#30
/ June 1, 2009 / 1:55 min.
Microsoft's Bing goes live-ish
Bing, the new search service from Microsoft, has begun to roll out and will be officially launched worldwide on June 3, 2009. Bing is more than just a search engine. In fact, Microsoft is calling it a "decision engine" and early reviews look really good.
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Visit the Bing page.
- The search service will launch worldwide in English on Wednesday June 3, 2009.
- Bing is a response to research that shows that over half of search results fail to give people what they're looking for.
- Users are looking for more organized results and Bing delivers!
- Here are just a few of the cool and innovative features you'll find on Bing:
- Autosuggest - Bing looks at what you're typing and makes suggestions to help you out.
- Best Match - Makes finding the information you're really looking for a lot easier.
- Document Preview - Lets you see a preview of a site so you get a feel for if it has the content you want.
- Instant Answers - Fast, really fast answers to specific questions you enter.
- An innovative Home page that makes it easy to start searches for travel, video, news, and more.
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#75
/ July 27, 2010 / 1:09 min.
The Library of Congress has determined that the "jailbreaking" of iPhones and other devices is legal. This is great news for the 60+ million iPhone users, many of whom resisted jailbreaking because they thought it voided their warranty. With this ruling, jailbreaking is indeed legal.
#74
/ July 22, 2010 / 1:16 min.
Microsoft has released the third Internet Explorer Platform Preview for Internet Explorer 9. You can view some of the new things that Microsoft is working to build into IE 9; things like enhanced speed, CSS3 and HTML5 demos, to name a few.
#73
/ July 14, 2010 / 1:12 min.
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the beta testing of BlackBerry Protect. When it goes public, it will be a free service for BlackBerry owners that will give them added peace of mind.
Locate a lost BlackBerry
,
remotely wipe a lost BlackBerry
as well as any SD card, and more.
#72
/ July 12, 2010 / 1:32 min.
Google has spent over a year creating
App Inventor for Android. This Web-based tool will make it much easier for more people to create Android apps. The tool looks relatively easy-to-use and you can create apps in real time and see them appear on your Android device.
#71
/ June 8, 2010 / 1:14 min.
Apple has officially released version 5.0 of its Safari Web browser for Mac and Windows PCs. This new version is faster and much more secure. It also offers many new features. Among them are support for HTML 5, a reader to remove ads, extensions and lots more.
#70
/ June 7, 2010 / 1:14 min.
Apple has officially released the details of the release of the much anticipated iPhone 4. This new device is thinner, tougher and has loads of new features. It will be available in the US on June 24th and pre-orders begin on June 15th.
#69
/ May 20, 2010 / 1:06 min.
Google has announced that
Google TV is coming this fall. Google TV hopes to bring the best of the Web together with the best of TV. Google is partnering with companies like Sony and Logitech to have Google TV built into televisions. Devices will go on sale this fall at Best Buy stores.
#68
/ April 8, 2010 / 2:10 min.
In an Apple Announcement host by Steve Jobs, Apple revealed what it has planned for
iPhone OS 4.0
. There will be over 100 new features and many are ones that have been asked for by iPhone users. If you didn't have time to watch the full
Engadget live blog from the event (maybe you, y'know, have a day job) Michael "Doc" Callahan gives the rundown.
#67
/ March 11, 2010 / 00:58 min.
Google has announced that it is now providing
bicycling information in Google Maps
. Users in 150 cities will be able to select the option when they want to go biking. The routes will show
bike paths
, quieter neighborhoods and bike trails.
#66
/ March 4, 2010 / 1:08 min.
Microsoft announced a
zero-day vulnerability
that might appear on malicious Web sites. If a Web site prompts you to press the
F1 "help" key
, Microsoft is telling you not to do it; it could be an attempt at accessing and taking control of your computer.
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