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CNET - R.J. Pittman, Google's director of product management for Consumer Search Properties, shared some details of future versions of image search. In the interview with Beet.tv's Andy Plesser, Pittman said that Google is developing visual crawling software that can be used for facial recognition and scene analysis. In addition images can be matched with display ads and utilize geotagging information for various applications.No tag for this post.

Reuters - British singer Boy George has canceled his North American tour after U.S. authorities refused to issue him a visa because of legal trouble overseas, he said in a posting on his Web site on Tuesday.

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Camarillo-based Providea, a provider of hardware and installation services for the video conferencing sector, has scored an investment as part of a recapitalization deal, the firm said Tuesday. According to Providea, it has received a growth equity investment from WestView Capital Partners, but did not disclose details of the funding. Providea provides video conferencing solutions, managed services, installation, and support. The firm said that it was advised by new Century Capital Partners in the deal, and that the Providea management team will retain a "significant ownership stake" in the company as well as continuing to run the business. READ MORE>>No tag for this post.

CNET - Flash has not been easily searchable until now, but Adobe Systems is working with leading search engines Google and Yahoo to solve the problem. CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber and reporter Elinor Mills discuss the impact of making Flash pages more visible to search engines. One question is whether Microsoft, which developed Silverlight, a competitor to Flash, will also index Flash files in its search engine.No tag for this post.

TechWeb - A finance company is arguing in court that it had a right to read an ex-employee's personal e-mail. Sounds crazy, right? And yet, in this world where we carry BlackBerrys to access work e-mail from home, and handle personal business over the company Internet connection, it takes a crazy person to figure out where personal life ends and work begins.No tag for this post.

Reuters - Orbitz Worldwide Inc said on Tuesday its Orbitz.com and ebookers.com websites have replaced Expedia Inc as the travel agencies for Microsoft Corp's Internet arm MSN.com in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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CNET - If you thought gas prices were rising too quickly, check out what's been happening to text messaging.No tag for this post.

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InfoWorld - Oracle presented on Tuesday a comprehensive roadmap for its recently acquired BEA Systems middleware technologies, making BEA's application server Oracle's strategic Java container and pledging continued support for BEA customers.No tag for this post.

CNET - After so many announcements for this or that application's Facebook appearance, it's nice to see Facebook play a supporting role in kind.No tag for this post.