AOL Acquires Internet video search pioneer Truveo, Inc.

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Online consumers seeking the best video search engine will now find it on the leading free portal on the web – AOL.com ( http://aol.com/video ). Internet video search pioneer Truveo, Inc. has been acquired by America Online, Inc., solidifying AOL’s leadership position as the premier destination for a full suite of video and search services.
AOL’s acquisition agreement with Truveo was signed and closed on December 21, 2005. Financial terms were not disclosed. Truveo was previously privately held, and financed by strategic venture and angel investors.
Truveo, based in Burlingame, California, was co-founded by CEO Dr. Tim Tuttle and CTO Dr. Adam Beguelin in January 2004. Truveo subsequently launched its premier video search engine technology in September 2005. “

This looks like a good deal for AOL and its customers, Video search is an other great development and due to the increase in high spead broadband connections more and more videos come online, AOL is sure to benefit on this,

http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06011012.htm

Says AOL betrays google,

“Remember that Google basically had to shell out $1 billion in order to keep its share of AOL’s search biz. As part of the deal, it had to compromise its increasingly farcical “don’t be evil” motto by pledging to help AOL tweak its web pages so that they’ll appear more prominently in Google’s unpaid search results. (“We won’t cheat, but we’ll show you how!”)
After strongarming the billion bucks out of Google, what was Time Warner and AOL’s response to Google’s much-hyped video rollout this week?
AOL said, “Thanks for the money, and by the way, we’re upgrading our own video search.” Webheads can find it at aol.com/video. AOL souped up its own video search platform by purchasing the small video search company Truveo. “

Google is offering scholarship in the name of the great anita borg,

Who is anita borg??

Dr. Anita Borg (1949 – 2003) devoted her adult life to revolutionizing the way we think about technology and dismantling barriers that keep women and minorities from entering computing and technology fields. Her combination of technical expertise and fearless vision continues to inspire and motivate countless women to become active participants and leaders in creating technology.

Eligibility Requirements

Candidates must be entering their senior year of undergraduate study or be enrolled in a graduate program in 2006 – 2007 at a university in the United States.
be Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field majors.
be enrolled in full-time study in 2006 – 2007.
maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale or 4.5 on a 5.0 scale or equivalent in their current program.

How to Apply

Complete the online application form and submit the requested documentation via mail. All applications must be postmarked by Friday, January 20, 2006. Finalists will be notified in March 2006 and recipients will be announced in April 2006. As the final step in the scholarship selection process, all finalists will have phone interviews with representatives from the Selection Committee. Interviews for internships or full time opportunities are separate from scholarship phone interviews.

More information here,

http://www.google.com/anitaborg/

Google blog posting here,

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/2006-anita-borg-scholarships.html

their blog entry

“The wonderfully-named Dr. Anita Borg (1949 – 2003) was a rebel with a cause: ensuring that technology itself has positive outcomes, and dismantling barriers that keep women and minorities from entering computing and technology fields. Today the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology carries on her vision. And because Google shares that passion, we are pleased to sponsor the 2006 Anita Borg Scholarship program. We are inspired by the past scholarship recipients — and in hopes of finding more, the program is expanded this year to accept applications from students entering their senior year of undergraduate study as well as those enrolled in a graduate program.”

TOKYO — Web search service was suspended for five and a half hours Sunday on the Yahoo! Japan portal due to a computer server glitch, Yahoo Japan Corp said.
The company said it has already taken measures to prevent a recurrence and that the problem was not caused by a cyber attack. The search function was out of service from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

A user comments saying

From what i can find, yahoo jp is tended by Akamai Technologies Japan KK. begining in 2001this however is a joint venture between softbank and Akamai Technologies Inc. (headquarters – cambridge, MA)info on softbank: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/sep/1180417.htmand”A notable loser was Softbank Corp, Japan’s largest provider of broadband Web access and Wednesday’s most active issue by value, losing 5.49 percent to 3,960 yen.Softbank took a beating on news of the arrest of four men in two separate cases on suspicion of stealing confidential data of customers to Yahoo BB, Softbank’s high-speed Internet service joint venture with affiliate Yahoo Japan Corp, and trying to extort money from the company…”http://www.brlfinance.net/financial-news.html

