October 3, 2004

Watch out Google! News24, South Africa - Online search engine upstart Vivisimo Inc is setting out to persuade the masses that Google's vaunted technology isn't the most efficient way to find things on the internet. The little-known Pittsburgh company is taking aim at Google and other industry leaders like Yahoo with a new search engine called Clusty.com. 9:40:41 PM

I.B.M. Updates Old Workhorse to Use Linux. I.B.M. has just completed a three-year, $100 million overhaul of the software engine behind the world's airline, hotel and rental car reservations systems, and credit card systems like Visa and American Express. By By STEVE LOHR. [The New York Times > Technology] 8:44:02 PM