By Davidson, Darren Kirby, Jenny; Jones, Nick While Google is king of the search engines, pretenders to the throne keep attacking.

By Cohen, Steven M Library Stuff Revisited Achoo! Pass me a Kleenex, please. Ouch! I fell down. Can you get me a Band-Aid? I need to find something online. I'll just Google it. Of course, the point being made here is that the word "Google" has become synonymous with searching online.

By Walmsley, Andrew The story of David and Goliath has attracted people over the generations, for its tale of hope for the small guy, triumph in adversity, overcoming the odds.

By Michael Liedtke SAN FRANCISCO -- Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system. She believes her latest invention is even more valuable -- only this time it's not for sale.

By Al Gibes My inbox has been a busy place, as readers share their thoughts on data destruction, Silverlight and Cuil. Doug Bennett of RebornPC (www.rebornPC.com) writes: "What a shame to throw away functional hard drives.