Summary:
Yahoo is expanding its reach in the fast-growing Internet calling market, offering a service that will allow people to make and receive low-cost computer calls to and from regular phones.The long-expected move could make the Sunnyvale company one of the biggest players in the Internet phone-calling market, along with eBay-owned Skype Technologies, Vonage and others.With the new service, the estimated 82 million people worldwide who use Yahoo instant messenger will be able to call any traditional fixed or wireless phone number in 180 countries.The service comes with a free voicemail box.Although the calls will not be free, they will be extraordinarily inexpensive — a penny a minute to anywhere in the United States and less than 2 cents a minute to more than 30 countries, including China, Japan and Sweden.“These prices, in most cases, offer dramatic reductions over other competitors out there,” said Jeff Bonforte, senior director of voice product management for Yahoo.The company briefed media outlets on the news earlier this week under agreements that they would not publish it until the service launched.The number of companies offering Internet calling — also known as Voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP — has soared in recent years as high-speed Internet use becomes more common.Most companies charge a monthly rate and their services are designed to be used as regular phones, except that the phone plugs into an Internet connection instead of a traditional phone network.AT&T, Vonage, Comcast, AOL and Packet8 are among the myriad companies with VoIP calling plans.Yahoo will charge $30 a year to purchase a phone number for incoming calls; Skype charges $35.

Bit roles, big business

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Two years ago, InfoSpace was approached with one of the more unusual advertising proposals: Was it interested in having its search engine appear in the film “Scooby-Doo 2”?
The company agreed, and the DogPile.com logo showed up on a fictitious search engine used to find villains. While the brand received five to 10 seconds of national exposure, “that was not the most ideal scenario,” said Jon Nolz, InfoSpace’s marketing director.
The company refined its strategy with what it considers better results. DogPile.com has appeared in more than 20 television shows, including the season premiere of CBS’ “Ghost Whisperer” and the A&E reality show “Growing Up Gotti.”

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Source seattle times news

seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002654595_product30.html

www.kazzoom.com the new turbo search engine claims to be the largest search engine, they say they have more than 50 billion pages, Google claims to have online around 15 billion pages, So is kazzoom telling truth we just have to wait and see,

this is what they say on their about us page,

“Kazzoom! Washington,DC The worlds most powerful city now has the
worlds most powerful search engine! KAZZOOM technology includes the internet as
you know it plus Mega-Web content from over 65,000 searchable databases,
internal content. Kazzoom`s Search Portal will allow you to:
Get all
qualified information for sharing or upon which to base decisions, Have access
to a complete and robust set of knowledge management tools Flexibly and directly
respond to the needs of individual users.
KAZZOOM integrates DC Net
,National Press Building,the White House, Congress, national security issues,
the economy, legal affairs, science and other beats. Kazzoom includes Washington
institutions such as , Congress,the White House, the Pentagon and even the
Smithsonian. Kazzoom covers all government politics, finance, health, foreign
and military affairs, science, and the environment – all subjects that reflect
and affect the lives of people across the world.”

what is this turbo search technology can somebody explain??/

Ask Jeeves UK has introduced a new service for sports fans, giving them access to the latest information on their favourite football or rugby team. The new sports Smart Search gives users the latest news, fixture lists, and stats for their chosen team, as well as handy quick facts such as manager name and team nickname in one unique package at the top of the search results page.

More news here www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news.php?newsId=2100

Yahoo has recently released top search queries performed in 2005, Yahoo is the 2nd best search engine today with a market share more than 20%, Yahoo just released the 2005 top searches since we are closing the year end,

they have a much more exciting list here, http://tools.search.yahoo.com/top2005/

Google has recently introduced mobile version of gmail, That is a great break through with their dominant email service,

Google says this on their help page

“Now you can access your Gmail account from your mobile phone or device. Just point your phone’s web browser to http://m.gmail.com. Your Gmail account stays synched, whether you access it from the web or the mobile interface. It’s easy to use and it’s free (but yes, your wireless plan could still charge you).It also has these cool features: • Automatically optimizes the interface for the phone you’re using• Opens the attachments you receive in messages, including photos, Microsoft Word documents and .pdf files• Lets you reply by call to people whose phone numbers are in your Gmail Contacts list”

I dont how it displays in my Nokia 7710 widescreen, will give it a try and post it here, I currently use gmail as my primary email and i’mm very excited that google has brought gmail to mobile, Way to go google,

Power.

japanese are an other set of active internet addicts, they love to browse internet and gather information, Currently Google plays an important role as a primary search engine for japan, It seems japan is not too happy with it, they plan to start an new Search engine,

Currently search engine is not named but it seems we can soon see a good product from japan online search engineers,

Teckwack.com says

“The latest news in claims that the Japan’s government along with high-tech firms and universities will team up to develop their own Internet search technology. Internet searching has become a very lucrative field in the market with companies like Google showing that it can be awesomely profitable and strengthening.”

So Japan is planning to team up with universities and high tech IT firms, that’s interesting, hope we can see a great product from them,

Search Engine News Team,