links for 2007-12-28

"Google updated News Archive, the service that extends the reach of Google News to older events. The timeline view includes web pages that describe events from the past, shows charts and better snippets"

"Walt Disney Productions published a book in 1956 titled, Our Friend the Atom". The atom brings us power, food and peace in the style of a genie. Without doubt the accompanying film resembled a Simpson's infomercial with Troy McClure.

Google: 57.7%, Yahoo: 17.9%, Microsoft: 12.0%, AOL: 4.5%, Ask: 2.7% - The figures are the percentage of all US searches handled by the leading search engines.