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A new search engine devised by a group of former Google employees is the latest pretender to the Mountain View company’s search dominance.

Cuil.com (pronounced cool) claims to be the “world’s biggest search engine”, indexing 121 billion pages - reputedly 3 times as many as Google. (more…)

Google are close to a $200 million deal to buy leading social bookmarking site Digg, according to a report from TechCrunch.

Digg, estimated to attract over 230 million visitors annually, has been a longstanding takeover target for companies including Google and Microsoft, and it appears the Mountain View firm are keen to add the brand to their portfolio. (more…)

Microsoft has stated it would be prepared to reopen negotiations to buy Yahoo, but on the condition that a new board is elected first.

The news is a boost to investor Carl Icahn and his backers who are seeking to elect a new board at Yahoo’s stockholder meeting on 1st August. (more…)

Google Street View, the search giant’s street level photographic mapping service has come in for more criticism in the UK.

UK campaign group Privacy International are concerned that it will break data protection laws; despite Google’s efforts to protect personal privacy. (more…)

The number of people browsing the web with mobile devices is rocketing, according to a report from Juniper Research.

Juniper’s study indicates that 577 million people now use mobile internet services; and predict that the figure will exceed 1.7 billion by 2013. (more…)