Google launches TV search service
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Net search giant Google has launched a search service that lets people look for TV programmes.
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(InfoWorld) - Broadcaster and Internet service provider British Sky Broadcasting GroupÂ (BSkyB) has asked GoogleÂ to host e-mail and other services for its broadband customers in the U.K. Their collaboration could also lead to the creation of targeted TV ads. Google will run mail services for users with addresses @sky.com, host a portal for user-generated video content, and deliver targeted search advertising on BSkyB's Web sites, the companies said Wednesday. In time, that targeted advertising could appear on TV, in the same way that Google is developing advertising sales platforms for broadcast radio and even print media. The digital video recorders that BSkyB offers subscribers to its Sky satellite TV channels are already able to deliver targeted advertising, although the company does not yet use that capability, according to BSkyB spokesman Robert Fraser. "Sky is already very tuned-in to the potential of delivering more-targeted ads to TV users," he said. "We will work together with Google to deliver targeted ads." The companies have set no timetable to introduce such a service, though: "It's an area for future development," he said. While BSkyB's business revolves mainly around broadcasting professionally produced content, the deal with Google will take it into new territory: The companies also plan to build a video portal featuring content generated by Sky subscribers. It will run on systems developed by Google for its Google Video portal, but will be branded as a Sky service, the companies said. The video portal will allow Sky customers to see only content posted by other Sky customers, said Google spokesman DJ Collins. However, content posted by Sky users will also be visible to other users of theÂ YouTube service that Google acquiredÂ in November, he said. Analysts at OvumÂ said that user-generated content is an essential element of any portal. But they wondered why BSkyB isn't making use of MySpace.com, which also belongs to News Corp., the parent company of BSkyB. BSkyB began life as a satellite TV broadcaster. Following itsÂ acquisition of U.K. ISP Easynet GroupÂ in October 2005, BSkyB launched its own broadband Internet access service in July. That service is available only to subscribers to the Sky satellite TV services. The company has 8.3 million subscribers, and aims to have 10 million by the end of the decade, with 3 million of them subscribing to the broadband service, Fraser said.ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.
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Google released a new version of its desktop search tool, adding a preview feature to help find information more quickly.
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In its continuing quest to index more and more information, Google on Wednesday introduced Google News Archive Search, which aims to make searchable thousands of newspapers, magazines and publications.
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Online search engine leader Google introduced a new software program today that promises to scour through the clutter of files on hard drives.
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Google, which dominates the market for advertising on the Internet, seems to be hoping to do the same thing on television.
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Google Inc. unveiled a desktop search application that lets users catalog and search through e-mail, files, Web histories, instant message chats and other content on their PCs.
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Google Inc. on Thursday became the first tech heavyweight to tackle the daunting task of uncluttering computers, introducing a program that quickly scours hard drives for documents, e-mails, instant messages and past Web searches.
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Determined to sell more television ads, Internet search leader Google Inc. is sharpening its focus on the medium with demographic data from the influential Nielsen Co.
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Google Inc. made a much anticipated move toward what many consider the newest frontier in the digital information search sector by announcing Thursday it is offering a test version of an application designed to let users search for information stored on their desktop computers.
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Comcast is announcing a new search site that will let users find anything on TV (even if you have a different cable company), on DVD or in the theaters or iTunes.
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Google has begun testing its radio ad service with a small group of selected advertisers, confirming reports from last month which said the company had begun to hire a sales team and was preparing to launch by the end of the year.
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Google brought the simplicity of its popular Internet search engine to the computer desktop last week, releasing software that allows people to use its home page to search their hard drives for documents, e-mail messages and other hard-to-find files.
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd's  Panasonic unit said on Monday it will work with Google Inc to  develop televisions that will allow users to watch Internet  content such as photos and videos.
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Google Inc. on Thursday became the first tech heavyweight to tackle the daunting task of uncluttering computers, introducing a program that
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Google Inc said on Tuesday it is  testing a new interactive service that lets advertisers measure  users&#39; responses in advanced ways using video or images on  Google&#39;s vast base of affiliated Web sites.