News tagged with search tools

Microsoft service makes research a social affair

An "experimental" project by Microsoft to mix online social networking and academic research was open to the public on Monday.

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Google giving details of requests to remove content

Google on Monday began detailing the reasons behind government requests it receives to remove content from its services and whether or not it has complied.

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Startup creates a biologically inspired picture search engine

(PhysOrg.com) -- We all like to get the best deal possible for the things that we buy but you do not always have the time to go from shop to shop in order to find what you want. Luckily, there is a search ...

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Photos from stolen laptop lead to man's arrest

(AP) -- When he couldn't get help from police, Joshua Kaufman went online and used Twitter and a blog to help track down his stolen laptop.

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Google adds non-stop flight data to search results

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using Google to search for flights is nothing new but that search tool just got a serious boost. The company announced on Friday that it is adding flight schedules to all of their travel related ...

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Google opens online boutique for stylish women

Google sauntered into the world of haute couture on Wednesday with the launch of boutiques.com, an online shop that matches hot fashions to women's tastes.

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New online Google tool shows where services blocked (Update)

Google released a new online tool on Tuesday that shows where the Internet giant's services and products such as YouTube are being blocked around the world.

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Researchers develop advanced search tool to help physician's sort and retrieve vital EMR data

Researchers at one of the top five hospitals in the United States have developed an advanced search tool called the Queriable Patient Inference Dossier (QPID) that helps radiologists and other physicians extract useful data ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Re-learning how to help professionals share their practice

(PhysOrg.com) -- Online tools developed in Europe have created completely new approaches in pedagogy -- the science of education.

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Google launches online flu shot finder

Google on Tuesday launched an online tool for tracking down where to get vaccinations against H1N1 and seasonal influenza in the United States.

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Blinkx adds music video search tool

Online video search engine blinkx launched a new tool Tuesday to find and watch music videos on the Internet.

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Twitter's becoming an important tool for job seekers and employers

As the Internet's microblogging superhero Twitter continues to balloon with 40 million users worldwide and countless apps like Twhirl and TweetDeck, the Twittersphere has been overrun lately with refugees from the real world's ...

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AP proposes new article formatting for the Web

(AP) -- The Associated Press is proposing that publishers attach descriptive tags to news articles online in hopes of taming the free-for-all of news and information on the Web and generating more traffic for established ...

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Google increasingly battles Facebook in search

(AP) -- Google has identified social networking sites like Facebook as growing competitors in search, a company spokesman said Monday.

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Google refines searches for pictures and news

Google on Monday unveiled software tools that let people search the Internet using pictures or chronologically organize results of queries for news.

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