Filed under: Internet, Web services, Microsoft, Search
Microsoft updates its search engine for news
- An orange banner will pop up and highlight breaking news at the top of the site, but only when there's actual breaking news, which is kind of refreshing in today's 24/7 news environment when many news agencies are pretending there's always something breaking.
- See that blue sidebar on the right? Yeah, we thought it was for advertising at first too, but it's actually local news selected for you based on your IP address. No need to sign up and change your settings to get local news tailored to you.
- Once you enter a search term, you can further refine your search from a list of categories, or select from a list of related searches.
- Videos are featured right on the main page, and if you mouse over them you can preview the videos before deciding whether to click to watch the full video.
[via CNet]
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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RP said 7:50AM on 4-17-2008
Good to see someone trying to compete with the mighty Google.
So what does this have to do with "Search"? I.e. why the name "Live Search News"? Isn't it just "Live News"? Microsoft's naming always confuses me.
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Xavier said 7:38AM on 4-18-2008
Looks promising, but after hitting the "Read" link I see that it hasnt really made its way to my part yet, Norway.
http://bayimg.com/MAJnEAAbg
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