The iconic mascot of Ask.com, Jeeves the butler, will be retired from the site at the end of the month. The decision was taken in September of last year,... More...

The AskJeeves blog today announced a new release of Desktop Search program. Here some of the new features for AJDS: -- Folder Indexing Preferences -- Improved PDF indexing -- Email... More...

It has been reported by the BBC that the Ask website will be dropping their leading character, Jeeves. The decision comes after a user survey found that the iconic butler caused confusion (as to what... More...

Ask Jeeves is preparing to release a related-search feature that it hopes will relieve Web searchers from the burden of repeatedly refining their queries. Executives from the Oakland, Calif., company demonstrated a prototype of the... More...

On the heels of a series of desktop search releases, Ask Jeeves Inc. is set to launch an application to scour users' hard drives for e-mails and files. Ask Jeeves, of Emeryville, Calif., will release... More...

Ask Jeeves today has partnered up with Citysearch. Together the two companies will make it easier to access local business listings on the web. If Ask Jeeves continues to add new features like... More...

When you're the underdog you can always get some attention by developing something pretty cool. The popular search engine Ask Jeeves has announced a new feature. A feature it called "binoculars" which allows... More...

Ask Jeeves, a popular online search website, have purchased San Jose based Tukaroo, a search technology company. Tukaroo make desktop search software which could prove invaluable to Ask Jeeves. Google and Microsoft, two big... More...

Here's a quick & funny way to lighten up your "No-school snow day" -ed. An Essex schoolboy is currently under police investigation after he sent an "extremely abusive email" to staff at... More...

Ask Jeeves is dropping banner ads from its flagship search site and will instead rely on paid sponsorships and other "targeted" advertising for revenue, the company said Monday. The search company recently dropped pop-up ads... More...

Hoping to put its butler services in constant contact with Web surfers, Ask Jeeves on Monday will announce the release of a new tool bar that gives people a direct line to its searching features.... More...

Struggling Internet search service Ask Jeeves on Monday will announce the acquisition of Octopus, a software maker that it says will help offer additional services and capture a larger market. The purchase... More...