Filed under: Internet, Web services, Search
Search engines iconicized - Sputtr and Symbaloo
Web sites that let you access multiple search engines are nothing new. Dogpile and similar services have been around for years. But a couple of new multi-site search engines are making the search process prettier, if not more useful. Sputtr and Symbaloo let you search one site at a time, but from a central location. The idea is that you'll bookmark one of these sites, and then you'll never have to visit Google, Yahoo!, or any other search engine again. Sort of.
With Sputtr, you enter your search term in the box, then click the icon for the search engine or service (like eBay, YouTube, or StumbleUpond) that you want to search. Your result will pop up in the same window, or in a new window if you adjust your settings. You can customize the buttons available on the main page by selecting from dozens of additional search engines. But you cannot currently add your own sites.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
