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FriendFeed has recently launched a search feature, and so Facebook search must be coming soon.

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FriendFeed search feature, Facebook search, real-time Web search, Google, Twitter, Twitter search, PageRank, Microsoft, trusted contacts as filters, social search, Global IT News, Social Relevancy Rank, metrics, Facebook acquires Friendfeed, 

Steve Ballmer said that the global advertising economy has been permanently “reset” at a lower level, warning that media companies should not plan for revenues to bounce back to pre-recession levels.

Read more: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/07/ballmer-all-traditional-content-will-be.html

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, Technology Prediction,  Digital content, Analog content, google, Yahoo, Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, Ad-funded model, Global Best Practice, Print media, 

Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz asked shareholders to stop comparing the Sunnyvale Internet company to Google, its biggest rival, at a sparsely attended and subdued annual meeting Thursday morning.

Read more: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/07/yahoo-ceo-stop-comparing-us-to-google.html

Tags: Yahoo, Google, Carol Bartz, Jerry Yang, David Filo, Microsoft, Santa Clara Marriot, Global IT News, Shareholders, AGM, Annual General Meeting, Search, Chief Yahoo, Executive Pay, Online media,

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Publicis Groupe, owner of ad networks including Saatchi & Saatchi, have struck a deal to tap into data from TV set-top boxes to deliver highly targeted TV ads. The deal, which will also create new digital advertising formats, was struck with Publicis Groupe’s combined media operation Vivaki and announced at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

Read more: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/microsoft-and-publicis-strike-deal.html

Source:  Microsoft, Publicis, Interpublic Group’s Mediabrands, Publicis Groupe, AOL, Yahoo, Google, Vivaki arrangement, Global IT and Business News, PBJS, Discovery Channel, Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, Saatchi & Saatchi, Vivaki Nerve Centre, 

Earlier today, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) CFO Patrick Pichette said the company was still analyzing Microsoft’s search-engine revamp—and wasn’t ready to comment. Well, apparently, Google CEO Eric Schmidt is more than ready. Excerpts from his interview on Fox Business Network:

Read more: http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/googles-schmidt-rips-microsofts-bing.html

Tags: Google, Bing, Microsoft, Search, Eric Schmidt, Fox Business News, Patrick Pichette, Amazon Kindle, CNN, Global IT News, 

Cisco Systems today joins the elite circle of 30 blue-chip businesses that make up the Dow Jones industrial average, a move that may make it easier for the San Jose company to attract investors — at least initially. 

Read more: http://globaleconomicnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/cisco-joins-dow-jones-industrial.html

Tags: Cisco Systems, Cisco, DJIA, Dow Jones Industrial Average, GM, Sybille Reitz, Chuck Mulloy, DJ30, John Roberts, Stanford's Center for Global Business and the Economy, Silicon Valley, Bay Area Council, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Intel,

At the official passing of the Java torch today, Larry Ellison couldn’t resist dangling the suggestion that Oracle is getting ready to launch some sort of new client software platform to rival Google’s Android and - an unspoken challenge - Microsoft.

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http://globalitnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-this-finally-thin-client-from-oracle.html

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Larry Ellison, Oracle, Microsoft, Google Android, Thin-client software, Software, Acquisitions, Sun Microssytems, Java, Databases, 

Bing Goes Live, Some Bloggers Shocked to Find Porn

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Microsoft, new search engine Bing, Microsoft Live Search, search experience, Web content, Porn, Google search, Yahoo search, Wolfram Alpha, Kosmix, Global IT News,