Is Cuil killing the Internet?

While the world gets excited over Google’s new open-source browser, Chrome, a new story is emerging about one of the Web’s next-generation utilities: Cuil, the search engine heralded as a “Google killer,” might just be taking out the entire Internet, one site at a time.

As TechCrunch’s Don Reisinger reports, Cuil’s Twiceler indexing bot is so bandwith-hungry that it’s shutting down sites all over the Web:

See the full article here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=338

Google announces new browser -- Chrome

Google will launch a Web browser called Chrome that will take on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and apparently Mozilla’s Firefox, which the search giant essentially funds.

• Google’s browser will be open source;
• Chrome will include a JavaScript Virtual Machine built from scratch;
• Tabs will be moved around;
• The browser has an address bar with auto-completion.
• There’s a privacy feature like IE has;
• And Google aims to be proactive about fighting phishing and malware attacks.
• http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9847
  

Here is the link to read the comic book that explains the browser.
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080901/heres-the-google-chrome-browser-comic-book-hey-microsoft-kaa-pow/

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Lifehacker Top 10: Obscure Google Search Tips

"When it comes to the Google search box, you already know the tricks: finding exact phrases matches using quotes like "so say we all" or searching a single site using site:lifehacker.com gmail. But there are many more oblique, clever, and lesser-known search recipes and operators that work from that unassuming little input box. Dozens of Google search guides detail the tips you already know, but today we're skipping the obvious and highlighting our favorite obscure Google web search tricks."

URL: http://lifehacker.com/339474/top-10-obscure-google-search-tricks

10. Get the local time anywhere
9. Track flight status
8. Convert currency, metrics, bytes, and more
7. Compare items with "better than" and find similar items with "reminds me of"
6. Use Google as a free proxy
5. Remove affiliate links from product searches
4. Find related terms and documents
3. Find music and comic books
2. ID people, objects, and foreign language words and phrases with Google Image Search
1. Make Google recognize faces