News or fad? Google and Current TV

Google has partnered with Current TV, a satellite and cable television station, to create Google Current. This television program airs every thirty minutes, and uses the most popular Google searches to generate its story topics. According to the February Google Friends Newsletter, "from hybrid cars to human-animal hybrids, from Paris riots to Paris Hilton photos, your searches guide Current stories."

TVEyes for broadcast news searching

Search spoken word from news broadcasts using the free, web-based TVEyes service. TVEyes uses voice-recognition software to index hundreds of news broadcasts from sources such as CNN, MSNBC, FOXNews, and other mainstream outlets. It will look for your search terms in its database, retrieve your results, and queue up the video to the correct segment.

For more information about the service, read this Search Engine Watch review of TVEyes.

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