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Midwest Clipper Sends Students Googling

Every morning I like to visit at Google's Hot Trends page to see what's on the minds of searchers out there. Usually it's reflective of the morning news, but this morning it read like a school closings report.

Google Getting Health-y In 2008

Microsoft's HealthVault will have several months under its belt by the time Google Health, under the leadership of Marissa Mayer, finally debuts.

Google Locks Up Spreadsheet Features

A round of updates at Google Docs & Spreadsheets added some handy features to users of the spreadsheet side of the service.

Google Docs Drops In Folders

The updated Google Docs & Spreadsheets offers folders for organizing documents, along with a few new enhancements.

Google Apps Not Ready For Prime Time

Judging by one domain administrator's experience with Google Apps and email, Google's claims that it is not competing with Microsoft for the productivity space has a ring of truth.

Don't Let Your Online Identity Ruin Your Life

It’s not just potential employers that are Googling your name, you also have to worry about your next date doing the same. According to AP, more people than ever are using Google as a free background checker, before deciding whether to risk dinner and a movie with someone.

Google Notebook Grows Up, Learns Languages

Yet another Google Labs product has made it into the real world; behold Google Notebook in its non-beta glory.  The tool has gained the ability to “speak 17 other languages besides English,” but would-be users shouldn’t expect much in the way of additional improvements.

Ask Mocks Googling

Unlike its much more heavily visited search competitor Google, Ask.com has no problem with its brand name being a dictionary word. The search engine industry needs more Scott McNealy-style chippiness between its respective companies.

Google Keeps Fretting Over Googling

Merriam-Webster's and the Oxford English Dictionary's addition of "Google" to their multitude of pages as a verb has given Google fits, and the company has been desperately trying to fight the genericizing of their trademark name.

Forget Googling, Go Ahead And Yahoo

Upon hearing that the big name in search has been objecting strenuously to having its name used as a verb, Yahoo decided to have some fun with the controversy.