories sharp, U.S. researchers say. [More]

Google offers book searches *
On-line search leader Google Inc. is becoming more bookish. . . [More]

Google protests Microsoft Web search 'grab' *
With a $10 billion advertising market at stake, Google is objecting to the way that it says Microsoft is wielding control over Internet searching in its new Web browser. [More]

Google unveils online payment service *
Inc. today unveiled a much-anticipated payment service that aims to make online shopping more convenient and give advertisers another reason to pour more money into the Internet search leader. [More]

Google, Yahoo! rev up search engines *
Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. are revving up their on-line search engines as the once-friendly business partners shift gears and prepare for what promises to be a fierce rivalry. [More]

Political tricksters using online encyclopaedia Wikipedia to smear opponents *
Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia that can be altered by anyone with a computer, has proved remarkably useful for pulling political dirty tricks. [More]

Stephen Colbert causes Wikipedia chaos *
Stephen Colbert, who hosts the Comedy Channel's nightly show The Colbert Report, has caused bedlam on the popular user-supported encyclopaedia site Wikipedia, by urging viewers to assail its pages with made-up "facts." [More]

Top Search Engines *
A guide to the major search engines of the web. [More]

Visitors to Google Earth put Nanaimo on map *
"Everything you could imagine that the city government would want to tell people, they seem to have found a way to tell that using Google Earth," said Michael Jones, chief technical officer at Google Earth. "We see other cities around the world doing this, but none with the degree and zeal of Nanaimo." [More]

Wikipedia co-founder wants to start over *
Co-founder of Wikipedia and former philosophy professor Larry Sanger has started a Wikipedia alternative, Citizendium.org. [More]

Wireless World Up for Grabs (3): Google Phone speculation *
Might we soon see a Google Phone...? [More]

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Amazon.com's new on-site search function *
Here's an interesting new wrinkle from Amazon.com -- You could win a Segway Transporter for your opinion of how well the new feature works! [More]

Ask the Bargain Shopper: How to source hard-to-find items *
Here at evalu8.org, we constantly get inquiries from readers having trouble finding a favourite cleaning supply, health item, piece of clothing, specialty food item, or what have you. If you had it once and "loved it to death," it's pretty hard to give up on your hunt for a replacement. Here, we assemble some search-for-it solutions. . . [More]

Brand names: What has top cachet with consumers? *
Google-branded -- uh -- brands are under the fastest-growing label, according to a recent survey. [More]

Google to launch calendar service *
Google Inc., the top online search engine, is unveiling a calendar service that allows users to store appointments on-line, receive reminders about them and share those plans with others. [More]

New Google browser takes on Microsoft *
Yesterday, the search engine kingpin rolled out Chrome, a free open source Web browser designed to compete against Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox. [More]