Google 'Voice Search' hands-on verdict: Awesome

" The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally here. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait. As we wrote last week, the search app knows when you bring the phone to your...

Mum missing along with five daughters in UK

A mother has gone missing in the UK, and a nationwide search has been launched for her. It may not take too long to find her, considering she is on the run with her five daughters, and she has a German accent. The mother reportedly went on the run when she found out her...

Google Site Search gets more demanding

With Google Site Search, you can create a search engine for your organization's websites in just a few minutes. " Customers today demand speed. Waiting around is so, well, yesterday -- as so many of the...

Shannon 'drugged and bound in £50,000 fraud plot'

More details are emerging in the bizarre case of Shannon Mathews. When the girl was reported missing a few months ago the UK was closely following the story and a massive search was launched to find her. But soon it was discovered that the girl had actually been hidden by her...

How we help track flu trends

" This post is the latest in an ongoing series about how we harness the data we collect to improve our products and services for our users. - Ed.Google search isn't just about looking up football scores...

Still a Mystery

"Brianna Denison: 1988-2008 Solving 1977 slaying gives hope to police Read Comments(24) Recommend(6) Eight years ago, veteran Reno police detective David Jenkins answered a cell phone call from the commander of the Washoe County Crime...

Searchers find 2 bones near Fossett crash site

"MADERA, Calif. (AP) — Searchers have found what appears to be two large human bones near the crash site of adventurer Steve Fossett’s plane in California’s Sierra Nevada, authorities said Thursday. Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said at a...

Cor.kz, Wine on your I Phone

If not for the Pho List, I might not have found out about Cor.kz, one of these many programs designed for the I Phone and created by fellow phoster Jim Goodman and a few good souls.Well, even though technology moves in a fast and furious way, you cannot yet drink wine...

British family killed in plane crash in Ireland

A small plane carrying a British family has crashed on the east coast of Ireland, killing everyone on board. The plane is thought to have gone down on Saturday in a remote area, but rescuers were unable to fund it...

Web content 'disturbing children'

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the US has launched a new initiative to encourage children to share their problems online and report abusive behaviour. Recent research by the charity found that over half of the 2,000 respondents to a...

Police deactivate Amber Alert for missing Nevada 6-year-old

"LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) — Police on Saturday deactivated an Amber Alert for a 6-year-old boy abducted Wednesday from his Las Vegas, Nevada, home in what authorities believe was a drug-related kidnapping. The...

McCann 'Tapas Seven' friends win £375,000 in damages

The friends of Kate and Gerry McCann who were dining when the couple when their daughter went missing in Portugal, who came to be known as teh "tapas seven" in the UK media, have won libel damages from Express...

Computer Hacker Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison

" SACRAMENTO, Calif.—United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that GREGORY KING, 21, of Fairfield, Calif., was sentenced to two years in federal prison. KING was also...

Solar Google News Roundup October 14, 2008

By Erik LarsonIf you haven’t discovered Google News “Alerts” search feature, it scours the web according to your keywords and delivers the results to your email, daily, weekly, etc. Don't rely on it, or Google, though; sometimes they miss important...

Google Shows Search Trends for Presidential Debates

Like many people watching the presidential (and vice-presidential) debates, I was googling and looking up information like mad as the various leaders were speaking, including Biden and Palin.I wondered while doing so how many others were doing the same, and now google has...

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