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Google is buying Valve

Valve, which has the best content distribution platform, compared to all its competitors is being acquired for its cool product Steam, by Google who is fast becoming the 8000-pound gorilla in this market. more...
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Google starting venture capital group

While sitting pretty on a cash pile of about $12.7 Billion dollars, Google is extending into the VC market with a big fund (amount unknown) and led by senior vice president David Drummond and entrepreneur more...
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Search Start-Up Cuil Launches -- Can It Really Beat Google?

Boasting of four areas: Big web index, Unique relevance algorithm, Unique results display and Privacy, Cuil (pronounced "cool") has come out its stealth mode and is taking on the giant Google. The blogosphere more...
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LOUD3R Promises a BETT3R Way To Discover News

Offering a network of over 30 vertical search engines LOUD3R promises a much more refined and focused way to discover the news. TechCrunch offers its review of this service, saying that there are lot more...
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Comcast Acquires Plaxo, Deal Closed Today

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch writes that all those rumors swirling around of the possible Plaxo deal are true and that Comcast has acquired this 2002 startup for some price between $150 and $170 Million. more...
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New Search Engine Powerset Launches

After a lot of hoopla and making a big splash of how it would become a Google killer, the new kid in the search engine land, Powerset has finally released a glimpse of what is capable of doing using the more...
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Cluuz is The Next Generation Search Engine

Here is a nice review of a startup - Cluuz, which is a next generation web search engine whose web search results are powered by: Yahoo Search Web Service, Microsoft Live Search, Alexa Web Search, Technorati more...
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Rumors? Plaxo Sold to Google for $200M?

Plaxo, which was founded in 2001 by Stanford classmates Cameron Ring and Todd Masonis along with Napster cofounder and Facebook founding president Sean Parker is mulling a sale to Google. It is backed more...
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Seattle Encourages Its Inner Silicon Valley

Technology start-ups are sprouting all around in Seattle with Google opening its second campus. “The Seattle start-up ecosystem is vibrant, and growing rapidly,” said Oren Etzioni, an artificial-intelligen more...
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Search Startup Mahalo Gains Momentum

Slowly but surely, is the conclusion of search engine guru John Battelle on the gain of market share by Mahalo, the human powered search engine that is competing with the giants in the field and not surprisingl more...
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