Wednesday Web Search News Headlines

I've got the gas fireplace going and it STILL smells like popcorn. Grab some coffee and start reading these headlines from the world of Web Search.

• Opera Browser Takes Off (Cnet): "Opera Software has inked an agreement to license its Web browser and related software for next-generation, in-flight entertainment systems built on Web technology."
• Microsoft Live Is...Live (Yahoo News): "With a new Web site called "Windows Live," Microsoft hopes to create a new platform that will unfasten some of its applications from a computer hard drive." Check out the official Windows Live site; a Firefox version is coming soon.
• Shop with Firefox (Lifehacker): "Active Shopper, a comparative shopping tool, has added a search plugin for Firefox."
• Buying Clothes Online (Search Engine Lowdown): "Yahoo commissioned a study of apparel searchers and found that "over the 60-day period apparel searchers spent a third more time when visiting retail sites than non-search visitors, and were more likely to engage in site activities such as interacting with a product."
• MapStats Wins MSN Contest (Search Engine Watch): The entry MapStats won the MSN Virtual Earth Competition, but you can't view it without a password. Now, that's bringing the power to the people!!
• It's the Little Human Touches That Count (InternetWeek): "The mobile phone remains a cumbersome device for getting information from the Internet, so Web site AskMeNow is offering search with a human touch."