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After months of speculation, the top-secret Amazon.com venture A9.COM unveiled a test version of its new search engine--well, sort of new. Searching the site calls up results from Google while simultaneously finding books on Amazon. Here's what's new: for each site your search uncovers, A9 spits out a list of related ones based on what other people liked. It's similar to what Amazon already does for books--and A9 hopes it will become just as popular. --By Joshua Macht
...Behind a smothering veil of secrecy, he's setting up a new search company in Palo Alto, Calif., called A9.com "All I can tell you is that we're working on some interesting things that we simply cannot talk about at this point," says Bezos. The scuttlebutt is that A9 will be focused on product search, so it will compete less with Google than with Froogle--a relatively small slice of the search market but potentially the richest. Amazon--which is still glowing from its first profitable nonholiday quarter ever--has been working with a shadowy start-up called Groxis...
...start the second half, Jackson answered Brown'sfirst seven points, adding a three-pointer and alayup a three-point play. When Ron Mitchellfollowed up a Dana Smith jumper to close the gap to60-54 with 15 left, Jackson hit a three to start a9-2 Brown run. Harvard never got closer...
...When it plunged into denser air from the top of its trajectory, it was expected to glide for 1,500 miles before striking the earth. The A10, even more ambitious, was a composite rocket, weighing 85 tons. Part would drop off at 15 miles up, allowing the remainder, an A9, to reach an altitude of 165 miles. Theoretical range: 3,500 miles. The German A14 was still secret last week, which might mean that either the U.S. or Russia does not have its details...
...Emerson F7a Thurs. at 11 Emerson 21110 Thurs. at 3 Emerson A15* Thurs. at 3-5 Langdell Hall23* Thurs. at 2 Emerson F26a* Consult Prof. James Ford *Seminary, Mon., Sept. 30, 4.15-6.15 Emerson 209SPANISH3 Thurs. at 9 Sever 187 Thurs. at 11 Sever 188 Thurs. at 12 Emerson A9 Thurs. at 11 Sever...