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The iconic mascot of Ask.com, Jeeves the butler, will be retired from the site at the end of the month. The decision was taken in September of last year,...

· Feb 13, 2006 · Hot! with -1 comments

The AskJeeves blog today announced a new release of Desktop Search program. Here some of the new features for AJDS: -- Folder Indexing Preferences -- Improved PDF indexing -- Email...

· Nov 5, 2005 with -1 comments

It has been reported by the BBC that the Ask website will be dropping their leading character, Jeeves. The decision comes after a user survey found that the iconic butler caused confusion (as to what...

Howard Thomson · Sep 24, 2005 · Hot! with 1 comment

Ask Jeeves is preparing to release a related-search feature that it hopes will relieve Web searchers from the burden of repeatedly refining their queries. Executives from the Oakland, Calif., company demonstrated a prototype of the...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Mar 19, 2005 with -1 comments

On the heels of a series of desktop search releases, Ask Jeeves Inc. is set to launch an application to scour users' hard drives for e-mails and files. Ask Jeeves, of Emeryville, Calif., will release...

· Dec 14, 2004 with -1 comments

Ask Jeeves today has partnered up with Citysearch. Together the two companies will make it easier to access local business listings on the web. If Ask Jeeves continues to add new features like...

· Aug 3, 2004 with -1 comments

When you're the underdog you can always get some attention by developing something pretty cool. The popular search engine Ask Jeeves has announced a new feature. A feature it called "binoculars" which allows...

· Jun 21, 2004 with -1 comments

Ask Jeeves, a popular online search website, have purchased San Jose based Tukaroo, a search technology company. Tukaroo make desktop search software which could prove invaluable to Ask Jeeves. Google and Microsoft, two big...

· Jun 10, 2004 with -1 comments

Here's a quick & funny way to lighten up your "No-school snow day" -ed. An Essex schoolboy is currently under police investigation after he sent an "extremely abusive email" to staff at...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jan 31, 2003 with 1 comment

Ask Jeeves is dropping banner ads from its flagship search site and will instead rely on paid sponsorships and other "targeted" advertising for revenue, the company said Monday. The search company recently dropped pop-up ads...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Jan 7, 2003 with -1 comments

Hoping to put its butler services in constant contact with Web surfers, Ask Jeeves on Monday will announce the release of a new tool bar that gives people a direct line to its searching features....

· Jul 29, 2002 with -1 comments

Struggling Internet search service Ask Jeeves on Monday will announce the acquisition of Octopus, a software maker that it says will help offer additional services and capture a larger market. The purchase...

· Jan 14, 2002 with -1 comments

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