Search Engines : Microsoft Vs Google

:\: Microsoft BING,

Microsoft's probably final hope to trump

Google's Old, Trusted, Reliable and BlockBuster Search Engine

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31 May, 2008

1	Google	73.66
2	Yahoo*	15.55
3	Microsoft Bing*	5.64
4	Ask	3.81
5	Others	1.34

* Microsoft, Yahoo Deal now called-off could have given Microsoft nearly 21% Market Share on Search

31 Dec, 2008

1	Google	72.07
2	Yahoo	17.79
3	MSN/Live	4.1
4	Ask	3.15
5	Others	2.89

Bing xRank vs Google Trends
xRank is MS’s answer to Google’s Trends. When heading to bing.com/xrank you will be presented with the most popular and gaining searches performed on Bing. This looks all much familiar to Google Trends.

Bing Shopping vs Google Product Search
Bing Shopping when compared with Google's Product Search, Microsoft's Bing scores a little over Google.

The Reason: Not only you will get the results you want, also will be presented with the data which was gathered in a much easier to read interface.

Bing Video vs You Tube?
An Excellent Feature.

Bing Video is really great because of the new thumbnail video feature. Try searching for Cristiano Ronaldo at Bing Video and you'll quickly see how it works. Simply hover over a video and it starts playing instantly.
Consumer: Fantastic from the consumer's point of view. No need to go to the Video’s Website.

Publisher: What about the publisher? It's almost like Microsoft is stepping on their toes by deploying video search in this manner. Would a user still click on to the site if they can watch the whole video from within the search results?

Experts’ Advice and Legal Issues: Fair use definitely comes into mind here. Perhaps there should be a 30 Seconds limitation on the "Thumbnail Preview".

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G8 Outdated

G8 should be G13 or G16

 

The Group of Eight major industrialized countries should be doubled to include

Brazil, China and India and other nations to better.

 

tackle global challenges like climate change and economic stability, a blue chip panel said on Thursday.

The panel, which included European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, former US Secretary of

State Madeleine Albright and former World Bank President James Wolfensohn, argued that the G8 has become "outdated."

 

The leadership and mandates of key international institutions, from the G8 to the UN Security Council,

have not kept pace with the new powerholders and dynamic threats of a changed world," the Managing

Global Insecurity Project said in a report.

 

The report recommended expanding the G8, which is comprised of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy,

Japan, Russia and the United States, to include Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa.

It also proposed adding Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt or Nigeria to create a Group of 16.

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ATM Virus

Software labs warn of ATM virus that steals money from banks

 

MOSCOW: Russia's leading computer security labs have warned of a new software virus which infects Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) to steal money from bank accounts of their users.

 

Two leading anti-virus software producers 'Doctor Web' and 'Kaspersky Lab' claimed to have discovered a new virus, in the networks of several bank ATMs, which is able to collect information from bank cards. 

"This is a malicious programme intended to infect and survive in ATMs. It is possible that new software will appear, aimed at illegitimately using banking information and removing funds," an official of the Kaspersky Lab was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti news agency. 

He said the virus is a Trojan which is able to infect the popular American Diebold brand of ATMs, used in Russia and Ukraine. Judging by the programming code used, there is a high probability that the programmer comes from one of the former Soviet republics, he added. 

The computer security experts say the number of infected ATMs is minimal but individual cardholders will not be able to detect whether an ATM is infected or not.

However, banks can run security software to find out if their machines are at risk.

 

 

 

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China beats India on IT index

China beats India on IT index

China has overtaken India on the global IT (information technology) radar, by occupying the 46th rank in what is called the

Network Readiness Index (NRI: Measures the propensity for countries to exploit the opportunities offered by information and communications technology), according to the Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009.

India has, however, dropped from the 44th position in 2006-2007 to 54th this year.

                        

 

 

 

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G20 - London Summit

 

 

 

\\ LONDON //

 

Summit Host, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown: "This is the day that the world came together, to fight back against the global recession. Not with words but a plan for global recovery and for reform and with a clear timetable".

World leaders agreed a Trillion-Dollar deal on Thursday to combat the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression.

