Caffeine goes live

Google has finally released the awaited update to its search indexing technology, providing a jolt of Caffeine to the search industry, reports CNet.

The company announced the release of its Caffeine indexing technology - which it has been testing for almost a year - in a blog post late Tuesday evening.

"Caffeine provides 50% fresher results for Web searches than our last index, and it's the largest collection of Web content we've offered. Whether it's a news story, a blog or a forum post, you can now find links to relevant content much sooner after it is published than was possible ever before," the company said.

Turkey has banned multiple Google services, according to reports, including Google Translate, Google Docs, and Google Books, writes The Register.

According to the International Business Times, Turkey's Telecommunications Presidency has released a statement saying it has banned many Google IP addresses, but it did not provide reasons for doing so.

The statement said some addresses are completely inaccessible while others are merely slow to load. Reports claim problems with Google AppEngine, FeedBurner, AdWords, and Analytics, as well as Google Translate, Google Docs, and Google Books.

Whistle-blowing Web site Wikileaks has said the detention of an alleged confidential source by the US military does not compromise its work, reveals the BBC.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told BBC News that other potential whistle-blowers should not be put off from sending material to the site.

The US has detained US military analyst Bradley Manning on suspicion of leaking classified material to the site.

Intel has introduced an experimental service that enables PCs with its Active Management Technology (AMT) to be managed from anywhere in the world via the Web, says Computing.co.uk.

Announced on Intel's Software Network blog, the AMT Management Service requires a special agent to be deployed on each computer, after which they show up on the Web site and can be managed by anyone with an authorised log-in.

The software is experimental at this stage, but is aimed at small businesses, firms with laptop users who move around a lot, or any organisation that lacks a central server-based infrastructure from which to manage client systems.