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Google has made a major change in its search results indexing system by adopting ‘Caffeine’ web indexing. The update is anticipated to provide fresher and quicker indexing of the web content, especially dynamic pages.
This new system will provide a plethora of new changes including better indexing for video and images, higher speed and accuracy of results. Google has been preparing to launch Caffeine for almost a year. According to Google, this new system will provide almost 50% faster indexing of the web content. The new algorithms analyze and index small portions of the web on continuous basis instead of updating several layers which would take weeks at times to index new content.
According to the search giant, Caffeine is able to process hundreds of thousands of pages in parallel every second. The total space required for the indexing of the web counts to millions of gigabytes with “hundreds of thousands of gigabytes added per day”. Thus indexing algorithms needs not only to be faster but smarter as well.
The new system is also highly scalable to provide better support for the ever increasing web content. This addition will further strengthen Google’s position in the web search category while Bing tries to catch up. For more information, read the complete entry at Google blog.
Congratulations to our newest competition winner – John Hooper with the most popular Photo Caption “These new novelty memory sticks just keep getting weirder” . Thanks to everyone who participated in our Facebook competition!
It has been almost precisely 25 years since the first .com domain was registered by VeriSign, the first operator to register domain names. The company arranged a .com gala to celebrate the long success of the internet on 26th May, 2010. The event was hosted by the famous comedian Dana Carvey.
The purpose of this event was to celebrate the 25th year of the domain names as well as honoring the entrepreneurs, innovators and companies whose contributions towards the internet made it a great source of knowledge that led to make significant effect on the societies. The event was attended by internet enthusiasts and representatives from internet giants such as Google, Amazon, eBay and Napster.
The event also brought a platform to the audience to bring forth their ideas on the possible innovations that can happen to the internet in the coming years. It was filled with humorous entertainment, questions and admiring the contributions from individuals and companies which made the internet a success story.
VeriSign also revealed their plans to give four research grants of $75,000 each to help the innovators bring new ideas and transform internet into an even better resource for knowledge and entertainment. The grants will be given by the end of this year to groups from Europe, India, Asia and North America.
We have yet another winner in our ongoing Facebook competitions! Congratulations to Steve Robillard for “If you have tweeted “he looks so natural” from a funeral you might be a computer addict.” Make sure to join us on Facebook, participate in the competitions and win cash money!
Hotmail still remains the largest e-mail provider in the world with over 343 million users. However the user interface and features of Hotmail have stayed almost unchanged for several years while other email providers such as Gmail have been adding new features to their system, such as easy integration with web services and highly dynamic content.
Microsoft has decided to give Hotmail a major overhaul with a ton of new features and modifications. One of the most needed additions is Office Web Apps that lets you create, edit and share office based documents. These documents or photos can be saved in the already available Microsoft SkyDrive cache from which it can be publicly shared. The received photos can now be viewed as slideshow directly from your inbox which saves the effort of downloading them. The emails can be sent with embedded YouTube or Hulu vidoes that the viewer can watch within the e-mail. However these features require Microsoft Skylight installed in the browser.
Another exciting feature is Hotmail Highlights that gives a quick insight about the new messages with reference to sender’s identification such as FaceBook and Twitter IDs. This makes it easier to view and manager high volumes of mail. Microsoft also introduced a better protection system with full SSL protection and easy spam filtering using Swipe. Features such as content management and multiple accounts are enhanced as well.
Hotmail took some time to finally wake-up and enhance its services to compete with Gmail and others. However the new changes with certainly help the mail giant to regain the trust of its users.
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