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About operates deeper in the health business

about buys health companyAbout Inc, the lonely search engine company that tends to be forgotten about, is targeting health searchers with its recent purchase of the health care ratings site, UCompareHealthCare.com.

The site specializes in rating and providing information on doctors, nursing homes, hospitals, and specialty centers so that people can make more informed decisions on their healthcare.

With this purchase, About.com and the About Health team will see the addition of approximately five million additional monthly uniques.

Currently Google, Yahoo and MSN Live already provide specialty searches and results for Health related topics, and have for some time now.

[via PaidContent]

Filed under: Internet, Text, Mozilla, Browser Tips

Firefox 2 Easter Egg

Mozilla

Mozilla has made Firefox 2 all spiritual for us, by planting an easter egg that quotes from a little known religious text called the "Book of Mozilla." Here is what it says: "And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror." All the geeks laughed. I love it, mostly because it proves that Mozilla has a sense of humor and can take a joke. There is no end to the Microsoft bashing by a rival, which isn't all that new. To view this enigmatic text for yourself, open up your Firefox 2 and type in "about:mozilla" to see it. As you might imagine, this doesn't work in Internet Explorer.

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