Ubuntu making Yahoo default search engine

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

According to a public announcement from Canonical's Rick Spencer, Ubuntu will be undergoing a slight change, beginning with the release of Lucid Lynx. Firefox, which comes as the operating system's default browser, will now use Yahoo as its default search provider. However, this doesn't mean ...

How to Try The New Google Search

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Confirmed. The rumors about Google's redesign are true, and you can try it for yourself with a very simple method. 1. Go to Google.com. 2. Once it loads, enter this code into your web browser's URL address field: javascript:void(document.cookie="PREF=ID=20b6e4c2f44943bb:U=4bf292d46faad806:TM=1249677602:LM=1257919388:S=odm0Ys-53ZueXfZG;path=/; domain=.google.com"); There shouldn't be any http://google.com in front of that. Just that code. 3. Hit enter. 4. ...

Google introduces Social Search

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Google has announced the next step in its ever evolving search engine, Social Search. Google is currently rolling out a test version on Google Labs. The idea is simple, more relevant and personalised search. Imagine searching for New York and finding your friends blog on New York or searching for Florida ...

Google brings Chrome rendering engine to IE6, 7 and 8

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

A thorn in the side of many web developers is Internet Explorer 6. It's an old browser that has many annoyances that cause those creating websites to have to add additional code just to have things render as they should. Google, being a company that develops a web browser, has ...