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Google News Leaves Beta

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-took-some-doing dept.

Aqws writes "As of 1/23/2006 Google News is no longer in Beta. It was in Beta for three years and four months. Here's the blog of Google News creator, Krishna Bharat, on the subject."

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  1. Kettle Reporting itself black by teiresias · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google News Headline: Google News out of Beta.

    Story at 11.

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    -Teiresias
  2. Re:Does it still have a built in bias? by mihalis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Several months ago there was an article on slashdot claiming that the algorithm for google news had a built in bias to favor politically conservative/right wing news sources?

    Is this still true?

    Yes, the article is still on Slashdot.

    Chris (ever helpful)

  3. No, it wasnt by brunes69 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of course not, thats a bunch of hooey perpetrated by idiots on slashdot.

    Think about it for a second, why in God's name would having the word 'beta' stuck in front of it be any kind of legal insulation? The population can still access it, the "damage" if any would still be done.

    The truth is that there is nothing wrong with anything Google is doing, all they are doing is grabbing headlines and snippits. It falls under "fair use", and they direct the traffic to your news site anyway, so where's the problem? If you personally don't want your site involved all you have to do is opt-out. It is clear as day.

  4. That's Absurd! by TheBrutalTruth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only 3 years and 4 months in Beta? Haven't they learned not to rush a product to market?

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    Enlightenment is a pipe dream. So where's the pipe?
  5. Beta? by Dzimas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Beta. "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."