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Willow Smith, 9, signs record deal with Jay-Z (Reuters) Reuters - Willow Smith, the nine-year-old daughter of actor Will Smith, has signed a record deal with rapper Jay-Z and her first single is already kicking up a storm on the Internet. September 09, 2010 1:12 PM And Now... Google Instant Search Mind Reader? (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Google has reinvented search, at least its own search platform. On Wednesday, Google unveiled Instant, a new search-as-you-type approach that works to serve up results on the fly with each keystroke. September 09, 2010 12:06 PM Website pulled on US church that wants to burn Korans (AFP) AFP - The small Florida church that has sparked global outrage with its plan to hold a Koran-burning event had its website pulled from the Internet on Thursday by its host. September 09, 2010 11:24 AM Kindle Coming to Best Buy: Is Amazon's Offline Push Risky? (PC World) PC World - Amazon's Kindle e-reader, once available only online, is making its way to yet another offline retailer, Best Buy. The electronics retailer says it will begin selling the Kindle in stores this fall. Best Buy will be the third retailer to offer the Kindle, following Target and Staples, as Amazon continues to increase the e-reader's offline presence. September 09, 2010 11:14 AM Google Instant changes search, Scoreloop brings PayPal to Android gaming (Appolicious) Appolicious - Google unleashed a new search product yesterday, fundamentally changing its core experience.  Google Instant reveals search results in real-time, as you type, skipping the “enter” button all together. September 09, 2010 9:45 AM HOW TO: Eliminate Spam from Search (Mashable) Mashable - Google may be working to make search faster and more predictive with Google Instant, but do those elements actually make search better? Of course, that depends on how you define "better." One underground startup, Blekko, believes it can radically change how we search for the better, where "better" means search with fewer garbage results. September 09, 2010 9:17 AM Google Instant Could Evolve into Ultimate Universal Search (PC World) PC World - The new Google Instant search reveals streaming Web search results as fast as you type. As awesome as the concept might be, though, the results are confined to the Web. Google has the elements--combining Google Instant with Google Desktop--to develop a universal search capability that can drastically improve productivity. September 09, 2010 8:46 AM Microsoft Suspends Xbox Gamer For Living in Fort Gay (PC World) PC World - You've just signed up for Xbox LIVE. You're entering your personal information, and when you get to the city and state fields, you tap in 'Intercourse, Pennsylvania'. A couple days later you get an email from Microsoft notifying you that your account's been suspended. Why? Because you violated the online gaming service's code of conduct by using a term with overtly sexual connotations. September 09, 2010 8:44 AM Keeping in touch via IM a Trillian times easier (Appolicious) Appolicious - If you're a fan of online chatting via one or more instant messaging channels, Trillian has long been the king of the desktop. Now Cerulean Studios offers Droid users access to the latest beta (prerelease) version of its mobile Trillian client. And as you'd expect, the app makes it easy to keep in touch with your contacts via AIM, Facebook Chat, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ and many others. September 09, 2010 6:30 AM Google unveils faster Internet search (AFP) AFP - Search engine Google is giving Web users the thrill of speed with a new feature that displays suggested links as fast as a person can type. September 09, 2010 5:51 AM