David DeWitt retired from the Computer Science Department at the University of Wisconsin last year, but he's already returned, this time as head of a new database research center located on the Madison campus and funded primarily by Microsoft.

Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.

Michael Komisarek vs Milan Lucic, you yaa got!?

So the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show took place this past weekend and even though it was pretty much a repeat of every other year, it still had one of the hottest models of all time in it. And that is Marisa Miller. Here she is at the after party doing what she does best. [...]

Crave just uncovered the meaning of the weird Alienware e-mails we've been getting, obliquely worded invitations to a November 19 product unveiling. Well, the product, or products, are two new laptops, the Area-51 m15x and m17x. The 15" and 17" systems are ground-up redesigns featuring crazy angles, martian runes (as seen above) and as many colored LEDs as you'd expect from any gaming PC worth its salt. We'll get some pics of them whole—plus pricing and availability—on Monday, so stay tuned. [Crave]

Embrace your inner power junkie with a revamped game that lets you build cities, then witness the effects of your megalomania. Game review by Erin Biba.

The Killzone 2 multiplayer beta is here! Read on to find out more about the Clan System, Valor Points, and epic Warzone game modes.

Even as it is folding its attempts to get into the mobile phone business in the U.S., Disney is planning to launch a service to provide its content to users in Japan.

The creators of Adium, the popular multi-network messaging app for Macs, say they have finally managed to implement video chat support through the integration of technology by MeBeam. The plug-in relies on Adobe Flash, and like the rest of Adium can communicate cross-platform and with users on any IM network; the receiving chatter must only have a...

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We openly admit that naming your child Apollo Justice borders on cruelty and severely limits his choice of career path to either a lawyer or a cast member on a remake of American Gladiators. Thankfully, however, Capcom has subscribed to the former, with the appropriately named upstart attorney Justice taking center stage in what the math eggheads upstairs tell us is the fourth game in the Ace Attorney franchise, which will make its way to North America sometime in "early 2008" according to Capcom.

Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney marks a departure from previous games by abandoning Phoenix Wright, the ace attorney we have grown to know and love. Additionally, Capcom notes that the game, which has apparently been selling like hotcakes in Japan, is the first to be designed specifically for the Nintendo DS, the previous three titles originally having been released for the Game Boy Advance in Japan before getting their touchable courtroom makeovers. The game will come with a host of new characters and cases, and despite missing Phoenix (as the main character, anyway), we know we'll be yelling "Objection!" and "Hold it!" the whole time, usually to the ire of those sitting next to us on the bus.

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Ok, I made up the part about the puppy because hey, who doesn't love puppies? I know I do. Besides, I'm not above pandering to the audience to increase site traffic -- so sue me. (ok, not really -- AOL wouldn't like it). But enough of this, we've got some important Casino Royale business to take care of -- so let's get to it!

If you're one of the teeming masses who simply cannot wait for the movie Casino Royale to open, the producers of the film and Apple have come up with something just for you -- a little taste to whet your appetite for all-things-Bond. Beginning Tuesday, November 14, hardcore James Bond fanboys (and girls) will be able to download the entire score of the film via Apple's iTunes music store.

The complete soundtrack, by composer David Arnold, will be available exclusively at the iTunes store -- along with 13 bonus tracks, a CD booklet and accompanying artwork -- which makes it the most comprehensive release of a James Bond score ever. You hear that people -- ever! So what are you waiting for, get your iPods ready and start downloading! Well, actually you can start on November 14. Until then, you're just going to have to be patient like the rest of us. And remember, there are no puppies -- so don't ask.

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Writing about technology is lots of fun, and it's also fun to see the technology behind other things I enjoy. That was the case last night when Lenovo invited a group of journalists to Madison Square Garden to see some of the technology behind the NBA, especially the way that the NBA gathers and distributes statistics about the game.