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• Microsoft, Yahoo Finalize Search Deal UPDATE: Microsoft and Yahoo said Friday they've finalized their search agreement.
• Bing's 30-Minute Outage: A Sally Field Moment? So is Bing just like Sally Field? Do we really, really like it? Not necessarily, but we are thinking about it.
• Google Launches Dictionary and Translated Web Search Google's Dictionary goes beyond simple definitions, and its search draws on existing translation tools for a wider scope.
• Microsoft Bing Suffers Outage The Microsoft Bing search engine was offline Thursday night. The outage could hurt Bing's reputation, but this is one case where Microsoft is lucky to be the challenger.
• Google Search Page Gets a New Look Redesigned home page features a super-sized search bar and a sleek fade-in effect that hides other elements.
• Google News Changes Rules to Pacify Publishers Google News will now only give away five full-text articles per Google News visitor per day.
• Bing's Cool New Search Tools: A Visual Tour As Microsoft continues to tweak its search engine, here's how you can make the most of Bing's latest tools and enhancements.
• Top Searches of 2009: The Most Popular Questions People typed some amusing questions into search engines this year. Here's a look at some of 2009's most common queries.
• Google Alters News Indexing to Accommodate Pay Walls Google will now limit access to paid content from other sites.
• Google, Yahoo, AOL Users Search for Michael Jackson The King of Pop topped the list of 2009 online search terms on Google, AOL and Yahoo.
• Top 10 Search Engine Lists: What They Say About Us Lists from major search sites reveal what we really wanted, what we were thinking about, and what fascinated us in 2009.
• Yahoo's Top Searches of 2009: Michael Jackson, Twilight Web surfers seem to be looking for escapist entertainment as a way of coping with the recession.
• Get $10 Back When You Buy Something with Bing Tired of giving money to Microsoft? Get a little back when you sign up for a Bing Cashback account and buy, well, just about anything.
• Yahoo Go To Go Bye-Bye The mobile app portal service that gave users access to Yahoo content across multiple devices will shut down early next year.
• Google Leads in Search, Bing Gains and Yahoo Slumps Both Google and Bing gain in the search market, at the expense of Yahoo's share, study shows.
• Google Image Swirl: A Hands-On Tour Google's new Image Swirl feature brings layers of similar images into your searches. Here's a hands-on tour of what it can do.
• Bing and Wolfram Alpha Together: Clever Move Wolfram Alpha is a smart, computational take on the search engine, but it gets even smarter when it's paired with Bing.
• Bing vs. Google: Feature Wars Google added SafeSearch and enhanced movie listings on the heels of Microsoft announcing improvements to Bing.
• Bing Now a Serious Challenger to Google Bing has added valuable tools and fun technology, making it a formidable Google competitor.
• Bing Gets Wolfram Alpha Integration in Update Microsoft is adding more bells and whistles to Bing, including tighter integration with Facebook and the addition of Wolfram Alpha technology.
• Fox News Considers Google Snub Rupert Murdoch says he may make his sites invisible to Google and other news aggregators. Good luck with that, Sir Rupe.
• Murdoch's Web Sites May Block Google Searches The Wall Street Journal and other Murdoch sites don't need readers via search engines? Really?
• Google Dashboard Creates Security and Privacy Concerns The new Google Dashboard addresses concerns that users have regarding just how much Google knows about them. Providing a resource like the Google Dashboard that presents all associated information in one place may actually create more privacy and security issues than it solves though.
• Hands-On: Google's Music Search Is Just So-So New service lets you listen to songs from your search results, but it doesn't always work as advertised.
• Google Adds Bing-like 'Similar Images' Feature Google adds a "Similar Image" search function to its advanced images search tool.