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Lively killed off by Google

Google has announced that it is to kill off Lively.com, a project that let you create virtual chatrooms.

Google gives users a say on search results

Google today launched a major update to its search engine by allowing users to customise the results they get from running a query on the web.
The new system - which it is calling SearchWiki – allows users to personalise the answers they get from running a web search by moving particular results up or down the listings.
Users who sign in to the new system will be given the option to let the search engine remember which answers they value most - pushing answers around the rankings, or deleting them from their own search results entirely.

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