Ask.com unveils anti-Google tool
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'Hey! We care about privacy' As Google plays games with its cookies, semi-rival Ask.com is actually getting serious about privacy. The web's fourth-leading search engine is giving web users a brand new tool that ensures their search results will not be retained by the company - at all. As the company points out, that's a first among major search engines.â¦
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HOUSTON - A computer scientist and two of his graduate students at Rice University found a security flaw in a search tool distributed by Google, allowing the popular Web site to fix the problem.
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Google Inc. released free software yesterday that lets people simultaneously search the Web and their personal computers for information, a move analysts described as a potential blow to rivals Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. in the race to woo more searchers.
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Ask.com is the newest search engine to dish up new features.
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Google released a free tool today that lets people simultaneously search the Web and their personal computers for information, a move analysts described as a potential blow to rivals. -The Washington Post
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Forensic files: Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) on Thursday rolled out a seminal version of its new desktop tool, enabling users to scrutinize hard drives as they would Web sites.
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There is some confusion about threats posed by the new search tool. Google says common sense is enough of a patch. By Thomas Claburn.
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Ask.com is introducing AskCity, a service that integrates maps with information about local businesses, restaurants, listings and reviews.
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Google Inc. released free software Thursday that lets people search the Web and their personal computers for information simultaneously.-The Washington Post
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Microsoft, Ask.com pressure Google by offering anonymity options and scrubbing saved query data.
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A new tool aimed at circumventing Internet filters used by some governments was released Friday, offering hopes for freer access to information for activists, journalists and others.
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Askmen.com is a free online destination for men, a men's portal,
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Today Ask.com has launched its highly anticipated new local search &#038; mapping offering, AskCity. Considered in part to be a replacement for CitySearch, but much more now that it is also the local arm of Ask.com, AskCity. Using a &#8216;one click&#8217; technology merged with Java and Ajax, AskCity keeps the user inside one browser window while [...]
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Ask.com today announced a new feature called AskEraser that deletes a user's search activity data from the company's servers.
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Google Inc.  on Thursday rolled out a preliminary version of its new desktop search tool, making the first move against its major competitors in the race to provide tools for finding information buried in computer hard drives.
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Google Inc said on Tuesday it is testing a new interactive service that lets advertisers measure users' responses in advanced ways using video or images on Google's vast base of affiliated Web sites.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Ask.com's search engine is sharpening its focus on local results in an attempt to make a bigger splash on the World Wide Web.