Microsoft Launches SearchPerks Program

At any search engine conference, Google's setup tends to draw the biggest crowds.  Next come the companies that happen to have booth babes.  But swag is also popular, and since Microsoft can't easily change its name or distribute women, a new SearchPerks program aims to capitalize on this last idea.

StumbleUpon May Become Bigger Player

StumbleUpon announced today that it will be rolling out a new design to make the service more accessible to new users. The biggest drawback has always been the fact that users had to install a toolbar to use the service, but with this new design, the need to do so has been eliminated.

Germans Seek To Block Google Street View

Aspects of Google are pretty popular in Germany; the latest comScore data indicates, for example, that it's cornered 79.8 percent of the country's search market.  Google Street View is being looked at in a different light, however, and may hit a show-stopping barrier in the town of Molfsee.