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Google (not) Owning The Rights To Things You Type

There is a bit of the Google Chrome EULA flying about the Internet and people are jumping to the conclusion that Google OWNS anything you type into the browser however that isn't the case, when read carefully, as I now understand thanks the commentors on this Gizmodo post. Check out that post to see what I'm talking about. The comment that really cleared things up for me was this one (by user yogibimbi):

Google Chrome - Google's New Web Browser Goes Public with First Beta - Updated


Note: don't be thrown off by this image, the browser rocks.

Cuil - What's The Big Deal?

Cuil is rumored to be the "Google Killer" by some posts I have seen about it and when I scan through their website's information I kinda start to believe them. When you visit their company info page you find this bit of boasting:

The Internet has grown exponentially in the last fifteen years but search engines have not kept up—until now. Cuil searches more pages on the Web than anyone else—three times as many as Google and ten times as many as Microsoft.

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