According to ComScore’s recent internet usage figures, three out of every four internet searches in the UK are conducted by using Google’s search engines.

These astounding figures show 0.5 percent increase that propelled Google over the mark of 75 per cent and also show the wide gap between Google and second place eBay that covers 5.5 per cent market share.

Yahoo’s search engine has 4.3 percent and Microsoft’s search engine has 3.4 per cent market share. However, on last month’s figures Microsoft was slightly up and Yahoo was slightly down. On the other hand, AOL search has surpassed Facebook and the acquisition of Facebook’s rival Bebo is the basic factor behind it.

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At Yahoo’s annual meeting in California, Chief executive Jerry Yang succeeded to win the support of 85% investors.

However, some investors criticized the firm on not to agreeing a $47.5bn buyout offer from Microsoft.

During the meeting, a shareholder Eric Jackson of Ironfire Capital asked Chairman Roy Bostock to step down from the post.

“Bostock must do an honorable thing and resign from the board,” stated Eric Jackson, an investor from Ironfire Capital.

Eric also accused that Bostock overplaying his hand with Microsoft.

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Almost every fifth U.S. television viewer is using computer instead of television set to watch primetime programs online. Majority of these people is consisted of educated professional women, a new survey shows.

The survey results indicate that almost 50 percent people viewing TV programs on the Web as they are getting available online. According to Integrated Media Measurement Inc. (IMMI) which conducted that survey, “It seems that soon computer would serve as the biggest substitute for the T.V. set.”

The other 50 percent use the Web to view those programs that they have missed.

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A report on The Wall Street Journal’s web site tells that Google is considering again developing a venture capital arm.

The people who were told about the discussion explained that David Drummond, Google’s senior vice president, would lead the effort .According to the reports, 33-years-old William Maris who is a former entrepreneur has been hired by the group for this purpose.

The search engine has considered that idea before but couldn’t work on that plan.

If this new venture succeeds, it would put Google in the more-official role of supporting commencement off the ground as Google well-known for buying companies instead of investing in them. Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola are some other Silicon Valley companies that have extensive VC track records.

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The last search engine that Anna Patterson developed in 2004 was so impressive that Google Inc. had to purchase that technology to upgrade its system.

Now she has developed another and believes that her new invention is even better and more valuable than the previous one but this time not for sale.

Patterson quitted Google in 2006 and started to develop a new more comprehensive way to search the Internet.

The results are quite cool as the new search engine will start processing requests from Monday with a $33 million venture capital support.

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According to a Swedish study, men who have high levels of “psychological distress” had are more likely to develop type2 diabetes than the men with lower levels of such distress.

Under the study, cases of 2,127 men who were born during 1938 and 1957 were studied similarly, 3,100 women were also studied but the researchers didn’t find any such link in them.

In the Journal Diabetic Medicine, the researchers wrote that stress and anxiety might have affected the hormone regulation in the brain.

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Despite of 20 percent down in company’s stock price during his 13-month reign, Yahoo’s CEO is still optimistic as his message to his frustrated shareholders suggests that things aren’t bad as they have been depicted.

“We are doing just fine in a tough environment and tough economy” Yang stated in an interview with The Associated Press. “We are hopeful for a lot of good things ahead.”
However, if Yahoo’s 2Q results are examined, they don’t provide any reason for enthusiasm.

But still these results aren’t as alarming as many investors were expecting after Yahoo’s months long sparring with Microsoft Corp.

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