Yahoo Improves Travel Planning Via Search, Maps
TechWeb - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. is introducing an upgraded travel service on Tuesday that blends the breadth of Yahoo search with handy travel-specific features, stepping up its challenge to dedicated travel sites. Using Yahoo's central search
Microsoft challenges Google Scholar
VNUnet - Microsoft has launched a rival to Google's Scholar service, which searches academic information to help students and researchers. The initial beta release of Windows Live Academic Search focuses on computer science, electrical engineering and physics
Microsoft takes wraps off academic search tool
TechWorld - An early tester of the service Dean Giustini, a medical librarian at the University of British Columbia, also said that the service would be available Tuesday in a blog entry y he wrote after looking at the new service. "Though its official worldwide
Cleland repairs leave skaters in search of ice
Fayetteville Observer - Cleland Ice Rink has closed for renovations for at least six months, leaving hockey players and skaters scrambling in search of ice for practice and games. The Fort Bragg facility shut down April 1 for renovations. The rink will reopen Oct. 1
Yahoo Satellite Maps Feature Takes Off
PC Magazine - Yahoo introduced two new features April 11, one being Yahoo Maps, which uses satellite imagery and appears to compete directly with offerings from Google and Microsoft. Both FareChase and Yahoo Maps, a beta effort, are part of the usual tit-for-tat
Search For Missing Man At N.H. Horse Farm Ends
Boston Channel - EPPING, N.H. -- Police ended their search Tuesday of a 115-acre horse farm owned by a woman accused of killing a man who worked there. State police and other agencies have been searching Sheila LaBarre's property for evidence for 17 days. The search
Miners in search of backup to Thomas
Borderland News - El Pasoan Jonathan Lane has been running hard for the UTEP football team this spring. He's shown himself to be a versatile back who can either accelerate past a defender or smack him in the face. His performance during the last three-and-a-half weeks
Authorities search for escaped inmate
Gainesville Sun - A man convicted of carjacking a couple in 2004 escaped Tuesday from the Orleans Parish Prison where he was awaiting sentencing, the criminal sheriff's office said. Sheriff Marlin Gusman said his office was tipped by the U.S. Marshal's Office that
Google wins rights to Israeli student's search algorithm
Earthtimes - Search behemoth Google Inc has won the rights to a new advanced search tool that could revolutionize online searches. The algorithm, which was invented by University of New South Wales PhD student Ori Allon, an Israeli national, had sparked wide
9 new scams to hook your wallet
MSN MoneyCentral - It only takes one bad decision to drain your money, and con artists are inventing clever schemes all the time. Here are some ways that even savvy consumers can get sucked in. By Bankrate.com You're careful with personal information, you never open