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Fifteen years ago, most people would be confused at the concept of the Search Engine as we know it today. These days, they are big business. We use them daily, they're our homepages, and a new lucrative career has burgeoned for the sole purpose of getting higher rankings on them.
Earlier this week, Yahoo! announced it has partnered with CBS to stream commercial-free episodes of select shows, which can be watched here for free until January 2nd. And Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are financing an indie movie. Are we to see Mr. Jeeves as a network cartoon character next? Maybe not...
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