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Google Instant: Quick, Quick, Quick But Not Psychic

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September 9, 2010
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Google Instant: Quick, Quick, QuickBut Not Psychic Google Instant aims to give you what you really meant, quick, quick, quick. So far, I haven't found Instant to be the great leap forward that Google seems to think it is.
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Craigslist Tells State AGs: Censor This! Craigslist's decision to 'censor' its adult services ads just throws gasoline on the flames. But is this fire really necessary or a cheap political publicity stunt?
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After Google Incident, Wi-Fi Data Collection Goes on Four months ago, amidst a backlash from government regulators and privacy advocates, Google stopped collecting Wi-Fi data with its Street View cars. But that doesn't mean Google has stopped collecting wireless data.
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Microsoft Suspends Xbox Gamer For Living in Fort Gay Xbox LIVE gamer banned from Microsoft's online gaming service for typing in the name of a real city in West Virginia.
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Apple Relaxes App Store Approval Restrictions Apple surprises developers by promising to be more transparent about its App Store approval process and loosens restrictions on what development tools they can use.
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Instant Analysis of Google Instant Google users weigh-in via tweets griping, praising, and scratching their heads when it comes to Google's newest feature Google Instant.
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Using Google Instant: 5 Quick Takeaways At first using Google Instant feels like a novelty, but soon you learn what a powerful tool it can be.
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Kindle Coming to Best Buy: Is Amazon's Offline Push Risky? Best Buy promises new displays, allowing shoppers to compare e-readers side-by-side, just in time for the holiday shopping season.
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Google, In an Instant, Pulls Further Ahead of Microsoft, Yahoo Google Instant, the company's dynamic new feature, is about starting the search process before the user even finishes typing in the query.
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Sony Applauds Buttons Prior to Playstation Move Release Of Sony's many marketing ploys, my favorite is Yaybuttons.com -- which, as the name suggests, defends the virtue of buttons against a faceless foe.
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Norton and Trend Micro Simplify Security with New Releases New versions of software focus on providing security that you can welcome onto your computer, rather than stress over.
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Apple, Google Shoot It Out on the Small Screen With Apple TV and Google TV, the companies' latest skirmish is taking place in the living room, but they're bringing very different services and ambitions to the television.
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Samsung Fascinate: Why Verizon? Why? Verizon has made some disappointing choices with its new Android phone, taking a perfectly fine device and tainting it with profit-driven modifications.
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The Five Worst Tech Product Names of the Moment Some recent product names are breaking the rules, either through lack of imagination, dubious pronunciation or unfortunate double meanings.
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Apple Releases iOS 4.1, Fixes Flaw in FaceTime Update quashes 24 security bugs, targets problems with the proximity sensor, Bluetooth and degraded iPhone 3G performance.
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How Six Memorable Tech Companies Got Their Names Fifteen years ago, if I told a friend I had spent the day Googling myself or looking for names at Go Daddy, he would have assumed I'd gone off the deep end.
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Apple's New iOS 4.1: Its 4 Biggest Improvements I'm pleased Apple has improved iOS security with the iOS4.1 update. But I'm even happier about these new 4 features.
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iPod Touch Upgrade Packs Jaw-Dropping Features Apple's changes are the biggest upgrade to the device since it first hit the market in September 2007.
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Google Instant Could Evolve into Ultimate Universal Search Google Instant streams search results instantly as fast as you type, but only from the Web. Combining Google Instant and Google Desktop, though, would revolutionize universal search.
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Gamestop Snubs Intellivision Lives! Retailer offers other classic game compilations, but feels Intellivision Lives! won't sell well to its target, younger clientele.
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Google Instant: Quick, Quick, QuickBut Not Psychic Google Instant aims to give you what you really meant, quick, quick, quick. So far, I haven't found Instant to be the great leap forward that Google seems to think it is.
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