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• Two doubts about Google Instant

  Google managed to turn a few heads when it announced its new Instant search last week. Mine was one of them.

• Watch out Google, here comes Facebook

  Facebook is giving Google a run for its money.

• Google plans research center in France

  Google plans to make France the center for all its European cultural operations, and to open a new research center there, CEO Eric Schmidt told French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday.

• Google Instant could evolve into ultimate universal search

  The new Google Instant search reveals streaming Web search results as fast as you type. As awesome as the concept might be, though, the results are confined to the Web. Google has the elements -- combining Google Instant with Google Desktop -- to develop a universal search capability that can drastically improve productivity.

• Google's new 'instant' search returns results as users type

  Google has announced that its famous search homepage will from today return searches in real time using a new feature called 'Google Instant'.

• Google Instant Searches the Web 'Before You Type'

  Google has rekindled its love for speedy Web searches with Google Instant, a new version of the search engine that displays results as you type.

• 'Google Instant' on smartphones may be wishful thinking

  Google officially introduced its new "Instant" search for desktop search at an event today in San Francisco, but I couldn't help looking forward a little bit toward using Instant on a mobile device. Google already has a prototype, and says the new functionality will become available for mobile devices this Fall.

• Google Instant will save you seconds, but not for SEO

  Google unveiled on Wednesday its much hinted-at Google Instant, a search engine display that shows results as you type, even predicting what you want before you're finished writing.

• Google Instant: big changes for users, publishers, marketers

  Pursuing speed, Google now refreshes search results while people type queries, which could usher in major changes for end users, advertisers and publishers.

• Google goes loco with logo

  With the frothing anticipation usually reserved for an Apple press event, the Web has been buzzing in recent days about an announcement Wednesday by Google that will change search as most people know it.

• Google Instant gives users as-you-type search results

  Google today announced a new feature that will allow users to get search results as they type their queries.

• Google speeds up search with Google Instant

  Google morning raised the stakes in the search space on Wednesday with the introduction of Google Instant, which will provide faster, more intelligent searching and results on the company's site.

• For Google TV, a sharp turn away from Apple TV

  As part of recent a demonstration of Google TV, Eric Schmidt said something that would probably make Steve Jobs cringe.

• Consumer Watchdog thinks Google's Schmidt is a data perv

  Imagine wandering through Times Square and seeing a 60-foot-tall animation depicting you (yes, you) as a creepy child-baiting ice cream truck driver. How would you feel? That's probably the question Google's Eric Schmidt is being asked today.

• Texas conducting antitrust review of Google

  Google on Friday said that the Texas Attorney General's Office is conducting an antitrust review of the search giant, following a similar investigation launched in Europe earlier this year.