Morning Search News Round-Up

Thursday October 13, 2005

There's just so much going on in the search world that I thought today I would just do a brief round-up of headlines. Here's the scoops:

Internet not as vulnerable to full-scale attacks as previously thought: Hubs keep the Net fairly resistant to any really big attacks
College students trust search engines: "college students rely on search engines more than any other media,including magazines, newspapers, and television ads"
New iPod with video: Apple iPod, now with video playback
Google and Comcast want to buy a chunk of AOL: "The Wall Street Journal has just posted a report that Google and cable television/high-speed Internet giant, Comcast, are in "serious discussions" with AOL (Time Warner) about acquiring a "minority" stake in AOL's portal business (not the dial-up access part)."
Google Mastercard?: speculation on whether or not Google might be coming out with its own MasterCard
Yahoo 360 - I Feel Pretty: Yahoo 360 now comes with custom display options
Google and Search Tags: Google quietly introduced tagging into Google Accounts this week; you have to get into your search history to find them
Search and Online Shopping: Most adults research purchases online (and you can do that with my Online Shopping Guide
Google Purchases?: More speculation on whether or not Google will unveil a Paypal-similar service