Enterprise search
Enterprise search - the killer app CIOs seek
The Searchers
Enterprise search is becoming the killer app for harnessing internal knowledge and converting e-commerce visitors more...
Enterprise search Indepth
Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch is on the search for meaning
Searching for a gem
Getting computers to understand the infinite vagaries of life is a tough challenge, but Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch is not giving up more...
Book review: What Would Google Do?
Why we’ve all been Googled
Jeff Jarvis’s new book puts the search giant at the centre of a new world more...
Getting to innovation
Innovation generation
Understanding company structure and the roles of leaders are key to harnessing the power of innovation, says Alan Brache of strategy consultancy Kepner-Tregoe more...
John Connolly explains the deep role of a Tube Lines IT Leader
Minding the gaps
As Tube Lines director of information, John Connolly wants to help oil the wheels under the mammoth operations and maintenance challenges driving the London Underground more...
What can CIOs learn from Hollywood’s history?
Lights, camera, innovation
Does the magic of movies, especially Hollywood, have some serious stories to tell CIO, when it comes to new technologies? more...
Enterprise search news
Microsoft drops Linux and Unix from enterprise search
Fast Search will be Windows only
Microsoft is to halt offering Linux or Unix versions of its enterprise search products after a wave of releases set to ship in the first half of this year, said the company in its blog. more...
Autonomy report “record” 2009
Interwoven acquisition proves to be successful
Interwoven acquisition proves to be successful more...
Google Chrome growing in popularity
Chrome catching up with Firefox
Google Chrome is now the third most popular web browser, having overtaken Apple Safari in global popularity. The release last week of betas of Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux pushed the Google browser's share past Apple's Safari and into the number three spot, a web measurement company said yesterday. more...
Mozilla repair Firefox crash bug
A week after releasing security update, it patches regression bug that crashed Windows browser
Just a week after it last updated Firefox, Mozilla has rushed out a new version of its browser to fix a crash bug that programmers inadvertently introduced. more...
Google says recession is over
Search giant says it is time to start expanding again
Google had a strong third quarter, according to its CEO delivering profits and turnover numbers that exceeded Wall Street expectations. more...
Google chiefs talk open source, enterprise and search
Schmidt and Brin say Google is still hiring, despite recession
Despite Google's phenomenal growth, the Internet search giant does not appear to be worried about taking on too many projects, judging from comments made at a media roundtable Wednesday with company cofounder Sergey Brin and CEO Eric Schmidt. more...
Microsoft warn IE users of Google Chrome Frame plug-in risks
Add-on cripples privacy mode
Microsoft has warned IE users that the Google Chrome Frame plug-in could increase the risk of a security attack. more...
Google attempts to calm EU over US Books deal
EC: Private sector help needed to digitise books
As the European Union examines a U.S. deal between Google and publishers, the company made concessions on Monday designed to address concerns its book digitization project has raised in Europe. more...
Google server overload shuts off Gmail
Search giant promises to prevent repeat performance
A worldwide outage of Gmail, the Google online e-mail system, yesterday was caused by overloaded servers, according to the search giant. more...
Bing for more than e-commerce, says Microsoft
Angry response to blogger's claims
Microsoft on Monday refuted a post by a prominent blogger that said the company designed the first iteration of Bing specifically to help people find items to purchase online. more...
