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Yahoo Sights In Sites Through SearchMonkey

Developers who wanted to make more use of Yahoo's SearchMonkey technology with a site's specific content got a little help from Yahoo.

Google Translate For iPhone Launches

An iPhone application known as "I Am Rich" has gotten some attention for being quite expensive and absolutely useless.  Now, at the opposite end of those scales, a certain search giant has launched Google Translate for iPhone.

Google, Verizon Weigh In On White Space Test

The on-going corporate wrangling between Google and Verizon is heating up again as the Federal Communications Commission prepares to test technology that would make it possible to offer WiFi broadband Internet over unused TV channels known as white spaces.

Yahoo Offers Users Better Privacy Options

Yahoo said today that it will allow users to better manage their privacy online by allowing them to opt-out of customized advertising on the site.The new opt-out feature is part of Yahoo's response to a Congressional inquiry about customization sent to 33 Internet asking for details about targeted advertising and how they collect and store information on users.

AlmondNet Likes Taste Of Behavioral Targeting

Any ad server can drop an advertisement in front of an Internet user, but AlmondNet wants that opportunity to be relevant as well as timely.

Tagged.com: Spam Your Friends

If apologizing to friends, family, classmates, colleagues, acquaintances, and anybody who's ever graced your email inbox is your thing, then signing up with "social networking" site Tagged.com is the way to go. Or, you could tell the FTC the site's founder is still up to his old tricks.

Facebook Wanted To Buy German Site Before Suing

Before Facebook sued the German social networking site StudiVZ last month for copying its "look and feel," it had been in talks to purchase the site.A former StudiVZ executive says Facebook had been negotiating for months to buy the social network.

Google Leaps Into Olympic Content Race

Google's not in its usual place ahead of the pack; you could almost compare the search giant to a runner who somehow got his feet stuck in the starting blocks.  But, following Yahoo and Microsoft, Google's finally unveiled some things related to the Summer Games.

US Searchers Want It Cheap, Discounted, Or Free

Patrolling the search engines for deals led to plenty of queries for items with the terms 'discount', 'cheap', or 'free' attached to them.

Google Not Thrilled With AOL As Investment

The billion-dollar stake Google took in AOL to keep the company out of Microsoft's hands nearly three years ago doesn't look like it will approach that value now.