1.1 Trillion Dollars will be made available to the world economy through the International Monetary Fund and other institutions.

This included 250 billion dollars of IMF reserve units called Special Drawing Rights. This is available to all IMF members.

In addition, the IMF would see its own resources tripled, with up to $500 billion of new funds, of which $40 billion would come from China.

 

 

\\ Amidst Protests //

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

\\ Amidst World Leaders //

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Google - Why its "Google"

NASDAQ: GOOG

Founders:

Sergey Brin, Larry Page

Handlers:

Eric E. Schmidt (Chairman) & (CEO)
Sergey Brin (Technology President)
Larry Page (Products President)

 

 

Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, is referred to as "the Googleplex" in a play of words; a googolplex being 10^10 ↑ 100 or a one followed by a googol of zeros, and the HQ being a complex of buildings (cf. multiplex, cineplex, etc).

 

 

\\ Google’s Name //

The name "Google" originated from a common misspelling of the word "googol", which refers to 10¹⁰⁰, the number represented by a 1 followed by one hundred zeros. “Googol” wasn’t available but “Google” was. Type “googol.com” and you will be redirected to the website www.biggestnumber.com.

"The original founders were going for 'Googol', but ended up with 'Google' due to a spelling mistake on a check that investors wrote to the founders." 

 

Having found its way increasingly into everyday language, the verb "google", was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006, meaning "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet."

 

Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998. 

 

A patent describing part of the Google ranking mechanism (PageRank) was granted on 4 September 2001. The patent was officially assigned to Stanford University and lists Lawrence Page as the inventor.

 

 

 

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Inflation @ 355000%

\\ HYPERINFLATION //

 

 

The Government of India and its People were both nervously shaking with fear when Inflation was hanging at 8%, a few months back.

 

But Can you imagine an inflation rate of 355000% ?

Zimbabwe had an Inflation rate of 355000% ! Yups 355000 Percent just a year back in March 2008.

 

The Zimbabwean central bank had introduced $500 million bearer cheques (or currency notes) for the public, and $5 billion, $25 billion, $50 billion agro-cheques for farmers with validity up to December 31, 2008.

 

 

 

Rates in Zimbabwe:

 

A Sandwich : $50 million

A 1-kg bag of potatoes : $19 million

Zimbabwean $50 million: US$ 1         

 

Result:

 

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange: Stopped Trading

Zimbabwean Dollar: DEAD

 

On November 14, 2008, Zimbabwe broke all but one World Records and became the 2nd most Hyper inflated country ever in the history of World Economics.

 

 

 

 

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IPL - Teams and Owners

 

 

\\ Rajasthan Royals, 2008 IPL Season-1 Champion is the LEAST Expensive Team of the 8 IPL Teams //

 

 

IPL Season 2008: Champion

Captain: Shane Warne (Australia)

Head Coach: Shane Warne (Australia)

 

 

 

 

IPL 2008 Season: Runners Up

Captain: M S Dhoni (India)

Head Coach: Stephen Fleming (Newzealand)

 

 

 

 

IPL 2008 Season: Semifinalist (Lost to Rajasthan Royals)

Captain: Virendra Sehwag (India)

Head Coach: Greg Shipperd (Australia)

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPL 2008 Season: Semifinalist (Lost to Chennai Super Kings)

Captain: Yuvraj Singh (India)

Head Coach: Tom Moody (Australia)

 

 

 

 

 

Captain: Adam Gilchrist (Australia)

Head Coach: Darren Lehman (Australia)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Captain: Brendon McCullum (Newzealand)/ Saurav Ganguly (India)

Head Coach: John Buchanan (Australia)

 

 

 

 

 

\\ Mumbai Indian, 2008 IPL Season-1 Semi-Finalist is the MOST Expensive Team of the 8 IPL Teams – Just a little ahead of Royal Challengers Bangalore //

 

 

 

Captain: Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Head Coach: Shaun Pollock (South Africa)

 

 

 

 

 

Captain: Kevin Pietersen (England)

Head Coach: Ray Jennings (South Africa)

 

 

 

 

 

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