UK search engine steers clear of the colonies

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Seekport is a new Internet search engine optimized for users in the United Kingdom. Through customized ranking algorithms and a British indexing team, it aims to provide high-quality searching with much less spam and far fewer hits from the United States. The company also provides country-specific search indexing for France and Germany,…

Reference answers — now for free

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GuruNet Corporation today announced that it will no longer charge subscription fees for its Web site-and-software combination reference service, Answers.com. GuruNet will sell ad placements and sponsored links alongside topic entries rather than charge subscription fees. Answers.com claims to include information on more than a million topics, drawn from a database of more than…

Mass. Web site promotes ‘safe haven’ law

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BabySafeHaven is a Web site launched today by Massachusetts officials as part of a campaign to make the public aware of a new state law that allows a parent anonymously to leave a newborn who is less than a week old at a hospital, police station or manned fire station without legal consequences. The…