Cuil, CloudSearch, Facebook Search, Yahoo Music, MySpace

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Headed by former Google employee Anna Patterson, Cuil is a new search engine that will supposedly "change the way that searching works" (in fact, they're promoting it as the "Google-killer"). Their secret? Well for starters, Cuil supposedly has 120 billion pages in its index. Google "only" has about eight billion.

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The first search engine using Yahoo BOSS has been released. Called SearchCloud, the engine allows users to dictate the importance of a keyword or phrase. The idea behind it is that by qualifying the importance of the keywords used within a search, users will receive results more suited to their needs.

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In other search engine news, Microsoft announced last last week that Live Search will be heading to Facebook. The agreement is considered to be an expansion of a previous deal that saw Microsoft purchase a $240 million stake in the company.

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Switching to the world of online music, it appears as if the Yahoo Music store will be shutting off their servers September 30th. Due to the store's use of the controversial Digital Rights Management (DRM) copy protection, users will be unable to copy their music to a new computer or device after the September deadline.

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It seems as if Amazon is looking into becoming the backbone of the new "MySpace Music" project. Launching in September, MySpace Music will offer users a variety of music-related content, including DRM-free MP3 files from three out of the four major record labels, ring tones and concert tickets.

http://freelinereport.com/freeline-7-30-08