Live Search Continues Down Relevance Road

The Live Search team at Microsoft has been working on making their centerpiece product more effective at recognizing equivalences, and knowing when 'the' needs to be part of the query.

Senators Call For Net Neutrality Hearing

Senators Bryon Dorgan (D-ND) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) sent a letter today to Sen. Daniel Inouye, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, calling for a hearing to discuss phone and cable companies' recent discrimination against content on their networks, and whether current regulatory protections are enough.

Who Has ‘Metaphysical Jurisdiction’ In Second Life?

 Before the end of this sentence you will have to make a choice between the blue pill and the red pill, for as soon as we step over the period we will enter an alternate reality and it will not be easy. Lawyers are looking into virtual worlds like Second Life, studying whether the environment is suitable for regulation and asking who has "metaphysical jurisdiction."

Google Experiments: Search Views, Shortcuts…

Google has released a new experiments area where users can pilot some of the enhancements that the search giant is trialing. By signing up, you can give them a test drive and provide feedback to help shape their final release. The experiments include alternative views for search results, keyboard shortcuts and new navigation options. All the experiments represent some interesting improvements to the current Google…