Bing Turns Grinch for Cyber Monday
Last Updated on Monday, 19 December 2011 05:59 Written by External Post Monday, 19 December 2011 05:59
Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land provides a comprehensive report of what appears to be going on. It’s well worth reading if you enjoy drinking your egg nog flavored with a dose of real-life irony. I kept shaking my head, wondering what the folks at Microsoft were thinking. Take, for instance, the website CyberMonday.com. This site was removed from Bing’s index, supposedly due to thin content. But here’s the thing: the site is run by the National Retail Federation’s digital division. Microsoft is one of this division’s member companies – and the division, named Shop.org, is the one that co…
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Expedia and friends team up to stop Google’s travel play
Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:40 Written by External Post Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:40
A group of travel sites are teaming up to fight Google’s proposed takeover of ITA Software. The group calls itself Fairsearch.org [1] and includes Expedia, Kayak, tripadvisor, travelocity and Sabre Holdings. Google’s $700m bid for the firm has already
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Koran-Burning Church’s Website Yanked From Internet
Last Updated on Thursday, 9 September 2010 10:00 Written by External Post Thursday, 9 September 2010 10:00
The website of the church that plans to burn a Koran on Saturday to commemorate 9/11 was removed from the internet after its hosting service said the site violated its terms of service agreement. The removal of the doveworld.org site comes as
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Google adds home efficiency tips to PowerMeter
Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 September 2010 02:20 Written by External Post Wednesday, 1 September 2010 02:20
Google.org has tacked on energy-efficiency recommendations to PowerMeter, one of many features planned for its home energy Web application. The latest feature, accessible from the Take Action button, gives people a way to organize tasks for making a home
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Online Chess With Physical Pieces On a Chessboard
Last Updated on Saturday, 10 July 2010 10:00 Written by External Post Saturday, 10 July 2010 10:00
D4C5CE writes “A chess-playing German tinkerer has contrived (and made a video of) an amazing contraption that plugs real chess pieces into the freechess.org server using a 20W LED projector and an old webcam to read moves on a projected chessboard.”
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Google-Backed Wind-Powered Car Goes Faster Than the Wind
Last Updated on Sunday, 6 June 2010 02:00 Written by External Post Sunday, 6 June 2010 02:00
sterlingda writes ‘A wind-powered car has been clocked in the US traveling downwind 2.85 times faster than the 13.5 mph wind. The definitive research by Rick Cavallaro of FasterThanTheWind.org is being funded by Google and Joby Energy. The run should now
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LiveBlock Auctions International Announces Contract Renewal and Expansion with Barrett Jackson Auction Company
Last Updated on Sunday, 21 February 2010 11:45 Written by a2e Sunday, 21 February 2010 11:45
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LiveBlock Auctions International (LAI) is pleased to announce that the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company, the world’s greatest collector car auctions, has renewed its contract with LAI. As part of this agreement, LAI will expand its current offering of live online auction software and services to include Barrett Jackson’s inaugural auction in Orange County in [...]
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Magnificent Collections of 1st Growth Bordeaux and Burgundy from DRC Highlight Hart Davis Hart Wine Co.’s March Auction
Last Updated on Saturday, 20 February 2010 01:45 Written by a2e Saturday, 20 February 2010 01:45
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Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. announced the highlights of the March 19th and 20th auction of Finest and Rarest Wines, which will take place at award-winning Tru Restaurant, located at 676 North St. Clair Street in Chicago. The impressive two-day sale includes several private cellars from the Eastern Seaboard and multiple collections from the [...]
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Hong Kong auction of vehicle registration marks
Last Updated on Friday, 19 February 2010 04:00 Written by a2e Friday, 19 February 2010 04:00
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The Hong Kong Transport Departmenthasannounced that the Lunar New Year auction of vehicle registration marks would be held on February 28 (Sunday) in Meeting Room S421, L4, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai. “A total of 45 vehicle registration marks will be put up for public auction.Forty-three of them are traditional vehicle [...]
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Auction Raises £26,000 for Save The Children
Last Updated on Friday, 19 February 2010 04:00 Written by a2e Friday, 19 February 2010 04:00
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The online auction organised by M&IT magazine on www.meetpie.com closed at 14.00 hours GMT today with more than £26,000 raised for Save The Children.
With more than 1,800 bids for 90 lots donated by M&IT readers and advertisers, the top revenue-raising lot was a £2,000 bid for a 10-day trip to Vancouver and Alaska. [...]
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