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THE Vital question on the world's lips this year has been: Is Lady GaGa a geezer? The eccentric pop singer's gender is the subject of one of the most asked questions of 2009, according to a top internet search engine.

' Google is the only search engine .' Well actually, it is not although admittedly it is quite possibly the best.

Clicker , the startup that looks to be a comprehensive video search engine for television content on the web, has launched to the public.

"If you created TV Guide in 2009 instead of 1953, youa d create something like this," said Jim Lanzone, Clicker's chief executive, who previously served as the chief executive of Ask.com, the No.

Netbook Buyers Don't Want Windows 7 'Starter' [November 12, 2009] Buyers may be dissatisfied with Windows 7 Starter Edition, but will they buy netbooks anyway? A new survey sheds some light.

Web surfing is becoming more like channel surfing as television shows, movies and music videos pour onto the Internet.

Ever since Blake Krikorian left Sling Media , the place shifting startup that he sold to Echostar for $380 million in September 2007 , he's been lying low.

Nokia launches 6788 phone with China Mobile - The world's largest handset maker meets the world's largest wireless carrier in the world's largest market.

Speculation is mounting about who will buy Ask.com when the "for sale" sign starts dangling from the struggling search engine's marquee.

Coolest Gadget Reviews Asking Price? MediaPost Publications Formerly AskJeeves.com, IAC bought the search engine in March 2005 for $1.85 billion, but has failed to adequately compete with search engines supported by Should Ask.com Sell Out Now See original here: Asking Price? - MediaPost Publications

Look for IAC/InterActiveCorp to unload its Ask.com search engine rather than confront what even chairman and CEO Barry Diller admitted Tuesday was a "speculative" future.

Barry Diller has telegraphed his willingness to sell Ask.com Tuesday during a conference call about parent company IAC's third quarter performance.

Ask.com is running video banner ads and a Facebook-integrated microsite to promote its Ask Deals retail price index search engine.

It's probably a victory of sorts that Ask still has any share of the Internet search market.

All Cupcakes, all the time! Everything you ever wanted to know about cupcakes from true cupcake fans, and Stacie Joy .

And once we get the search results, we must screen through an abundance of information in order to find one or two truly desired results.

Ask has launched a new service that scours the internet for online coupons, as the IAC-owned search engine looks to capitallise on the growing trend for online discounts.

Walnut Creek-based American Reprographics Co. dropped 20 percent to $7.82 after slumping as much as 22 percent, the most intraday since Feb.

Count Dracula. Family and work situations reach a critical state this week, with equal potential for good or bad results.

UP to half of internet users have looked up former lovers online, a survey has found.