Search Patents Show Promise

A roundup of the latest search patents shows some interesting developments. As gathered and noted by SearchEngineWatch, Yahoo, Microsoft, IBM, and Amazon all have new tweaks and developments in play, with Yahoo actually receiving two patents and Microsoft being granted three.

Google Gets A Dell Deal

The rumored deal between Dell and Google that will place Google's presence and software on Dell's OEM machines became official with Google CEO Eric Schmidt's announcement.

Microsoft adCenter

Since it's official launch, I'm now testing the new PPC search offering: Microsoft adCenter - the online advertising platform for MSN Search.

PHP Roadmap

We expect our readers to have a more than firm handle on what PHP is, but for completeness-sake: PHP (a recursive acronym of PHP: Hypertext Pre-processor) is an open source, server-side web-scripting language for creating dynamic pages.

Professor Ditches Lectures In Favor Of Podcasts

Taking college courses from the comfort of home may become a reality, at least for some students. No more 8 AM lectures, no more tramping across campus through a snowstorm or in the baking heat. Not for students of Bradford University's Dr. Bill Ashraf, who has ditched traditional lectures, turning instead to podcasts.